Ali Herring
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Spencerhill Associates
Literary Agent, Spencerhill Associates. Twin mom+1 馃摎 Eclectic in life & books. I 馃挋 Jane Austen & SFF in equal doses. #TeamSpencerhill Ali-ens 馃懡 rock!
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How about a new mystery series like Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators, The Last Starfighter movie (give me space adventures where there's tons at stake; video games become real adventures),etc.
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How about a gender-flipped Can't Buy Me Love?, freaking Labyrinth come on!, Big, Ferris Buellers Day Off (any # of riffs here), Weird Science, Summer of Monkeys, Where the Red Fern Grows (cry me a river), Animorphs, Remember The Saddle Club - What's the guy version?
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Like guys and gals, what were you obsessed with at that age that wasn't all about romance & might have book vibes? For me: Goonies (treasure, adventure, ok smidge romance), Indiana Jones, Seaquest (was obsessed), Adventures in Babysitting, The Boy Who Could Fly...
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Also, I'd be remiss not add that I'd particularly love to see some things in the 14-16 category that have adventure vibes like Indiana Jones or survival vibes: think an older boy scout group gets lost or cut off from society, or someone wonders through a portal to a new world.
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#MSWL Give me boy-centric middle grade firmly in the 10-13 (think Space Case, Hatchet) category & also give me boy-centric younger YA perfect for 14-16 year old's. Think The Shadow Road, Patrick Ness books. Reference this in referral line with MSWL boy MG 10-13 / 14-16.
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I've updated my #MSWL on my web site: aliherringwrites.wordpress.com. I might add some additional things here.
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I think I may need a fake boyfriend story when I reopen. YA or Adult #MSWL
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Good grief. If you can write me a book that channels Glen Powell & Ryan Gosling that could be optioned for a movie I鈥檇 be all over that. #MSWL Has to be hooky & commercial with a strong plot & characters (obviously) lots of humor, swagger, action & showcases their personalities!! x.com/njhftdolans/st/njhftdolans/status/1828489144789565570
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mike lasagna @theLasagna
She was home from college, I was her boss. We flirted for months. One day I quit and on my way out I asked her to dinner. 16 years, 13 of them married and a baby penne later鈥ere we are. twitter.com/theLasagna/status/1782940359888109672/photo/1Okay, this makes me want an "office romance." Huge fan of them. Probably something more on the fun side than serious. #MSWL If you have this, you can submit here: QueryManager.com/Ali/OfficeRomaficeRomance as I am currently closed to most other queries.
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#MSWL for Harlequin Heartwarming, Special Edition or Love Inspired or something close. If I鈥檓 closed when you see this, DM me or reply in comments! Looking for Black authors writing cowboy or ranch romance who themselves are riding and ranching and rodeoing!
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Ian Miles Cheong @stillgray
He鈥檚 a legend for this. Men, this is how you should be. twitter.com/i/status/1765310739844382977Please tell me they got married. So cute. #mswl
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#MSWL . I am closed to queries with the exception of the following:
A YA Trapped-in-Time hook: QueryManager.com/Ali/YATrappediTrappedinTime.
YA Romantasy: QueryManager.com/Ali/YARomantasy
If you submit anything outside these parameters, they will be deleted without response.
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Quenby "is actually Norwegian" Olson @QEisenacher
I find there to be more difficulty for my 14yo to find YA as she ages out of middle grade. A lot of YA is... well, it's adult, really. And she doesn't want that. She wants Percy Jackson and she wants Nevermoor and The Mysterious Benedict Society, but with 16 year olds. twitter.com/erikhane/status/1747005342519587036If there was ever an #MSWL .
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Folks look at this thread 馃У for a sort of anti #MSWL . Word counts (except for me not repoing young kid lit) aren鈥檛 hard and fast rules so don鈥檛 count yourself out if your in the neighborhood.
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#MSWL for when I reopen. I love spacefaring stuff. But I don鈥檛 like LONG word counts.
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I know I'm closing to queries tomorrow, but authors keep me on your list for a "rowdy family book," preferably middle grade but YA might work too. Think in the spirit of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever or Cheaper by the Dozen. #MSWL
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Who is writing a Black Indiana Jones? A Black Tomb Raider? Uncharted? Anything adventurous, thrilling, funny, fast-paced, action packed, globe-trotting, twisty and turny? I WANT IT. #MSWL .
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fran @galacticidiots
Just once I want to read a summer romance novel about someone who quits their city job to run a lighthouse in a remote location only to realize the single ship they鈥檙e monitoring is the one that carries souls to the underworld and hey, the captain is kind of hot#MSWL 100% would rep (if executed to perfection of course!)