Mandy Hubbard
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Emerald City Literary Agency
Author of eleven novels. Founder of Emerald City Literary. Follow me for book talk… stay for pictures of my cows.
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Mandy Hubbard @MandyHubbard
While we're doing #AskECLA, let's talk about what stuff we're dying to see in our inbox, eh? (@LindaEpstein @GarrettAlwert) I'll start by saying ROMANCE. ALL THE YA ROMANCE. Or hints of romance in MG. Dark and angsty or light and funny, BRING IT.Literary Agent
#MSWL: YA comedic post-apoc survival novel where they assemble a team to survive:
1 to drive a stick shift
1 who can read a map
1 who can read “ancient scripts” (Cursive. I’m talking about cursive)
1 who can use a land line
A “math genius” who can do basic math w/o a calculator.
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I would LOVE more #ownvoices Filipino YA or MG (set in the US or the Philippines) in my slush. My SIL is from the Philippines, my niece/nephew are being raised bilingual, I would love to find a gem to champion! #mswl
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#MSWL A YA featuring a teen entrepreneur who runs a business like this one-- a man who allows you to "rent" him to fill a role (IE, fake friend/dad/wedding date/etc). theatlantic.com/family/archive…
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#MSWL: I would love a scifi YA where--and just hear me out here--someone takes a werewolf and puts it ON the moon, and also puts a vampire on the sun, and somehow this makes sense.
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#mswl would love a serious/realistic YA (not tonally like OITNB) set in a juvenile detention center. I’m watching Netflix’s GIRLS INCARCERATED, and crying during every episode. These girls never got a fair shake at life.
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Would love a YA focused almost entirely around a teen's crappy job a la Empire Records, Adventureland, etc #MSWL
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Would LOVE a YA horror in the vein of SCREAM and @naturallysteph's THERE'S SOMEONE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE #MSWL
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Would LOVE more submissions of MG / YA / Romance #ownvoices novels with non-white characters! #WeNeedDiverseBooks #MSWL
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Would love a really intense, contemporary YA romance with a serious romantic conflict (straight or LGBTQ+) #MSWL
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Brooks Sherman @byobrooks
Guys, come on: My tweet hopefully did not indicate that "incest" is on my #mswl. IT IS NOT. #querytip twitter.com/byobrooks/stat…I actually would sign an incest YA, I loved FORBIDDEN. #mswl
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#MSWL: YA in which teen discovers dad/brother/bf is a white nationalist planning a rally, so must confront him + joins counter-protest.
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I love Survival stories, so if anyone writes an extreme version of the Fyre festival I want to see it! (YA or MG) #mswl
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@eisen5585 Anything in YA is fine. You can read my sub guidelines or #MSWL for extra insight.
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Mandy Hubbard @MandyHubbard
Writers watching #MSWL: When in doubt, just query. That's you saying "hey, interested in my book?" No need to @ agents w/clarifying Qs.Every time I do #MSWL and say something like "I'd love a YA thriller" and get "What if there's a ghost in it?" or similar. Just query!
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YA that is unapologetically commercial. Big hooks, fast plot, etc. #MSWL
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MG Or YA-- survival stories. Lost at sea, snowed in, etc. Think real world, not apocalyptic. #MSWL
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Would love a YA dealing with spiraling depression. Maybe a destructive relationship as a catalyst. #MSWL
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how about a YA that NAILS crushing on someone from afar who doesn't know you exist? That invisible, yearning thing of our teen years? #MSWL