Naomi Davis

I really want a YA contemporary with a powerful female friendship. Like one of those fast, somewhat combustible friendships that takes 100% of you in the high school years and maybe cannot last forever but leaves that soul-deep mark... #mswl

In contemporary YA, I want stories where teens have departed "their usual world" for some reason. Humanitarian trips, visits to ancestral places. Immigration/refugee stories rooted in truth. An updated GIRL: INTERRUPTED style departure from their usual would be amazing. #mswl

I am opening to YA fantasy and contemporary queries! On my YA #MSWL: fantasies that are entirely new worlds,new fairytales. No generic regency-style fantasy worlds. Bring me new applications of/restrictions on new magic, uncommonly featured stars of the story, relevant parallels.

And if you read to the end (and don't hate me now), #MSWL Dynamic adult sci fi & fantasy that breaks the mold, vivid settings, powerful stakes, YA #SFF, diversity across race, gender/sexuality, neurodivergence, and mythologies I've never seen before.
Polished per above, please.

It's late on Saturday and I'm thinking about sci fi, fantasy and YA fantasy after reading an epic ton of queries this last week. I'm going to kick your butt a bit here, okay? If you don't want that, scroll on. A thread #MSWL
#amwriting #amediting #amquerying #writetip #SFF

😂😂 #MSWL indeed

#MSWL Adult and YA fantasy, sci fi, romance. Picture books featuring diversity, food, or fun word play. Middle grade based on unique mythologies, and always, diversity across all spectrums including LGBTQ, authors/characters of color, and neurodiversity. Queryme.online/naomidavis

Because I suck at organizing tweet threads on mobile: here's an expansion of my #MSWL for fantasy (adult, but I'll consider YA too) #amwriting #amquerying #querytip
I'm not trashing established tropes in fantasy.
I'm saying: Do not feel bound by them.
Fantasy is limitless.

#MSWL adult or YA fantasy that makes me feel like I'm in one of Lindsey Stirling's music videos.

Wondering what kinds of stories I'm dying to see in my inbox? Check out my detailed #MSWL post on the #BookEnds Blog!
bookendsliterary.com/2018/03/22/nao…

Bc apparently I tweet my #MSWL in the middle of the night - looking for this! Would love to see these in both queer/nonbinary, cis/hetero, ace, or any combination of gender/sexuality.

I would love to see YA fiction that shows boys trying to grow up in defiance of toxic masculinity when it's so deeply engrained in our culture. Recognizing it, rejecting it, & making big decisions consciously in relation to that stance. #MSWL

If pitching me at @WWC_Calgary or @SiWCtweets - I am dying for new fantasy! See my #MSWL tweets about wild new fantasy concepts. YA/Adult/MG

#mswl I really, really, really want to see NEW fantasy elements in YA/MG. New creatures, new rules, new magic, new worlds. Blow my mind plz!

LOVED The Last King (Bierkebeinerne). Anyone writing #ya #fantasy in alt hist Norway w/ WICKED CROSS COUNTRY SKIING?? #mswl

I also want #yalit #feminist MCs who are at the point of scream/singing "WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT" w/some subtle misogyny in their life #mswl

Open to queries that fit my #mswl: YA/MG fantasy, light SF, vivid settings, feminist, minority, or queer characters. Wild magic. Boldly go!

#MSWL Queer YA characters who do not give one EFF what some bigot in their life says they can and cannot do.

#MSWL Exciting fantasy #yalit w/ totally new magical systems. With #romance or w/o. #MG too, if thoroughly explored & action-packed.

#mswl YA Sci fi that's heavy on the fi, light on the sci. Intricate characters. Teens take themselves seriously; keep humor non-blundering.