Kaitlyn Johnson

· Feb 2

Angie Manfredi @misskubelik

PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU FOR MORE MIDDLE GRADE SPORTS BOOKS WITH GIRLS PLAYING SPORTS. I'm begging here. WNBA! SOFTBALL! VOLLEYBALL! This is a huge untapped market. We got a bunch of soccer books for a bit, a few gymnastics but. There's room for so much more.

Totally down for a Bend It Like Beckham that isn't soccer and is actually queer lol #mswl #amagenting

LGBT

· 20 Feb 2022

michael gray @graybulla

listen. obvs im glad for any and all queer & trans books, but ya NEEDS to start showing up for trans femme stories and writers the way it has (recently started to) for trans masc stories and writers

Have been thinking a lot about this lately. The majority of trans books I get are trans masc and I've honestly been dying to find more trans femme.

Please send! We need your voices! #mswl

LGBT

· 5 Jan 2022

Trisha de Guzman @trishadeg

MIDDLE GRADE:
--Queer coming of age with strong friendships and maybe first love
--High-spirited adventures, realistic OR fantasy
--Realistic fiction about a character dealing with mental health difficulties and finding a light at the end of the tunnel

Seriously, writers, dying for this queer coming of age #mswl #amquerying #querytip

MG
LGBT

· 5 Jan 2022

YA Graphic Novel

really looking more to contemporary side of things; I have a ton of Fantasy and want to branch out
Slice of life storylines
LGBTQ+ romance/friendships
Scavenger/treasure hunts
Historical 100%
#querytip #amquerying #writingcommunity

· 5 Jan 2022

YA Contemporary where the protagonist is BI or ACE. Super want more visibility in this LGBTQ+ area

Would love rivals-to-lovers
Family elements (like family business, remarrying, stepsiblings, adoption, etc.)
#querytip #amquerying #writingcommunity

· 5 Jan 2022

Kaitlyn Johnson @RedPenKaitlyn

OK! I am officially caught up in my inbox. If I haven't answered/requested from you yet, you're in my Maybe pile and I'm reviewing you again.

I will be opening to queries again on MONDAY!

So, here is my shiny MSWL for 2022
#amagenting #querytip #amquerying #writingcommunity

Dying for more upper MG. This includes fiction and graphic novel, so please send my way!

Family dynamics (found or by blood)
LGBTQ+
First crushes
Friend breakups
Mental Health
Mainly wanting Fantasy genres, Contemporary, and Historical
#querytip #amquerying #writingcommunity

· 4 Oct 2021

Adult

GN - all genres but especially horror, dark fantasy, or LGBTQ+

Novels - romance, contemporary, historical, and MAYBE fantasy. Super picky there. Really want horror like Babadook or Midnight Mass or Haunting of Hill House

#amagenting #mswl

· 4 Oct 2021

YA GN

again, I am dying for more LGBTQ+ and historical; would love contemporary, fantasy, and horror here, too

Think outside the box. For YA, it needs to be something that totally immerses me in the characters or the world or the emotions
#amagenting #mswl

· 4 Oct 2021

Kaitlyn Johnson - Closed to Queries @RedPenKaitlyn

Hey all! I am planning to re-open to queries on OCTOBER 20! In honor of that, here is a #MSWL thread of what I'll be looking for: pic.twitter.com/tXMSZskZ3L

MG Graphic Novels

I want ALL THE MG GN! Looking for slice of life, LGBTQ+ characters and first crushes, kids who can lean on each other and don't run to parents to solve problems.

All genres welcome here #amagenting #mswl

· 5 Feb 2021

medusa @tinykinseyscale

Do a lesbian period drama about two black lesbians who meet and fall in love during the Harlem Renaissance instead of another movie where rich white women look at each other longingly in polite society.

yup yup yup #mswl

LGBT

· 7 Jan 2021

Becca Podos @RebeccaPodos

Who’s going to write and query me an historical f/f or f/nb romance? I want the hopeful, penniless spinster to swoon at the dusty riding boots of the embittered, lonely duchesse #MSWL

(If you’ve got one, btw, you don’t have to wait for my QM to reopen. I want it 👀)

And who's going to let me bath or @RebeccaPodos for this??? #mswl

· 31 Dec 2020

Along with LGBTQ+ historical, I'm SUPER on the hunt for more MG in 2021. This is definitely going to be making up a lot of my list =] #MSWL

· 30 Dec 2020

Hey, y'all, please send me LGBTQ+ historical. PLEASE.
#amagenting #mswl

· 11 Oct 2020

I've noticed some things I always fall for:

Wine shops/wineries
Swamps
HIlariously awkward gay boys
Historical where they brush fingers and is a MOOD
MG where girls like ghosts and frogs and deep convos
Flying ships
Nerdy yet awe-inspiring talents
ANGST

#amquerying #querytip

· 11 Oct 2020

I would LOVE an LGBTQ+ rom com where they just ARE. They love, they fight, they live.

Give me POC who don't have to justify themselves constantly. They can have their own plot and action and agency and not answer to others.
#amagenting #amquerying #querytip

· 11 Oct 2020

I REALLY love LGBTQ+ historical or MG first crushes kind of vibe. Always looking to build my list and want more Ace, Trans, and Nonbinary voices
#amquerying #amagenting #querytip

· 11 Oct 2020

Kaitlyn Johnson - closed to Queries @RedPenKaitlyn

It's almost time!!! Given how I'll be opening my query box again in November, here's my new and improved #MSWL 😆 #amagenting #querytip #amquerying pic.twitter.com/nbD7rKjsCl

In YA & MG, I really want historical, paranormal, contemporary, fantasy (of all kinds!), and non-graphic horror

Keep in mind, I'm super on the hunt for LGBTQ+, diverse voices, and new settings/events/creatures that aren't mainstream
#querytip #amquerying #amagenting