Natascha Morris
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Tobias Literary Agency
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
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Lauren Spieller @laurenspieller
Writers, I have a few kidlit #mswl items I'd love to see in 2019!-funny, contemp YA a la WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI, HOT DOG GIRL, HERETICS ANONYMOUS
-LatinX characters! Please!
-Grounded dark fantasy, a la SAWKILL GIRLS, THE DEVOURING GRAY, THE RAVEN BOYS
Same!! #MSWL
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Tiffany Shelton, Witch🕯️⛤🌙 @TiffanyDiahann
I'm going to keep shouting this out into the ether until I get it: GIVE ME CONTEMPORARY WITCHES! #MSWL #YA #Adult#MSWL Charmed or Practical Magic adjacent for me, please.
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Lauren [closed to queries in August] @laurenspieller
This is the most obvious #MSWL ever, but...I want books like To All The Boys I've Loved Before, in YA and Adult. This means:
--high concept
--romantic
--funny
--diverse!
--contemporary
--family B plots
--HEA
Let's do this!
Same TBH #MSWL
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Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
Something #TeamNat shares, regardless of their chose form, is a willingness to work, be pushed beyond their comfort zones, to experiment, to play, and to remember that we aren't doing easy things, but that is why we are gonna be legendary. (subtle reference to team song 🤓)And if you have made it this far in my fan girling, you might have noticed that the genres I DON'T HAVE. Which is why I am looking for:
-Graphic Novels
-Nonfiction
-Historical Fiction
-Magical Realism
In addition to my fantasy and contemporary list. #MSWL
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Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
With my contemporaries, I look for escapism. @Alex__Reda made me fall in love with her Anne/Gilbert level chemistry in her manuscript. @ahoyantara wrote a character as if she had pulled from my darkest corners. @Patti_J_Kurtz gripped me through her way of writing car racing.@LauraTNamey sucked me in with her prose and the perfect version of my MSWL.
All of #TeamNat's contemporary YA authors had a voice that hooked me and characters to spoke to me. But plots that removed me from my everyday life. #MSWL
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Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
Since I am feeling sleep deprived, let's do a #MSWL threadSo my list priorities are as follows:
-YA/MG Historical Fiction
-YA Fantasy
- YA Romance
-YA and MG Graphic Novels
-MG Narrative Non-fiction
-YA and MG Contemporary Fiction
#MSWL
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Was telling @BookEndsJessica about my very specific #MSWL for a contemporary YA with a professional mermaid.
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Oh snap! Check out my #MSWL Madness post. Then send me all the books! bookendsliterary.com/2018/03/20/nat…
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Sadie Blach @sadieblach
If you've got a YA contemporary royalty book, I want to see it. #ammparty #authormentormatch #authormentormatch pic.twitter.com/1Ay0tHgaKmThen send it to me! YA contemporary royalty book #MSWL
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Part of why I am looking for more diverse characters is because I love seeing worlds and experiences that are not mine own. The commonalities of human experience will transcend for me.
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I love love LOVE romance. I am sucker for it. But so often it reads very forced. Chemistry is the name of the game. I need to be gripping my kindle harder and "squeeing" out loud as our lovers go about their story.
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Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
Now let's talk contemporaries and what I am drawn to in those so when you see my #MSWL, you'll know.First off, I need high concept. I am not often drawn to the contemporary that could be my everyday life. I need to escape so even if it is a real world setting, it is not my REAL WORLD.
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Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
Since I am bored at the library, let's do some #MSWL!#MSWL Witches. Charmed withces, Practical Magic witches, witches like in THE THREE GRACES. I want witches in a contemporary setting.