Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent at BookEnds, representing kidlit. Literary Mentor at Media Mentors. Query me at QueryMe.Online/1067 Closed to YA Scifi and MG Scifi.
#YearofNatascha
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Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 18
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
I won't say just because this is my professional Twitter but I will say I was younger than expected and my German mother had already been telling me about periods for years. Still didn't recognize mine when it happened or even fully understand what having a period meant. twitter.com/1mercysarah/st…For any writers out there writing about menstruation (#mswl) remember that knowing=/=understanding. And also kids sometimes think they know, but they don't.
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 15
And as always right now, romances. Slow burns; enemies to lovers; we're faking it, but whoops it became real are some tropes I love. #MSWL
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 15
Magical realism and an atmospheric read round out today's #MSWL.
Also still looking for my THIRTEENTH YEAR comp and my Southern Gothic book.
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 15
Also, while I do love dark fantasy, I would love to see some fantasy that can serve our younger YA readers. Like Tamora Pierce and Sherwood Smith use to. Diverse reads we can give 12-15 set. #MSWL
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 15
I want some unique form of storytelling. I love alternating timelines. And I LOVED SADIE. So give more more unique ways of telling stories. #MSWL
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 15
I wonder if there is a way to do a YA Nonfiction True Crime book. #MSWL Not sure what it would look like but it would be interesting. This is different than my fiction request for murder mysteries.
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 15
Dr. Uwe Stender @UweStenderPhD
College YA is another area that has been brought up in my informal polling, @ReadWriteandMe also mentioned it. I wish that publishers were more open to it, but if you send me a great one, we may make it happen saleswise. My next #MSWL: College YA.Seconded! As someone who grew up with the same kids from kindergarten to 12th, college was the first time I was with new people, and allowed to reinvent myself (as it were) but it was also the first time I was out on my own. There are alot of rich YA themes in this setting. #MSWL
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 15
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
#MSWL YA book like TRULY DEVIOUS. I love true crime and I think there are alot of teens who do too so I would love to see more YAs that involve teens obsessed with solving mysteries.Adding on: I'd love to see this with neurodiveristy angles, or even neurological angles. Like someone with Prosopagnosia for neurological or someone with autism for neurodiversity. Both present a different way of dealing with the world, and how would they solve the puzzle? #MSWL
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 15
#MSWL Can someone tackle the devastation of the Spice Girls break-up? And like the reflection of a friendship group?
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 15
#MSWL YA book like TRULY DEVIOUS. I love true crime and I think there are alot of teens who do too so I would love to see more YAs that involve teens obsessed with solving mysteries.
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 2
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller
So I’ve been thinking about books I’ve loved in the last few years & realized many involve scary/spooky elements like ghosts or dark spirits and tackle issues like the “monstrousness” of female power or the darkness of grief & inherited pain, and omg I like horror?? #mswlI could read some of these. #mswl
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · Apr 30
And now I am reminded of my love MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING and I want that but in a YA. #MSWL
OMG someone for the love of all give me this. ANY CULTURAL. But this beautiful and humorous.
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · Apr 30
I also want a cult book. I loved The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly and Before I Let Go. I am fascinated by the psychology behind cults. #MSWL
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · Apr 30
I want a book hangover. I want to read late into the night. I want to desperately message people telling people how obsessed I am. I want to be the OG fangirl with my OTP homemade shirt (HOLLER to my #TeamJacob peeps!) THIS IS THE REQUEST OF MY HEART!!!!!! #MSWL
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · Apr 30
I want a fluffy rom-com, and I want it to feel like Taylor Swift's cotton-candy ME. Give me feels and squees and chemistry and happiness. #MSWL #YA
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · Apr 30
I love Kate Morton. I love the big reveal. I love the family dynamics. My favorite is THE DISTANT HOURS. Would love to find a YA that is like #MSWL
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · Apr 30
In the spirit of @jamerrson doing an MSWL, I'm going to chime with one, too!
I am really into the song BURY A FRIEND and would love a YA that has that atmospheric, psychological feeling in contemporary #MSWL
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · Apr 28
During dinner, I wondered if anyone had Ren Faire hook-ups, and now I am like, dude, I want to get a part time job at the Ren Faire just to learn the gossip of who is hooking up with who. AND also #MSWL #YA.