Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent at BookEnds, representing kidlit. . Query me at QueryMe.Online/natascha For Editorial Peeps, see website!
#YearofNatascha
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Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · 21 May 2019
2. College set YA. But make it hella YA themes. Because sometimes the most quintessential YA themes are of finding your place in the world are actually found as a freshman in that first semester. Also, community bathrooms are SCARY. #MSWL
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · 21 May 2019
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
Let's do a #MSWL! Because I am itching for some new books!1. Spice Girls Break Up Book. I didn't realize how much I needed this until I said. I want a group of friends who lives are impacted by the Spice Girls. #MSWL
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · 18 May 2019
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 · 15 May 2019
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 · 15 May 2019
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 · 15 May 2019
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 · 15 May 2019
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 · 15 May 2019
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 · 15 May 2019
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 · 15 May 2019
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 · 15 May 2019
#MSWL Can someone tackle the devastation of the Spice Girls break-up? And like the reflection of a friendship group?
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · 15 May 2019
#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 · 2 May 2019
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 · 30 Apr 2019
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 · 30 Apr 2019
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 · 30 Apr 2019
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 · 30 Apr 2019
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 · 30 Apr 2019
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