Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

I want something atmospheric and enclosed. #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Professional Mermaids.

Show me other contemporary settings that are not always the everyday I am exposed to. #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips
Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips
Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

I want an amusement park YA book. Not saying **cough cough** Disney, but if Disney inspired the shenangians, okay. #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

I want a poison garden book #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

I want YA that vibes with these two YA projects. There was a effervescent feeling to the writing here. #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

I want a YA that feels different from what we are seeing right now. Mix Genres, play with tropes, be inventive in your structure #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

I want a romance that hits you in the feels. I love drama and tension (think Billy and Daisy in DAISY JONES AND THE SIX). #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

I want an atmospheric mermaid book. I have been so picky in this area because my brain knows what it wants but I haven't seen it. #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips
Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

SO I found out about true crime conferences, and I cannot stop thinking about a murder mystery that takes place at a conference where everyone is an armchair detective. #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

How could I forget I love second chance romances!!!! #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

I want to be haunted by a book reading experience: to squee as the characters go through drama (love a good dramatic, well earned fight) and to not be able to shake the characters from my brain. #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Finally, what tropes make my heart go pitter and patter:
-enemies to lovers
-mutual pining (maybe mixed with enemies to lovers?)
-slow burn
-dark/sunny
-starcrossed lovers and love triangles (Team Jacob for the win!)

#MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Also if someone can figure out how to give me a cozy mystery as a YA, I want it. #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

So like apprenticeship style lives, college, figuring out what to do next #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Also might be controversial, I want post high school (summer before college, or the first "year" of college) type stories. But since not every kid goes to college, I want to see how the come of age by leaving childhood behind.
Looking for YA themes though, not "baby adult" #MSWL

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife

Basically, I am hungry to build my YA list and looking for the books I know vibe in my brand

And if you don't see something that sounds like your book, don't worry! Sometimes I only know I wants something once I have actually looked at it.

So #MSWL for unexpected things I didn't know I even wanted.

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
976 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

I want TED LASSO vibes, and Rian Johnson's KNIVES OUT vibes, and VERONICA MARS voicey #MSWL #YA