Lisa Rodgers
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JABberwocky Literary Agency
Knitter, dancer, gamer, NorCal native, word whore, ruiner of dreams. Literary agent with @awfulagent . Opinions are my own. (She/her)
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Lisa Rodgers @_LisaRodgers
I'd love to see some queer epic fantasy a la Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books. Adepts, big magic, sword-wielders, magical companions (I'm a secret horsegirl), and politics, oh my! #mswlQueer epic fantasy in the vein of Melanie Rawn (Dragon Prince or Exiles series) and CS Friedman (Coldfire trilogy) would also be fab. #mswl
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I'd love to see some queer epic fantasy a la Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books. Adepts, big magic, sword-wielders, magical companions (I'm a secret horsegirl), and politics, oh my! #mswl
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Lindsey Hall @LindseyHall17
#MSWL fantasy w/ a translator protag. There's so much power in language-- how they translate for a ruler effects a whole kingdom, eg. I want to see the nuances & consequences of deciding how & what to translate, word play between languages, times when translation falls shortThis is also on my #MSWL!
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Lisa Rodgers @_LisaRodgers
#MSWL I would love a political fantasy or SF novel that pays as much attention to the symbolic meaning of clothing, gestures, and etiquette as the Queen of England does her brooches, and the plot hinges on this. The Goblin Emperor meets Ancillary Sword, I suppose? twitter.com/SamuraiKnitter…This is also one thing I *LOVE* about CJ Cherryh's Foreigner series. #MSWL
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Bitch. STILL my superhero name. @SamuraiKnitter
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#MSWL I would love a political fantasy or SF novel that pays as much attention to the symbolic meaning of clothing, gestures, and etiquette as the Queen of England does her brooches, and the plot hinges on this. The Goblin Emperor meets Ancillary Sword, I suppose?
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#mswl I'd also really love a fantasy similar to Tanya Huff's FIFTH QUARTER. Assassins, magic, forbidden romance, and conflicting loyalties, oh my!
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I see a lot of female healers in fantasy, especially in the "I didn't know I had powers, what do??" trope. I'd love to see something like that but with male healers. #mswl
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#mswl story about a sex worker that isn't about being redeemed/saved. SFF or contemporary
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#mswl Female-driven epic fantasy. Like, GRRM or Brent Weeks, but with queens & ladies & female vassals getting shit done.
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I'd love to see some bodyguard/personal protection tropes, in either the romance or SFF genres. #mswl
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One more #mswl: If you write SFF like CJ Cherryh or Ann Leckie, query me.
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As always, morally ambiguous fantasy! Think BLACK SUN RISING's Gerald Terrant or FEAST OF SOULS's Kamala. AKA the next CS Friedman. #mswl
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I'd love to see more SFF set on spaceships like Battlestar Galactica or Firefly. Bonus if there are space battles #mswl #pewpewpew