Alex Slater

Hey it's #MSWL Day! Great to have manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social here. What I'm looking for:

-YA thriller/low fantasy blends; think RIPLEY meets TUCK EVERLASTING.
-YA historical procedural. I want a teen ALIENIST.
-MG dark fantasy GNs. An 11 year old exorcist? Sure!
-Weird! Weird everything!

I’d love to see your contemporary #MG story that the world needs to read. If it has a big hook and an urgent voice (like these two books I’ve had the honor of selling) all the better #MSWL

Ahem. Once again. Also, check out my #mswl to send me badass #MG and #YA and graphic novels at ASlater[at]sjga[dot]com.

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Just wrote this in a bio for @SCBWI and thought I’d share #MSWL ✌️

Finished copies looking good! Just a reminder: my #MSWL includes all kinds of MG nonfiction. Gimme.

Finally saw Midsommar last weekend. Still thinking about this scene.

What I loved about it is that the horror is always out in the open. There's no dark. You can't turn away. And what's scariest sometimes is what you can see and not ignore.

#MSWL: #YA folk horror #MG weirdness

#MSWL ALERT: "I want to do a highly illustrated middle-grade fantasy novel about a child of color." nyti.ms/35rxX3z

my forever #MSWL

I’m wishing for creepy #MG, serious literary #YA, and graphic novels especially by marginalized author/illustrators! #MSWL

evergreen #mswl

Yes and please. #MSWL

What a week. Gods of #MSWL: send me YA & MG that burns down white supremacy, misogyny, homophobia. Books to beat back the racists. Send me what terrifies them the most: your heart & humanity. More empathy today. Less intolerance tomorrow.

Please send me #MG that you’re afraid pushes the envelope, concerning topics some might think “aren’t suitable”...yet that’s exactly why you had to write it. Send me your truth. #MSWL

Looking for more #mg or #ya graphic novels that blend genres with dark humor and fiery voice. #MSWL

Absolutely loved @JamiesonV’s Sketchbook in the @nytimesbooks today. “Look for slivers of light.” #MG #MSWL

#MSWL reminder, I will jump at any #MG that comps Over The Garden Wall.

#Querying? Send me your contemporary #MG, especially if it plays with structure like Jack Cheng's See You in the Cosmos. Send me your historical fantasy #YA, especially if it has a multicultural cast like Heidi Heilig's The Girl From Everywhere. #MSWL

#portalstory #mswl #mglit

Here the climactic scene of my favorite, unwritten middle grade novel. #MSWL

Do you read a lot of Junot Díaz? Jesmyn Ward? If writers like them are your heroes, we will get along. Send me their progeny. #MSWL #YA #MG