Spookybelle 🎃👻
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ASH Literary
Founder & Literary Agent at @ASHliterary . Dogs & books, mostly. Never knowingly out-lipsticked. Views my own. She/her. It's Alice, never Ali. No DM queries.
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Across all ages I would love to see the friendship vibe Otis and Eric have in Sex Education. #mswl
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Across all ages I want the unhinged adventure energy from Pirates of the Caribbean 2, specifically the mill wheel chase which remains one of my favourite sequences. #mswl
(Not the right gif, I got bored of scrolling.)
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I would love to see MG with the magical, joyful energy in Jingle Jangle, specifically in the song The Square Root Of Impossible. #mswl
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🎄 Alice S-H 🎄 @alibelle
Hello! Happy 2022! I will be back at my desk tomorrow morning and am excited to dive into what’s already shaping up to be an exciting year, over 300 (!) assistant applications, AND I’ll be opening to queries. Ahead of that, let’s do a #mswl thread.I’m looking across picture books (author-illustrator only) to YA including graphic novels. I love romcoms, friendcoms, adventures and intriguing magic. I am not a fit for most horror, sci-fi, anything to do with emergencies on planes or the pandemic, or animal POVs. #mswl
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I am three episodes into The Wheel Of Time and another thing I'd like to see in my queries inbox in 2022 is the vibe of the opening credits, please and thank you. #mswl
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There’s a bit in The Nutcracker where we leave our world and enter the magical world. The tree grows, Clara shrinks, we know we’re not in Kansas any more. I get shivers every time and that vibe is specifically what I want when I reopen in 2022. #mswl
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Alice S-H isn’t here rn @alibelle
This is mostly great but having people of colour on the cover and then like… virtually none in the actual issue is not. twitter.com/thebookseller/…Anyway, as a disabled person, I’m glad to see this conversation starting and I hope to see lots of submissions from disabled creators! #mswl
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Elizabeth Lazowski @e_lazowski
Every call I have with an agent I ask for fat picture books. It's on my wish list. I talk about it endlessly. I have received zero submissions.Please, please, write about fat children. Illustrators, please depict fat children.
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I am not open to picture book submissions but I would make an exception for this. #mswl
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One good thing about being a bit wonky is I’ve caught up on some reading and my GOD I adored this book. What a total joy! Would love to see similar vibes in my queries! #mswl
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Julia McCarthy @thejumbles
In light of inspiring people, just putting it out there that I’d love to edit more picture books and novels that focus on putting your health first, acknowledging anxiety, carving out alone time, saying no, etc. ❤️ All things I wish I had understood better as an anxious kiddo.A big vibe for my own #mswl as well!
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Reminder that I ALWAYS want to see body positivity in my queries. Give me fat kids having a great time! Give me fat teenagers finding love! Give me fabulously fat characters living their best lives!
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#mswl #amquerying #amwriting
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Alice S-H @alibelle
Look if you put Backstreet Boys over anything I’m gonna watch it. Banger. twitter.com/pixar/status/1…PSA that this entire vibe is what I want to see in my queries inbox. #mswl
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I’m really craving joyful and funny stories at the moment. Would love to see more in my queries, particularly from marginalised voices. Romance, friendships, adventure, all with a side of LOL. #mswl
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Alice S-H @alibelle
Listening to Fearless (obv Taylor’s Version) and it’s the very first time I’ve heard the album - I came to her with 1989 - and it’s an absolute banger, unsurprisingly.It’s so YA?? I want the book of this album, please.
(Genuinely I really want more romance and friendship in my queries, please, particularly from marginalised voices.) #mswl
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Hello I am watching Wolf Walkers and if you are creating a graphic novel for MG readers with this vibe and art, we really need to talk. #mswl
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I am really craving some laugh-out-loud children's books. I want to see hilarious picture books, side-splitting chapter books and MG, and funny, cute YA. Also includes graphic novels!
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ASH Literary @ashliterary
We are OPEN to queries!➡️ Link to query: QueryManager.com/ASH_Literary
➡️ Link to #MSWL: ashliterary.com/#submissions
Looking forward to reading! pic.twitter.com/BrUs2HkQ4u
Welp, got distracted and forgot to sign up to #PitchWars, but I am open to queries and particularly keen to see graphic novels (all genres) and contemporary MG and YA. All genres and ages (up to YA) accepted from historically marginalised creators. #MSWL
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ASH Literary @ashliterary
We are OPEN to queries!➡️ Link to query: QueryManager.com/ASH_Literary
➡️ Link to #MSWL: ashliterary.com/#submissions
Looking forward to reading! pic.twitter.com/BrUs2HkQ4u
I'm open to queries again! Switched it up to use QueryManager, link below. Updated #MSWL below as well.
Excited to get reading!
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I would so love to read a middle grade version of Ghosts, I can’t tell you how much I’d love it. It would be SO FUN. 👻 #MSWL