Ashley Herring Blake
@ashleyhblake
Agent w/ Rees Literary | Author of books 🏳️🌈 | Up next: HAZEL BLY & THE DEEP BLUE SEA, LBYR 2021 | she/her | Rep: @rebeccapodos
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Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · 4d
Adult gothic horror by a Black creator. That’s it. That’s the whole #MSWL.
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · May 27
Also, send me a romance that feels like summer from page one, beach or lake setting, or big city summer feels like LA or NYC. YA or adult, esp from marginalized creators. All the complex feels like in BEACH READ & THE KISS QUOTIENT & REAL MEN KNIT. And as always:🏳️🌈 #MSWL
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · May 27
Closing to queries on 6/1 (until 7/1!), so I’m sending out the #MSWL bat signal. I’m LONGING for a realistic MG that hits me w/ ALL THE FEELS reminiscent of Erin Entrada Kelly, Laurel Snyder, Kelly Yang, Kat Yeh, & Brandy Colbert. Fresh & voicey, esp from marginalized creators.
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · May 3
MG #MSWL: Heartwarming, feel-good, complex friendships (bc middle school, amiright?), & first crushes, all centered around twin siblings. And make it gay.
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 26
#MSWL My goodness can I get a YA about this oh-so-queer crew?
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 26
#MSWL A middle grade set in a mountainous coast with setting as character and GORGEOUS writing rocking this vibe
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 18
As summer approaches & we have no idea what it will actually look like, I’m craving a DELIGHTFUL YA or adult summer romance in my queries. Voice-driven, ocean/lake/river setting, lots of swoons. #MSWL
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 18
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake
Here’s a #MSWL for you: A YA or ADULT fantasy set in Paris or Prague or Budapest or something uniquely akin, with an MC who most definitely knows she’s badass & powerful & won’t hesitate to tell you exactly where you can stick your hero-complex. In my dreams, she’s ragingly pan.A contemporary YA/Adult fantasy with your fave anti-hero. #MSWL
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 18
Here’s a #MSWL for you: A YA or ADULT fantasy set in Paris or Prague or Budapest or something uniquely akin, with an MC who most definitely knows she’s badass & powerful & won’t hesitate to tell you exactly where you can stick your hero-complex. In my dreams, she’s ragingly pan.
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 7
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake
I’d love to see a cozy magical MG like A SNICKER OF MAGIC or LOVE SUGAR MAGIC in my inbox. Voicey, elegant magic that’s simply part of the contemporary world, definitely from marginalized creators. #MSWLCozy magical MG. #MSWL
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 7
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake
MG graphic novels are one of my fave comfort reads. I’d love to see a contemporary graphic novel a là ROLLER GIRL, THE NEW KID, BE PREPARED, in my in box! And, you know, make it queer.🤞🏻🏳️🌈 #MSWLI want an MG graphic novel from an author/illustrator BAD. #MSWL
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 7
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake
Send me your fresh, voice-driven MG realistic contemporaries! I’m looking for stories—esp from mariginalized creators—that feature unconventional families, first crushes, community & activism, family secrets, girls dealing w/ unwanted body attention, angry girls, enby MCs. #MSWLAll the voice drive MG. #MSWL
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 7
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake
Just got a major craving for a queer BRINGING DOWN THE DUKE. Give me some f/f romance in petticoats and refined (or hell, not so refined) ladies giving the Jane Austen version of the middle finger to the patriarchy. #MSWLI mean, if you’ve got some f/f kissing going on, I probably want to see it. #MSWL
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 7
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake
Hey #amquerying authors, I’ve got lots of reading time, so send me allllll your VOICEY escapist fic. Book club fic, rom coms (I love the het ones, yes, but dear god someone send me a queer f/f or enby rom com), beach reads, upmarket family drama heavy on sister stories. #MSWLEvergreen #MSWL
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 7
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake
Modern day P&P with Lizzie and Darcy in a quaint small town except Darcy’s a girl or enby. Just saying. #MSWLAnd this don’t mean role reversal. I mean TWO GIRLS or F/NB. #MSWL
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 7
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake
With everything going on, I’m hungry for comfort reads in the form of heartfelt middle grade contemporaries. I’d love to see a realistic story laced with hope reminiscent of MY JASPER JUNE, OTHER WORDS FOR HOME, & HURRICANE SEASON, esp from marginalized creators! #MSWLRealistic contemporary MG. #MSWL
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake · Apr 7
Ashley Herring Blake @ashleyhblake
Hey, #amquerying writers, really craving some upmarket adult in my inbox right now. Gorgeous writing. Accessible plots. Hot mess queer MCs welcome. Give me all your adult disaster gays. EVVIE DRAKE but gay. THE FLATSHARE but gay. SUCH A FUN AGE but gay. #MSWLDisaster gay upmarket adult fic. #MSWL