Beth Phelan (closed To Unsolicited Queries)
@beth_phelan
mg & ya literary agent. food, beer, dog person. INTP. she/her. creator of #DVpit (@DVpit_) & #EATTHEBOOK (IG). @PocPub subcommittee.
Brooklyn, NY
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beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Mar 23
#MSWL in-this-moment:
- Fun MG fantasy with secondary non-human characters
- LOL MG and YA
- Undeniable VOICE
- Ensemble casts
- Monsters
- MG with non "trad" parents/guardians
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Mar 17
anxiety has been making it hard to focus very well, but i will say that in addition to the rest of my #MSWL i am also highly motivated to read more LOL MG fantasy adventure. have a few fantastic mss in my queue and would add some more… :)
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Jan 6
Dana Chidiac @chidiaqian
YA about moving on from high school! Anything about college admissions, the summer after senior year, freshman year of college (or of life) #mswlI’d also love books with teens who elect not to go to college at all #mswl
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · Jan 2
Happy 2020! I’m back open to queries!! Send me...
#MG:
LOL fantasy, contemporary tackling big topics, queer madcap ensemble adventures!
#YA:
Weird crimes/myths, underdog fantasy, dark paranormal, experimental shit!
#querytip #mswl #subtip #amquerying
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 10 Dec 2019
beth phelan (hiatus &closed to unsolicited subs) @beth_phelan
when i updated my website, i also updated my wishlist! please bookmark this for the new year, when i finally, at long last, reopen to queries! #mswl #amquerying #querytipbethphelan.com/submission-wis…
i will add that top of my #MSWL is: laughing. i don't mean chuckling. i mean i want to LOL. more so with voice than silliness but i'd love to see more of it in general in my submissions. :)
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 10 Dec 2019
when i updated my website, i also updated my wishlist! please bookmark this for the new year, when i finally, at long last, reopen to queries! #mswl #amquerying #querytip
bethphelan.com/submission-wis…
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 11 Nov 2019
Catching up on subs and i notice i have excellent YA here, but not much MG! #mswl WHEN I REOPEN: I really want to work on more MG! Commercial or literary—give me your big series hooks, magic, light and fun contemporary, hopeful stories touching on tough topics, queer characters!!
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 8 Oct 2019
Shenwei (they/them) 張軒瑋 @theshenners
the discussion about the lack of upper MG & lower YA has me thinking about how little I see experiences like my middle school days in fiction...when I was13-14 most ppl were not sexually active but ppl were absolutely making sex jokes and I feel like MG mostly sanitizes that
I would really like to see if we can fill this gap so if anyone has anything with protagonists 13 or 14, especially contemporary realistic, send it to me with “#gap #mswl” as the subject line... especially looking at you marginalized writers!
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 2 Sep 2019
#mswl queer poc teen friend groups
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 21 Aug 2019
if anyone has a MG or YA with a PROTAGONIST who has ADHD, i'd love to see it. in particular, a type that isn't the more commonly associated hyperactive but features the inattentiveness, procrastination, disorganized thoughts, etc. would be open to realistic or fantasy #MSWL
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 30 Jun 2019
technically closed to queries but aching for more submissions from Native / Indigenous authors, MG or YA, of course. send my way with “Native voice” in the subject line 💚💚 #mswl #amquerying
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 17 May 2019
#mswl for social justice topics in MG <3
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 22 Apr 2019
authors! it's okay if your book doesn't match a #mswl exactly! you don't need to revise the book to fit, or write the book to meet it, or mention the mswl at all. you can just query and let it stand on its own! just because we tweet a mswl, doesn't mean that that is ALL we want.
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 22 Apr 2019
i want more diverse mg fantasy with secondary animal characters that steal my heart #mswl
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 16 Apr 2019
beth phelan (semi-hiatus & closed to queries) @beth_phelan
anyway, if anyone out there ever wanted to shine another light on these things, hit me up. i’m slowly trying to be open about this stuff.....this is also on my eternal #mswl
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 10 Apr 2019
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks
Goodness do I want to get more college YA in my query box. #MSWLAlso American Panda by @gloriacchao is such a perfect book, just thinking about it makes me happy. twitter.com/missdahlelama/…
Don’t send it to Eric just send to me #mswl
J/k you should totally send it to Eric but just you know send to me too okay?
beth phelan (closed to unsolicited queries) @beth_phelan · 3 Apr 2019
Saraciea a.k.a The Bronx is Reading 📚 @Sj_Fennell
Still waiting on an Afro-Honduran Or a Garifuna protagonist in #kidlit or even freaking adult lit. I have yet to see myself in MG or YA book. I enjoy stories that feature other Afro-Latinx cultures. But, I’m am really waiting on the day an Afro-Honduran or Garifuna writes kidlit twitter.com/lindasuepark/s…#mswl bring me this pls