Bridget Smith
@bredalot
aka Breda. Agent at Dunham Literary. Co-host of @ShipAndHandling publishing podcast. Plays with swords in free time. Way too long-winded for Twitte
New York, NY
Bridget Smith @bredalot · Mar 13
Bridget Smith @bredalot
I have been rereading CODE NAME VERITY for the first time since my initial flurry of passion for it, and I still have the same reaction: good Jesus Christ what a VOICE.My #mswl always includes historical fiction, but I want to have *this* reaction to it. I want a voice that's vibrant and ALIVE, that feels immediately like a person I could know, that makes the quiet parts feel intimate and the stakes feel personal.
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 5 Oct 2018
Jessica Khoury @jkbibliophile
Where is my novel set entirely on Themyscira with absolutely no dudes appearing in any one of its 400+ glorious pages please publishing I could really use it right about nowSerious #mswl. Themyscira is licensed, of course, but I would very much love to read some novels that just do not see any reason to include a single man on the page.
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 28 Aug 2018
Bridget Smith @bredalot
~my specialty~I also have one about an emotionally obtuse girl and the pretty girl who loves her, and I want more! #mswl
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 19 Apr 2018
In adult, I'm mainly looking for SFF & historical, especially the kind that's both gripping & intimate. I want a really deep dive into a character's (or community's) emotional journey. #mswl
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 19 Apr 2018
Real faceclutchers - you know, the kind of book where you have so many feelings you have to hold onto your face to keep it together. #mswl
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 19 Apr 2018
In MG & YA, I'm focusing on high-concept contemporary that's sweet, funny, and layered, the kind of book that deals with a couple different kinds of relationship including the MC's feelings about themselves. #MSWL
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 2 Mar 2018
Bridget Smith @bredalot
I usually like a touch of magic, but lately I've been seeing a lot of queries that seemed like great high-concept contemporaries that turned into time travel or fantasy unexpectedly.So I guess my point is twofold: a) make sure you're signalling speculative elements right up front in your query, & b) send me more high-concept contemp!! #pubtip #mswl
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 30 Jan 2018
LOL, and also #mswl Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Sun Also Rises, Heart of Darkness, and The Glass Menagerie. electricliterature.com/literary-ficti…
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 5 Dec 2017
Bridget Smith @bredalot
Based on many thoughts today: #mswl a YA friendship story structured like a romance. (Book recs also accepted forty one!)I was thinking about this #MSWL recently, and - while I still want more! - it's exactly what FOOLISH HEARTS is. Enemies-to-BFFs.
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 25 Nov 2017
Bridget Smith @bredalot
In ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS, Anne goes to a wedding & accidentally-on-purpose reunites the cranky sister of the bride with her childhood sweetheart, who *sails across the bay at 2AM.*#MSWL that YA/lit novel.
Give me the crankypants heroine who always says the wrong thing, the kindhearted boy who always makes her laugh, the fight that tore them apart, & the light in the attic that brings them back just before it sours forever. #MSWL
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 25 Nov 2017
In ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS, Anne goes to a wedding & accidentally-on-purpose reunites the cranky sister of the bride with her childhood sweetheart, who *sails across the bay at 2AM.*
#MSWL that YA/lit novel.
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 25 Sep 2017
#mswl A novel about Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira, who wrote the first archaeological report on a bog body: smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 12 Sep 2017
TFW when everything you think of for #mswl is both a repeat of yourself a year ago AND other people today:
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 12 Sep 2017
Bridget Smith @bredalot
#MSWL YA fake-relationship stories, please! They are so contrived but also my kryptonite.Since everyone is #mswl-ing their favorite tropes! I LOVE fake relationships, whether they turn real or fall apart spectacularly.
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 12 Sep 2017
#mswl Now that I'm full on the Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan train, give me some space stories that feel like SHARDS OF HONOR.
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 12 Sep 2017
Also been watching a lot of GBBO and would love, eg, Martha's story: teen girl juggles competition & school, v. cozy feel. #mswl
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 12 Sep 2017
First: still looking for the f/f contemp YA of my dreams; funny, warm, layered, & more "coming of age" than "romance." #mswl
Bridget Smith @bredalot · 25 Apr 2017
Bridget Smith @bredalot
If I don't <3, there is a v. good chance I just didn't see it, so feel free to query anyway!In particular, I've been looking for a warm & funny f/f contemporary YA for ages; if I don't <3 yours, please query! #dvpit #mswl