Bridget Smith
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JABberwocky Literary Agency
aka Breda. Literary agent at JABberwocky. Co-host of @ShipAndHandling publishing podcast. Plays with swords in free time. Way too long-winded for Twitte
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Sarah Guan @🏡 @Sarah_Guan
#mswl: this entire vibe please(disclaimer: i love owls! they’re great! but i also love murderous witches who know what they want and protect their own) twitter.com/blgtylr/status…
Oh jeez I also really want this book, this is a perfect witch vibe #mswl
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emmet 🧝‍♂️💜🧦 cameron @emlfc
Has somebody written the YA book about the kid who is the president of their school’s GSA for 3 years before they take notice that they themselves are not straight? It seems like too common a scenario to miss in the teen literary canon.If you know of this, please tell Emmet (and me!); if not, #mswl.
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Bridget Smith @bredalot
Cannot stop thinking about Numair as a messy young bisexual at Wizard College, about 70% as charming & 50% as confident as he will eventually be, getting way too good at magic way too fast & meeting future ex-boyfriend/minor prince Ozorne & making Carthak too hot to hold him.This is partly an adult #mswl & partly something that I can only wish for because the context of what comes later adds so much, but still, I want to read this book.
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Watching The Half of It again, and gosh I love this movie so much. [When I re-open to queries] send me ALL the YA with this exact vibe. #mswl
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Stephanie Stein @stephlystein
Speaking of which, if anyone sends me a YA that feels like HBO's GENTLEMAN JACK, it's possible I'll die of happiness #MSWLAlso, as Stephanie says: yes, send this to me, please & thank you. #mswl
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In adult, I am particularly looking for SFF! I'm currently excited about fun voicey space books, epic fantasy set in original and well-defined worlds, and fantasy that turns a familiar trope on its head. #mswl
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I am craving some gorgeously weird YA fantasy as well! Particularly something contemporary-ish. #mswl
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I'm also really into YA stories that take a romance structure/trope and use it to construct a fantastic friendship story (a la FOOLISH HEARTS, an enemies-to-BFFs contemp). #mswl
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My clients have pointed out that I've got a specific subset of YA Nerd Girl Romance, and I am always here for more! Queer & POC girls very welcome, and I'm more likely to be won over by the romance if it intersects with other themes - family, friendship, self-discovery. #mswl
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Jumping into #mswl late! In general, I am open to a wide range of MG, YA, and adult fiction, and I'm currently taking queries! More info about my general interests here, and if you're not sure, always feel free to query: awfulagent.com/agents/bridget…
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Sarah đź’« @Harriet_Vane_
Homeopathy is obviously fake but swallowing pieces of the Berlin Wall to break down one's own emotional barriers is astonishingly poetic and the beginning of a GREAT SFF story. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/s…Hello yes if you (someone who is not Sarah, who is represented by my MORTAL ENEMY) write this book, please send it to me, I am extremely into turning history into magic and also all the weight attached to ancient buildings. #mswl
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Rick Wayne @RickWayneWrites
I wrote last summer about a genre of fantastic art that emerged a few years ago (and has since exploded) and what that might say about our era. I dubbed it “Encountering the Old Gods.” The original gallery was quite large. Here are a few more.rickwayne.blog/2018/07/20/enc… pic.twitter.com/EuOuSeGNaH
This is Precisely My Jam. #mswl
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Felicity Disco @FelicityDisco
I know there's a lot going on in the world but I can't believe I missed that the king of Thailand MARRIED HIS BODYGUARD. washingtonpost.com/world/2019/05/…Oh my GOD I want this SFF novel. The king marries his bodyguard IN SPACE! The king marries his bodyguard WITH SWORDS! #mswl
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I've been seeing more aspec characters in YA, which is great! But now I'd really love to see more in books that decentralize romance. I want more of this in YA in general, but particularly with ace/aro characters. #mswl
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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.
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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.
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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