Carly Watters
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P.S. Literary Agency
SVP & Senior Lit Agent @PSLiterary MA in Publishing Studies @CityUniLondon Co-host of @TSNOTYAW VP of Professional Assoc. of Canadian Literary Agents
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#mswl fiction in the motherhood space with ANOTHER big layer (i.e. capitalism, race, health, disability etc)
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#mswl generational stories of parenthood and family with non-binary and/or trans characters in the commercial or historical adult fiction genre (ie. heavy with plot!)
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#mswl looking for fat-positive characters in commercial fiction like #OneToWatch
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I am enjoying Instagram more than Twitter these days so a reminder you can get my bookish advice over there too: instagram.com/carlywatters/
Today I posted some non fiction #MSWL in my IG stories if you want to tune in!
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Carly Watters @carlywatters
When our @PSLiterary query inbox opens again for the New Year please send me adult commercial/upmarket novels that are 70-85k. I would love some short and punchy novels. I don't want to read anything over 90k right now. My attention span (& the rest of the world) is SHORT. #mswlI'm thinking My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite short. #mswl
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When our @PSLiterary query inbox opens again for the New Year please send me adult commercial/upmarket novels that are 70-85k. I would love some short and punchy novels. I don't want to read anything over 90k right now. My attention span (& the rest of the world) is SHORT. #mswl
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Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle
Amazon: profit up 100%Walmart: profit up 80%
Target: profit up 80%
Lowe's: profit up 74%
Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, Google: stock at record high
Small businesses: 21% closed; revenue for rest down 30%
We're seeing a monumental wealth transfer from mom & pops to conglomerates.
#mswl narrative non fiction proposal about the transfer of wealth
Book version of this:
forbes.com/sites/jackkell…
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Here's a #mswl wishlist: carlywatters.com/wishlist/
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I love houses that are characters (TURN OF THE SCREW, LITTLE STRANGER, THE DUTCH HOUSE etc). Not horror, but a little eerie/creepy/ghosty works for me! #mswl
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A reminder:
I posted my #mswl a few places & after I put the call out I’ve had more than a dozen people (women) ask to send me something.
Men simply do not do this.
Women: if you see a call for content and you fit the bill SEND IT.
You do NOT need permission twice.
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I'd *LOVE* a book proposal with current research (and research to come) about how Covid is disproportionately affecting women's careers in the short term and long term (as they are statistically more likely to take care the kids and step back). #MSWL
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Time periods I like to read about: 1920s-present day. I don’t read a lot of historical fiction older than that. (Madeline Miller is really the only exception.) #MSWL
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Plus-sized women’s fiction characters/heroines #MSWL
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Science-based women’s health, perinatal health, maternal health, women’s mental health like LIKE A MOTHER by Angela Garbes. #mswl
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A mix of themes I like to see explored (not all at once!): nature, motherhood, identity, making difficult decisions, travel, myth of meritocracy, feminism, longevity, family, heartbreak, secret histories, individuality, modernism, trust, class, money, race, art, memory. #mswl
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I'd love something exploring ability/disability. Definitely #OWNVOICES. Non-fiction or fiction but my taste skews more commercial, not literary #mswl