Cecilia Lyra

Bonus points if there's an immigrant angle! #MSWL #WritingCommunity

I would LOVE to get this #MSWL

Full disclosure: I want this so much I can even 'see' the title: WHEN IN DOUBT, ADD EMPATHY #MSWL

(...and that includes adding empathy in how we treat our many selves.)

Because empathy is a powerful thing ❤️ #WritingCommunity #MSWL

The first submission we got to critique this week features parentified children, a theme that's at the very top of my #MSWL — thank you to all writers who share your brilliant work with us. We appreciate your trust!

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My @ManuscriptWList page is up! #MSWL

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I am reading Danielle Evan's BEFORE YOU SUFFOCATE YOUR OWN FOOL SELF and it's...perfection. Layer upon layer of all the essential story elements. Writing that melts into your soul. #amquerying writers: we know short story collections are a tough sell but I AM HERE FOR IT! #MSWL

I'm on the hunt for a submission on misandry. #MSWL

Open to all categories and formats: essay collection, narrative nonfic, short stories with misandry as a commom theme, etc.

And yes, I've read the brilliant @aPaulineR 's work! 🔥

If your WIP is like I CARE A LOT and has:
Women con artists ✔️
Escalating tension ✔️
Twists and turns ✔️
Surprising and satisfying ending ✔️

Then please consider querying me! 🙋🏽‍♀️
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If PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (@PromisingFilm) would be a comp for your WIP, please consider querying me. #BestMovieEver #MSWL

AFTERSHOCKS by @NadiaOwusu1 is officially my favorite memoir ever— #amquerying writers this is the perfect example of how to share stories with specificity, vulnerability, and, of course, beautiful writing. And I love the world history woven into the protagonist's journey. #MSWL

Extra bonus points if I can't see the plot twist coming! #WritingCommunity #MSWL

What's not to love? #WritingCommunity #MSWL

I just finished THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL CORRECTIONS by @daniellevalore and it is the BEST short story collection I've ever read. Sharp, inquisitive, prescient. The writing on a line level is perfection. The stories are expertly-shaped magic. #MSWL

Here's what I have to say about that: #MSWL 👀

They do! 🔥😉 #MSWL #amquerying

If I’m going to spend time inside someone’s head, I want them to be messy and conflicted. I want them to feel envy, greed, shame. I want them to be manipulative and deceitful. I want them their inner life to be at odds with their public persona. I do not want them to be nice.

I am intrigued by characters who want to be good people, but keep making the wrong choices (habits are hard to break, esp if it comes from a place of trauma). I appreciate characters who are, in fact, good people, but who can’t see it (maybe they are hiding a shameful secret?).

A conclusion: I don’t like reading about nice characters. By ‘nice’ I mean characters who genuinely think they’re good people. I am drawn to characters who have to pretend to be nice to survive (especially if they’ve learned it the hard way). #MSWL #WritingCommunity

I'm about halfway through this gem by @SusanMihalic and all I can say is that it's disturbing AF: dark and twisty and rife with taboo --- exactly the sort of story I'd love to represent #MSWL