Ernie Chiara

Evergreen #MSWL

#MSWL for trans voices in speculative #A or #YA that comps @ryka_aoki's The Light from Uncommon Stars. I'm blown away not just by the voice, but by the originality of the story, the heart, the narrative scope. It's breathtaking. We need more trans joy in SFF. Send them my way.

Hey, everyone! I've gotten a lot of questions about opening to queries, so it seems a lot of you have things you'd like to send my way!

I'm open to queries from now through the end of November. Send me your #F and #SF in #A & #YA. and check my #MSWL at erniechiara.com/mswl.

#MSWL #CliFi

Spirited Away and everything Ghibli are evergreen #MSWL for me.

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One #MSWL item I really hope someone picks up on is a Black version of UTOPIA AVENUE feat. Magical Realism in Motown or the golden age of Rap. MR/Fabulist or Contemporary Fantasy stories based in historical music scenes like UTOPIA AVENUE shouldn't be limited to white writers.

⟡ #MSWL Contemporary fantasy or magical realism that comps ADDIE LARUE or THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY from a BIPOC perspective

⟡ #MSWL Asian or Asian American Sci-Fi, anything that comps SPACE SWEEPERS (Netflix)

⟡ Adult or YA Sci-Fi with LGBTQIA+ characters from writers who share their characters' marginalizations

⟡ #MSWL Climate Fantasy that comps SWEETH TOOTH (Netflix)

⟡ Period Alt-London Fantasy that comps PEAKY BLINDERS or HARLOTS with magic, or THE NEVERS or CARNIVAL ROW

⟡ #MSWL Anything that blends the genres of Speculative Sci-Fi with Contemporary Fantasy/Magical Realism

⟡ Anything that comps THE MURDERBOT DIARIES by Martha Wells

This is also 100% #MSWL for me.

#MSWL for more books that do this. Within the genres I rep, of course. More positive non-binary rep please. 🙏

#MSWL for #A or #YA #F fantasy for #BVM with BIPOC characters facing magic in contemporary settings like Lovecraft Country or The City We Became.

#MSWL for traditionally underrepresented voices in #A or #YA #F & #SF that center BIPOC w/ an emphasis on intersectionality, and stories rooted in culture & identity.

Since this post is getting some likes, I hope you'll all check out my #MSWL at
ErnieChiara.com/MSWL

#MSWL Magic. Intersectional Feminism. Victorian England.

Or anything that comps #TheNevers @hbomax @hbo "Victorian women find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies and a mission that may change the world."

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I sort of just realized that, at least for now, I’m not looking for anything pirate or mermaid or Atlantis related. Basically, if it’s in the sea, it’s not for me. Unless it’s Snowpiercer on a boat.

This is a friendly anti-#MSWL post.

Not a fan of Woody Allen, but #MSWL for #MR with time travel and art/lit that comps Midnight in Paris (2011).

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Just updated my #MSWL page to include everything I listed in this thread. You can check them all out in one place at ErnieChiara.com/MSWL

⟡ In Adult: Magical libraries, magical bookstores, magical book stalls w/ back alley portals to magical worlds. You get the picture.

⟡ #A Adult #F #SF #MR set in Boston or an alternate-Boston. Give me a Boston version of THE CITY WE BECAME, UN LUN DUN, or NEVERWHERE.

#MSWL