Eva Scalzo 🇵🇷

In Middle Grade: Stories that are lyrical and on the more literary range of the spectrum. #MSWL 7/7

In SFF: Stories that are feminist and intersectional, particularly in science fiction. #MSWL 6/7

In YA: Gothic or horror as long as it’s not too gory. I especially love atmospheric settings and psychological horror/suspense. #MSWL 5/7

In Romance: Raunch-coms that embrace female sexuality and are fun and sexy with heroes who are supportive and never slut-shame. #MSWL 4/7

Invisible chronic conditions: I want to see characters with diabetes, epilepsy, other auto-immune diseases, where the condition is part of their identity, but not the whole of it. I want to see their joy more than their struggles. #MSWL 3/7

But for all these wishes, I would love to see diverse stories from diverse authors. Not just BIPOC, but queer and disabled voices sharing stories that share their joy across a broad range of age categories. #MSWL 2/7

Oh, look at that, in one week I will reopen to queries.

I will update my various #MSWL posts and will pin them to this space, but yes...formal notice that I am reopening to queries on March 15th.

On my eternal #mswl is a romcom (YA or Adult) where one of the MCs is a Type I diabetic.

This request brought to you by the fact that my new insurance requires prior authorization on the insulin that I’ve been using for over 20 years. So now I get to pay more to stay alive.

like this is an evergreen #mswl

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Hell yes, #mswl

Invisible chronic conditions: I want to see characters w diabetes, epilepsy, other auto-immune diseases, where the condition is part of their identity, but not the whole of it. I want to see their joy more than their struggles, but I don't want it to be tokenized either. #mswl 7/

Historical Fantasy with a diverse bent and lots of magic. Like say a story about a bruja/o/x traveling transatlantically and owning all of Europe. #mswl 6/

A F/F sports romance. I'm shipping Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird, so if you have a story you'd comp to their story, please send it my way. Or you can comp it to Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris. Doesn’t have to be soccer either. #mswl 5/

In contemporary romance I’m especially hungry for a story where gender expectations are subverted, so something like a celebrity with a female bodyguard or a prince who is saved by a princess (ahem, Harry and Meghan anyone?). #mswl 4/

My full #mswl can be found at evascalzo.com/mswl, but here are a few highlights: Stories from marginalized voices that focus on the joy. I’m a fan of the HEA. Issues books have their place on the bookshelf, but that’s not my wheelhouse. 3/

Reminder: I represent Adult Romance and SFF and across all genres of Young Adult fiction. I do not represent literary fiction, poetry, screenplays, or nonfiction—not even narrative nonfiction or whatever autofiction is (something I've seen recently in queries). #mswl 2/

QUERY UPDATE: Hi everyone, I'm fully re-opening to queries tomorrow, September 1st, and am so looking forward to seeing your projects. My #MSWL can be found here: evascalzo.com/mswl

This but the witch is a #Latinx bruja and is basically out to #own Europe. #mswl

Listen, anyone who knows me, knows that I am all about the joy! QPOC definitely have earned their joy, send me those stories! I am open to them right now!! #mswl

There are so many reasons relationships don’t work out. Adding nuance to the ex/backstory can add depth and real emotional stakes to the potential conflicts your MCs face. #mswl