Jessica Sinsheimer
Literary Agent
Context Literary Agency
Ravenous reader, lazy gourmet, literary agent + cheese-obsessed human. Co-creator of #MSWL , Manuscript Wish List® + ManuscriptAcademy.com. ☕📚She/her.
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Give me the character who starts out with everything against him/her/them--who then triumphs in a way that makes me want to cheer. #MSWL
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I'd love to read a YA thriller with magic realism. #MSWL
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I miss MTV's Daria. Bring me a character like her, but with more power. Perhaps a super power. But one that's understated and snarky. #MSWL
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I would really love an LGBT Pride & Prejudice retelling. #MSWL
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I can't WAIT to read this book! Out today: Emma Cline's The Girls: nytimes.com/2016/06/05/boo… More books like this, please. #MSWL
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(Last tweet may or may not have been inspired by The Voice. I love the image of Mary Sarah singing in BootBarn! Stories like this pls)#mswl
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I'm particularly fond of characters in small towns with big dreams. Especially when those dreams happen. #MSWL
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Yes, it's to your advantage to mention #MSWL in your query. But if you don't, I'll still notice if you have the kind of project I'm seeking!
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A lot of agents and editors at this mixer want a book about a spunky grandma. Make it happen! #MSWL
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I'm especially interested in protagonists with Autism. Send me your books! #MSWL
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I love books with teachers (and professors) as characters. #MSWL
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Show me a protagonist who thinks her time of fun on this planet is over. Then prove her very, very wrong. Post-emotional-apocalyptic? #MSWL
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I'd love to read a novel about self-fulfilling prophecy. Probably w/a female protagonist, highbrow sentences, and lots of--well--fun. #MSWL
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What if ghosts aren't just complete entities--but also still-vivid traces of us at very intense moments? I want to read about that! #MSWL
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I really enjoy awkward, well-meaning, nerdy characters like Gus on Netflix's LOVE. I'd love them even more in book form. #MSWL
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Adana K. Washington @adanawashington
@jsinsheim What about mentioning that your ms may be a good fit for the agent, as well as a MSWL tweet from an editor that the agent liked?Not creepy! If the agent has a matching #mswl tweet you absolutely should say this in your query. @adanawashington
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I still want a James Bond with a female protagonist. #MSWL
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Ozma Bryant @ozma_bryant
@jsinsheim @appifanie those toasters were a work of genius. Or someone who meant it as a joke and it came to fruition anyway.In fact, I'd totally read a gorgeous, literary book of essays about the discussions that made our familiar products. #MSWL @ozma_bryant
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Some of you already know that I tend to think bad things happening to appliances is hilarious (I don't know why either!). PB, maybe? #MSWL
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I'd love to read about more characters like Google's "Security Princess." And women in tech. Fiction or NF. businessinsider.com/this-security-… #MSWL