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@laurenspieller
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Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · May 16
Ayana Gray @AyanaGray
Honestly:1) This is a MOOD.
2) I really want a YA fantasy with girls of color training to be badasses inspired by this.
TLDR: I WILL ALWAYS STAN GIRLS WITH WEAPONS. #BlackGirlMagic #amwriting pic.twitter.com/4kPrupWTwa
Omg #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · May 1
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller
So I’ve been thinking about books I’ve loved in the last few years & realized many involve scary/spooky elements like ghosts or dark spirits and tackle issues like the “monstrousness” of female power or the darkness of grief & inherited pain, and omg I like horror?? #mswlAnyway SEND ME YOUR SMART INTERSECTIONAL SPOOKY AF HORROR OR DARK FANTASY #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · Apr 22
Middle Grade.
Contemporary, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Magical Realism, Horror, Historical, and everything in between.
I want it all.
#MSWL
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · Apr 18
#mswl for spring 2019! 🌸
*Contemp Fantasy in MG, YA, Adult
*Character driven SF in MG & Adult
*Female MC thrillers & suspense
*Jewish and LatinX folklore
*YA Contemp with a BIG hook
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · Apr 7
I also want to read a middle grade fantasy that is as immersive and joyful as Cat Valente's books. #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · Mar 19
Linda Epstein @LindaEpstein
Two things I decided/learned from listening at the #highlightsjewishkidlit weekend: writers don’t need to define if it’s “a Jewish book,” just write what’s there. And we’re all Jewish enough (or not too Jewish) exactly however we are. Also, YES please to Jewish fantasy & sci-fi!Jewish fantasy or sci-fi!! #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · Mar 9
I’d love to see an archaeological fantasy that grapples with colonialism. #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · Mar 4
Writers, I have a few kidlit #mswl items I'd love to see in 2019!
-funny, contemp YA a la WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI, HOT DOG GIRL, HERETICS ANONYMOUS
-LatinX characters! Please!
-Grounded dark fantasy, a la SAWKILL GIRLS, THE DEVOURING GRAY, THE RAVEN BOYS
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · Jan 29
#MSWL Lightning Round:
--MG with a unique hook and a focus on friendship
--f/f YA that explores the lines between friendship and romance
--Adult psychological thriller that *isn't* about a woman who might be crazy/imagining the whole thing
--Adult SFF that makes me cry
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · 27 Dec 2018
Will someone please write me a fantasy set here? #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · 9 Dec 2018
I just listened to a story about The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle, and now I desperately want to read a SFF that features an intergalactic version of this amazing place. Maybe it’s a heist book?! #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · 27 Nov 2018
Charlie Stross @cstross
Fantasy worldbuilding props if there's a quasi-illegal alternate currency made out of very small persistent spells created in bulk in sweatshops by apprentice sorcerers, that is causing an inflationary bubble as it gradually depletes the global mana supply all magic relies on. twitter.com/redtwitdown/st…... #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · 13 Sep 2018
Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
#MSWL: anti-colonialist adult #SFF that’s not just about throwing off the hegemon’s rule, but also the complexities of economic independence, recovering lost cultural heritage, & constituting a government that doesn’t replicate oppressive structures put in place by the colonizer.I would love to see this. #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · 12 Sep 2018
I would love to continue seeing Contemporary YA and Adult Fantasy. Little magic, big magic, show me whatcha got! #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · 12 Sep 2018
SFF about REGULAR people. PLEASE. I want to know what it’s like to be a postal worker. A refugee. A personal chef. A farmer. An upstart politician. A student. #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · 15 Aug 2018
Lauren [closed to queries in August] @laurenspieller
that might not seem like a ton, but when you consider how many genres I represent across multiple age categories, it is a LOTWhen I open to queries again in September, I hope to continue receiving YA Fantasy (because I love it) but I also hope I see more
☻ Middle Grade Fantasy
☻ YA Contemporary
☻ Adult SFF
☻ Adult Psych Thrillers
#mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · 6 Jul 2018
I also want an Adult Fantasy reminiscent of THE CITY OF BRASS--smart, beautiful writing with a great plot that *moves*. #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · 6 Jul 2018
I'm also looking for BIG WORLDS in SFF. Something commercial and swashbuckling and fun as hell. I want a ROMP. #mswl
Lauren’s the Worst (preorder now💁🏻♀️) @laurenspieller · 6 Jul 2018
I'm also looking for upmarket YA Fantasy. I'm a sucker for thoughtful and elegant prose, and deep (not wide) worldbuilding that feels effortless despite it's intricacies. Contemp fantasy, second world fantasy, whatever--it's all great, as long as it sweeps me away. #mswl