Leonicka Valcius

I REALLY REALLY want a YA road trip/girls trip book. Silly, funny, friendship, vibezzz. Unforgettable memories that remain secrets foreverrrr. Please. #mswl

I really love the “spending the summer back home” premise in middle grade and YA, especially when “back home” is so varied for Black peoples. Grandma/aunty/cousin’s house is often the perfect background for all kinds of stories. More please! #mswl

I’d really love to read a hilarious chapter book or middle grade full of black characters going on silly adventures. #mswl

#mswl #amquerying #Blackwriters #kidlit #canlit

I had a dream that was a pretty good set up for a thriller: a person’s enemies expertly and publicly fake the person’s death. Now person has to stop enemy from meeting goal while proving they are indeed alive. #mswl

MY TOP 3:
Friends to lovers 💕
There’s only one bed 😜😆
FAKE ENGAGEMENT 😍🤩😍

#mswl (when I reopen to queries)

(Romcom is not a trope)

#mswl

I enjoy new spins on old tropes but I ADORE fresh world building and premises that I would not have encountered in tradition sword and sorcery fantasy. My faves (NK Jemisin, Alaya Dawn Johnson for example) make me say "I didn't know you could do that.) #askDVpit #mswl

#MSWL when I reopen. He’d do anything... EXCEPT THAT

When I reopen to queries, sexy historical domme is definitely on my #MSWL.

If/when I reopen to queries, I want fiction with this mother-daughter BFFs vibe! #mswl

If I reopen to queries one day (lol 😂), I’d like romance and women’s fiction with this vibe. #mswl

Just left #CirqueDuSoleil and now I want queer acrobat romance #MSWL

#MSWL for when I reopen: romcom with emphasis on the comedy. Not just giggling-cute. I want Chidi and Eleanor absurdity level LOLs. Bonus points if the sex scenes are also funny.

I'm closed to queries right now but when I open my #MSWL will be funny kidlit by writers of color. Especially love chapter books and early readers.

I love the ocean the way most people love space so gentle reminder to send me your under sea #SFF. MORE BLACK MERMAIDS!!!! #mswl

Dude cheats on his barber and gets more than a fade..... I’m just saying the plot is right there for the taking. #mswl

I didn’t quote tweet cuz I don’t wanna project on that man’s story but I’d totally rep a m/m barbershop romance. #mswl

Also, after watching #JohnWick3, I want a book about an intricate secret society. Not necessarily assassins and not necessarily adult (remember #CodeNameKidsNextDoor?). #mswl

Take all your frustration with S8 of #GoT and channel it into writing a beautiful and detailed epic fantasy full of people of color and female complexity that doesn’t hinge on sexual violence. Then send it to me. #mswl