Happy #MSWL day!

some specific shoutouts:
- voice! voice! voice! anything voice-driven with some kind of social lens (YA/adult)
- a literary love story a la PAST LIVES (A24) and FIRST LOVE (Netflix)

my general wishlist remains the same so please do check it out!
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/marin-takikawa

Also in Historical, I'm interested in seeing the clash of art/artists and war/politics play out on the page, similar to Fiona Davis’s The Chelsea Girls, Elyse Durham’s Maya & Natasha, or Nicole Galland’s Boy. Also, stolen art. Or how creatives reflected or reacted to tumultuous time periods. #MSWL

I updated my #mswl in advance of manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social day today! www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/je...

Happy #MSWL day! I’m currently closed to queries BUT when I reopen on March 1st I would love to see-

•More YA stories
-I’m hungry for murderous cheerleaders- think I Know What You Did Last Summer x Bring It On

-I’m also in my lover girl era so give me those Jenny Han vibes

It's #MSWL day!! I'm excited to share a few things I'm looking for later today (but first: meetings), so in the meantime, here's my page on the website. Please note I am only open to agented submissions. www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ca...

Handspun is reopening to queries in March! If you have a project similar to anything listed here, please send it my way when we reopen again! Looking forward to reading your amazing projects! :D

Harlequin Intrigue books are 55-60K, HEA required, adult (not YA or NA). Mystery-focused with a strong romantic partnership that evolves with the suspense.

#mswl time: forever looking for a Twin Peaks style small-town romantic suspense. Fish out of water special agent, secretive and seductive love interest, murder, mystery, and slightly weird goings on. Intrigue guidelines are at harlequin.submittable.com, ask me if you have questions!

Hi, this is Cheyenne at Handspun Lit participating in #mswl ! I'd love:
- epic romantasy that centers historically excluded voices
- horrormance
-indigenous voices and stories (esp. in fantasy and horror)

White Whale project: THE SADDLE CLUB meets RIVALS, something super raunchy and fun

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Hey it's #MSWL Day! Great to have manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social here. What I'm looking for:

-YA thriller/low fantasy blends; think RIPLEY meets TUCK EVERLASTING.
-YA historical procedural. I want a teen ALIENIST.
-MG dark fantasy GNs. An 11 year old exorcist? Sure!
-Weird! Weird everything!

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* Surprise me! - Your book isn't on this list? That's okay. I'm happy to check it out. Don't self reject!
* I'm sure I'll think of more, but this feels good for now.
Really, I'm just looking for things I don't want to put down.
???s - drop them below, (no pitching please) #MSWL

I’m currently closed to queries EXCEPT for adult nonfiction proposals. I’m looking for: spirituality/New Age, self-help, health/fitness, motivational, business, celebrity, lifestyle, psychology, relationship/dating, & true crime. #MSWL manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ly...

I would love for more creepy forest books to drop into my inbox. And give me all the weird genre-bending stories. #mswl

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* Your heart stories - send me the stories that come from your heart, that are the stories you've needed/wanted
* Genre bending stories
* Contemporaries with speculative elements
* Stories that combat toxic masculinity
* Graphic Novels
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* Stories that play with form
* Family saga's that are anchored in a certain subset (ex. 6ft Under)
* Weird stories
* Stories with witches (all kinds of witches)
* Stories with unique settings - take me somewhere!
* Zombies - believe it or not, I like zombies
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MG or YA Coming of Age Graphic Novel. Draw me a world with realistic, flawed, lovable, funny characters following their dreams. The next “Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song.” Sub link in profile #MSWL #GraphicNovel #KidLit

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* Grounded fantasy / Sci-fi - "grounded" being the key word here
* Stories with surprising twists that connect to character motivation - not a twist for the twist's sake
* I'd still love something in the vein of the movie Sugar and Spice - if you haven't seen it, you should
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In Historical Fiction, I'd love to see a pair or group of unlikely female companions, like Kate Quinn’s The Briar Club or Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s The American Daughters, preferably in a plot of intrigue, secrets, and spies. #MSWL

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* Anything you can put the word "cozy" with
* Thrillers - bonus points if they include female rage
* Stories about female rage
* Morally gray female characters - I support women's rights, I also support women's wrongs so bring me all the stories of women
* Stories that will make me cry
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Looking for powerful storytelling, voicey writing at the line level, and distinctive, fresh illustration this #MSWL Day! Please check out my various posts and if you think you have what I’m looking for, submit to me here:
querytracker.net/query/Nealon...