@carlywatters is on today's LIT MATCH podcast episode! Carly talks about her manuscript wishlist, (#MSWL) the agent-author relationship, and shares expertise that comes from her eleven years working at P.S. Literary Agency. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/car…

If your #query comps On My Block, I wanna see it in my inbox. #mswl #writingcommunity #amagenting

Querying authors, we're looking for NON-FICTION books about the intersection of #faith and culture, on #deconstructing and reconstructing faith; asking hard questions about faith. No DMs. See submission guidelines: rachellegardner.com/submissions #MSWL #InspyBooks #WritingCommunity

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“Graphic memoirs and graphic nonfiction for all age categories.” @agentvicente  #MSWL mariavicente.com/representation

Brilliant and quick overview for those being plagued by requests for “high concept” plots. Yes, it’s a thing. #mswl vm.tiktok.com/TTPdfRHEUT/?k=1

I am just gonna say it: I want a TURNING RED comp #MSWL

I watched Turning Red yesterday and I think I might watch it again today?? The friendship, the aunties, the extreme muchness of thirteen-year-old girls, I want it alwayssss #mswl

Only accept agented manuscripts, FYI. All these #MSWL ramblings are just me thinking out loud... especially if it helps inspire a writer (even if I never see it) 😁

And is there something around Día de Muertos and God/faith that would make for a good kids book? #MSWL

Random #MSWL... a kids book about Mardi Gras and its connection to Lent/preparing for Lent.

There's so much to love about #TurningRed but one of the many things it does well is explore puberty for girls in a really engaging way. I desperately want to see this in the MG space, give me books that deal with puberty for girls in all its awkward and funny ways #MSWL

And brief #MSWL moment: I’d love to find even more page-turning novels of complex joy that honor rather than blunt life’s sharper edges. I’m seeking too more literary & upmarket fiction from international writers whose stories are site-specific yet universally resonant. 💜

"Romance, Literary, Commercial, Suspense, Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Picture Books." @CurtisPSLA #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

Some #MSWL comps

We need to flood (heh) the mg market with stories about periods until men are as comfortable with the subject as I had to be at 13 with why tissues and hand lotion might be on a teen boy's bedside table #mswl

#MSWL: BIPOC shenanigans and the Yee Haw Agenda

My manuscript wishlist is live! Learn more about the nonfiction, fiction, and YA queries I'm interested in, and if you have a project that seems like a good fit, please send it my way!
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"Generational stories of parenthood and family with non-binary and/or trans characters in the commercial or historical adult fiction genre (ie. heavy with plot!)” @carlywatters #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

#mswl: the impact of fangirls on society + culture