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· 1 May 2023

I also ONLY rep kidlit, specifically #YA and #MG fiction. That may not have been clear on #MSWL because I got a LOT of adult fiction this time, which is an auto pass. Not to make people annoyed or that I don’t love it but because I specialize to better help my clients right now.

· 1 May 2023

Caitlin White @caitforestell

Query stats! I opened 4/17, and so far received 219 queries, requested 4, passed on 176, and still have 39 in queue — not in chronological order because I don’t always read them as I get them & some I’m still deciding. (Which may be frustrating to some #amquerying writers!) 1/

So far what I can say is I got (and usually get) BY FAR mostly YA fantasy, at least 70-80%, so if you have contemporary especially or other genres of #YA I’m eager! #amquerying #MSWL

· 30 Apr 2023

"If anyone's working on an adult novel that can comp SCREAM *and* something super millennial like THE HERD or A SPECIAL PLACE FOR WOMEN, I want to see it."
@readbystephanie #MSWL

psliterary.com/submissions/

· 30 Apr 2023

sean guynes is a 🦤 @doc_chocula

I want a science fiction novel about a unionization movement among spaceship workers, whether laborers on ships, docks, or ancillary industries. Like, not focused on the SF technologies just pure labor activist realism in an SF setting.

#mswl !!!

· 30 Apr 2023

I spent some time this weekend revamping my Publishers Marketplace page and manuscript wishlist (linked on PM). If you're an author getting ready to query your work, check it out! I'd love to hear from you. #MSWL #amagenting #WritingCommunity bit.ly/melaniefigueroa

· 29 Apr 2023

“Commerical fiction I loved (from the past year or two): SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE, THIS TIME TOMORROW, and THE GUNCLE.”
@carlywatters #MSWL

psliterary.com/submissions/

· 29 Apr 2023

Ali Herring @HerringAli

#MSWL YA fantasy that isn't "dark". Dare I say fun, maybe funny? Something that feels bright? Still has to have a solid hook and story problem to solve.

!!!

Agents: So what’re you looking for these days?

Me:
#mswl

· 28 Apr 2023

Keir Alekseii @KeirAlekseii

Once again made the terrible (amazingly good) mistake of putting on Queenmaker.

Where is the SFF queenmaker MS of my dreams???

#MSWL

Clarifying that I also want it to be Sapphic. Thank you.

#mswl

· 28 Apr 2023

#MSWL YA fantasy that isn't "dark". Dare I say fun, maybe funny? Something that feels bright? Still has to have a solid hook and story problem to solve.

· 28 Apr 2023

Once again made the terrible (amazingly good) mistake of putting on Queenmaker.

Where is the SFF queenmaker MS of my dreams???

#MSWL

· 28 Apr 2023

Allegra Martschenko @AllegraMartsch

Hello! Starting Monday May 1 I am changing my query policy. Within my genres/ages, I will remain open to:

—all BIPOC spec fic writers
—marginalized writers whose books fall into the category of one of my dream projects (see my website/MSWL: allegramartschenko.com/agent)

1/3

Reminder, as we go into the weekend! My query policy changes Monday, #MSWL

· 28 Apr 2023

"I'd love to see a voicey spin doctor narrative in adult fiction. Think the energy of the The Good Wife's Eli Gold."
@readbystephanie #MSWL

psliterary.com/submissions/

· 28 Apr 2023

if you have a YA written by a trans woman that comps to ethel cain's preacher's daughter I am begging to see it #MSWL

· 28 Apr 2023

#mswl LitRPG, please! Why haven't I seen this in my inbox yet?

· 28 Apr 2023

Amy Suiter Clarke @asuiterclarke

The whole “I didn’t know the leopards would eat MY face” joke except it’s white women who marry openly racist and violent men only to be shocked when he comes for her.

#MSWL but Amy is already writing it so ... ;)

· 28 Apr 2023

Loving all the book recs, though more what I'm looking for are projects in the vein of these titles to represent, so please query me with your dark "bad mom" books! #MSWL