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Cheering us up on this Mondayist of Mondays - welcome @anna_gamble_ from @LiverpoolLit to the blog childrensbooksnorth.blogspot.com/2021/07/northe… #ChildrensBooksNorth pic.twitter.com/mmB6l3WwXOThanks @books_north! It was lovely be involved
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"Thrillers like WHAT HAVE YOU DONE by Matthew Farrell." @CurtisPSLA #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
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#MSWL where are all the #memoir and fiction featuring immigrants or children of immigrant submissions. #WritingCommunity #writing #amquerying
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Downtown Abbey... but get real occulty with it #mswl
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AGREE, @marjorieingall! Query me if yr book reflects the rich diversity w/in Judaism, if you're writing about a "Black Orthodox Jewish kid who solves mysteries," or a "Jewish girl on a desert planet who rescues a fugitive droid and saves the galaxy"! #MSWL nyti.ms/3r0URd0
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"Indigenous food writers! I want to hear from you! We need more books in this space." @carlywatters #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
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AND AGAIN...
You can find my weirdly specific asks and all my long-winded details on my MSWL page! Please follow my agency's submission guidelines when you query me!
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emmy, purveyor of spines @emmy_of_spines
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: A crime novel that’s set in a community or about a group of people who see crime differently than privileged white folks usually do. Would like something by an author who has unique insight, or a perspective......we don’t usually see in publishing. Think: S.A. Cosby, the Netflix series Making a Murderer.
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8: I really, really want a western with a horse-girl-esque twist. Westerns are having a moment, I grew up riding and surrounded by equestrian culture, and I would love to see something fresh and progressive......by a rural author with something interesting and new to say. Think: Heresy, by Melissa Lenhardt; Outlawed, by Anna North.
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7: A cultural commentary on cancel culture, by an author with an established platform and some expertise in online life, technology, anthropology, research, something. Think: The You’re Wrong About podcast episode on the subject.
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6: Wholesome but quirky. This has been in my wheelhouse a LONG time, and I want more of it. You know slice of life anime? You know @_wholesomegames? That. In book form, or graphic novel. Adult only, please. Bonus for cottagecore aesthetics.
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5: Something SO WEIRD that I could never predict it. Speculative elements, accessible worldbuilding, whatever. But I want you to send me things in my inbox that make me go, what the ACTUAL fuck is this. I want the writing to be SO GOOD and the themes so universally appealing......that I can’t walk away from it. Think: SATELLITE LOVE, by Genki Ferguson; LAKEWOOD, by Megan Giddings; ESCAPING EXODUS, by Nicky Drayden; Cassandra Khaw.
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4: High-concept, feminist suspense and/or thriller, with lots of glamour and intrigue. Think unique settings, lavish parties, beautiful wardrobes, gossip, and murder. Fairly formulaic, but fresh and twisty......No law enforcement themes. Think: THE BALLERINAS, by Rachel Kapelke-Dale; MALIBU RISING, by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
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3: Commercial, high-concept romcom. I want it to hit all the most satisfying beats, I want it voicey as heck, and I want it to be something that I’m not already seeing on shelves. Give it to me in a new way or give me a really satisfying twist on a trope, and I......will be all over it. Would love to see non-idealized depictions of polyamory and t4t romance. Think: Talia Hibbert; DIAL A FOR AUNTIES, by Jesse Q. Sutano, the Heartstopper books by Alice Oseman (for adults).
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2: An evergreen desire: Books by Newfoundland authors that engage our culture, from ALL I ASK to FEBRUARY to OUR HOMESICK SONGS to NEW GIRL IN LITTLE COVE. Giv’er here, b’y!
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1: I am still, since the beginning of my lit agent career, looking for the perfect YA thriller. I am beginning to think I am doomed never to sign one! Think: I KNOW YOU REMEMBER, by Jennifer Donaldson. This is really the only YA I’m actively seeking right now. The lists......for kids are upsetting as all get out. Almost exclusively established authors and IP. I’m sorry, but I hate it.