Amanda Rutter
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Rebellion Publishing
Commissioning Editor at Solaris Books. Owned by three hellhounds. Talks a lot about politics, sports, books and dogs. Knitter, crocheter and lover of loud music
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Agents! I am hungry for horror! #mswl If you have anything horror-leaning, please do get in touch!
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🖊 Lindsay French @LFrenchWriting
@ALRutter I assume agented submissions only, correct? I did not see a submissions page for Solaris.Yes, agented submissions only please!
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lewiscostley @lewiscostley
@ALRutter when are you opening back up?I have changed roles. I am not longer an agent, but commissioning editor for Solaris
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Even given all of the above, this is not a hard and fast list and I am constantly surprised by the books I fall in love with, so pitch me and see what happens. If you want my email address for sending manuscripts or to set up a meeting, then slide into my DMs.
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Also, I am queer and I like queer books. I am fat and I like fat-positive books. I want to see myself and others represented on the page with care and full appreciation of what this means when we see it.
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In general, I am a fan of snarky characters - your rogues, your thieves, your commoners. Snappy dialogue makes my soul sing. Epic partnerships work for me (bonus points if you have a sunshine/grump dynamic). I want the characters with the darker edge.
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Urban fantasy! And, while we're at it, rural fantasy! Show me your Charles de Lint and Robert Holdstock-esque fantasies.
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Bureaucratic fantasy! No more chosen ones or royalty (or goddamn assassins), but the logistics experts and the accountants - make it funny and I am there!
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Character-focused SF - I want your heists, your found families, your explorers, your settlers. I'm not a good fit for either hard SF or pure military SF
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Fantasies or SF with an historical bent - Roman empires, Greek tragedies, Plantagenet dynasties but in SFF
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Try me on unusual genre mash-ups - think mysteries in space or epic fantasies in frontier settings. I've been enjoying the Solaris novels by Alice James, which are pitched as Sookie Stackhouse meets Bridget Jones!
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Do consider me for manuscripts featuring older protagonists. I'm in my 40s and I would like to read fantasy and SF with characters of this age and older. We're not invisible!
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I'll take a look at vampires and werewolves, but only with a fresh spin. I was particularly enamoured recently of Catherine Lundoff's take, with menopausal people experiencing a bigger change than expected.
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At the other end of the scale, send me your gentle fantasy with hopeful outlook and characters doing the best they can.
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Send me your big epic fantasy with world building you can touch, it's so real, and characters facing monumental world-ending stakes. Bonus points if it's an unusual setting and bigger bonus points if it's queer.
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So, since I am getting my feet under the desk now, here's a little flavour of my #mswl. In general, I like all facets of SFF, including horror, and I like my books to range from serious thought-inducing works to read-in-a-flash commercial fiction.
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#mswl BIPOC mythology! I don't know half as much as I should and I want stories that show me your glorious culture, your timeless stories, and your characters in all their facets. Bonus if it's gay (although strikes me all mythology should be gay!!)
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#MSWL So, I do take mysteries/thrillers and detective stories, and a current want is something in the nature of Silver and Opal Country by Chris Hammer, where the place the novel is set is a character in its own right (in that case, the Australian outback).
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For REASONS, my current #MSWL is currently normal people taking down the oppressive people who lord over them.
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