Chelsey Emmelhainz
@CKEmmelhainz
Senior editor at @crookedlanebks acquiring adult suspense. Intersectional feminist. CO native. Brunch enthusiast. Opinions: my own. Header art: @LoraZombie
New York City, NY
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · Jan 16
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz
My current #MSWL:- toxic female friendships
- spooky suspense (maybe w/ supernatural/horror bent)
- suspense featuring cults and witches (a la, THE CRAFT)
- family dysfunction + messed up secrets
- female serial killers
It appears my #MSWL list is evergreen, because I'm definitely still hunting for all these elements in my mystery/suspense/women's fiction submissions...
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · Jan 12
Okay so The Descent has everything on my #MSWL for 2019: complicated, dark female friendships, survival, suspense, and a dash of the supernatural. *grabby hands*
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 19 Dec 2018
Kim @blitherbabble
I'd love to read a crime fiction book that has a serial killer tracking down and painfully murdering all the frenetic, following-to-followers-ratio twitter people who followed him on twitter just to unfollow him as soon as he followed them back.#MSWL 😂
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 27 Nov 2018
Doing title research led me to this amazing #MSWL tidbit. Who's gonna write me a mystery with "the perfect murder weapon"? curiosity.com/topics/the-tox…
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 19 Oct 2018
You know what I want to see in a mystery series? TWISTER. I want a storm-chaser mystery series minus the weird love triangle. #MSWL
Also I saw this gif and my brain IMMEDIATELY started playing the "chase" music from the movie. Guess what I'm watching this weekend.
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 8 Oct 2018
Unlikeable Female Characters @UnlikeableFCPod
🔪 COMING SOON 🔪Unlikeable Female Characters is a new podcast where feminist thriller writers talk about female characters who don't give a damn if you like them.
Launching in a few weeks, follow this account for updates!
#MSWL forever:
"Female characters who don't give a damn if you like them."
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 18 Sep 2018
Quressa Robinson (she/her/queen) @qnrisawesome
For the love of my dark, evil, magical heart, please send me witch books--bitchy witches, selfish witches, selfless witches, kind witches, amoral witches, angry witches. ALL THE WITCHES!!! #MSWLSAME! #WhereMyWitchesAt #MSWL
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 13 Sep 2018
Emily Rodmell @EmilyRodmell
The key to catching the attention of an editor or agent is to make us want to read more. We're busy and have a million things that we could stop reading to do. Don't give us a reason to stop reading. Make us be desperate to turn each page.Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 12 Sep 2018
Hannah Fergesen @HannahFergesen
YES PLEASE twitter.com/thebookmechani…I love how we're ALL looking for this. Take heed #MSWL-ers
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 12 Sep 2018
Oh, and did you know @crookedlanebks accepts unagented submissions? For details, visit: crookedlanebooks.com/contact/ #MSWL
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 12 Sep 2018
#MSWL cont
+ magical realism (set in known world), spec fic
+ horror, supernatural elements
+ witches (a la The Craft)
+ serial killers
+ cults
+ black magic (set in the known world)
+ twins/siblings
+ legends, myths, folklore-inspired
+ female protags
2/2
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 12 Sep 2018
Happy #MSWL day! I acquire *only* adult fiction w mystery, suspense, & crime elements, but in those categories, I'm looking for concepts featuring:
+ Domestic susp w *fresh* hook
+ Small-town mysteries w series potential
+ Dark, twisted, macabre
+ diverse voices, own voices
1/2
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 4 Sep 2018
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz
My latest suspense/mystery #MSWL:+Domestic suspense with a fresh commercial hook
+Small-town mysteries with series potential, female protags
+magical realism (set in known world), spec fic, horror, supernatural elements
+WHERE MY WITCHES AT
Adding a few things to my ongoing *MYSTERY/SUSPENSE* #MSWL:
+ cults cults CULTS
+ voodoo dolls and/or black magic (set in the known world)
+ twins
+ legends, folklore-inspired concepts
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 29 Aug 2018
SelineSigil @SelineSigil9
A voluntary collective online is working on 700,000 pages of folklore collected throughout Ireland between 1937 and 1939. This material was gathered by more than 100,000 children who were sent to seek out the oldest person in their community #Folklore irishtimes.com/life-and-style…Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 13 Aug 2018
Jess Dallow @jldallow
Still very much on my #MSWL: child psychopaths. Like BABY TEETH or the episode of SVU entitled ‘Born Psychopath’. (Read and watch, even if you don’t have that novel to query yourself!) It’s probably my #1 right now.Same!! #mswl
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 19 Jul 2018
New adult suspense/thriller/crime/mystery #MSWL: twins! Evil twins, good twins, killer twins... domestic suspense +twins. Bring it. (Please)
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 16 Jul 2018
I'd be interested in a new take on the historical Nellie Bly-esque mystery series, y'all... #mswl
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 9 Jul 2018
My latest suspense/mystery #MSWL:
+Domestic suspense with a fresh commercial hook
+Small-town mysteries with series potential, female protags
+magical realism (set in known world), spec fic, horror, supernatural elements
+WHERE MY WITCHES AT
Chelsey Emmelhainz @CKEmmelhainz · 24 Apr 2018
My current #MSWL:
- toxic female friendships
- spooky suspense (maybe w/ supernatural/horror bent)
- suspense featuring cults and witches (a la, THE CRAFT)
- family dysfunction + messed up secrets
- female serial killers