MJ Johnston
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Sourcebooks
Editor at Sourcebooks. Adult Fiction. Can be frequently heard saying "yes, I read books for a living" and "yes, I know guac is extra.โ (she/her) ๐๐จ

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Need women-led southern fiction with the vibe of Tyler Childers singing โI donโt need the laws of man to tell me what I ought to doโ ๐ ๐ป #mswl

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Quirky That 70s Show but the kids are brought together as adults to solve a mystery from their past #MSWL

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Yes, Iโm binging Desperate Housewives again, and yes, I need anything and everything that feels like a 2023 version of the neighborhood ladies. Give me a bunch of millennials in an apartment complex with a whole mess of drama and someone with the shine of Gabrielle Solis #MSWL

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Desperately in need of a submission that feels like swinging in a hammock with a paperback on a warm June day. Please fuel my gemini soul with all the summer reads (both bright & quirky and swoony & raw pls do apply) #MSWL

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Raise your hand if you got yanked out of a reading slump and are now standing in 2023 with big energy and even bigger book goals: ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ
Looking to really expand my list this year so agents, check out my updated #MSWL and send all the fiction my way!
(pls, ty, I am very excited)

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Stevie Nicks singing a life-defining curse directly at Lindsey Buckingham during a live performance #mswl

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Dolly Partonโs Jolene but make the women allies in a revenge plot #mswl

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My mood has declared that spring is for historical fiction and I canโt argue with the mood.
Agents, come talk to me about all your book clubby historical fiction because I need to acquire some stories of badass women doing badass things, the season has spoken #MSWL

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Need an upbeat novel or contemporary mystery with the specific vibe of the Catskills episodes of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, adult simon says and Susie traipsing around with a plunger included #mswl

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Netflix @netflix
Welcome to Murderville, a new series starring Will Arnett as a detective who, in every episode, has to solve a murder with a new celebrity guest star as his partner.The catch is: the guest star is never given a script so they have to improvise their way through the case! pic.twitter.com/B3ceg1ZREI
Who at Netflix is perfectly capturing my #MSWL vibes??

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New Year New #MSWL Me! Looking for:
โจHistorical fiction featuring strong women and grounded Lost Apothecary mystic vibes ๐ฎ
โจQuirky, accidental (or not so?) murders a la Only Murders in the Building ๐ช
โจNovels w/ the Ted Lasso effect (uplifting but also unflinchingly real) โฅ๏ธ

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#MSWL vibe?

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โจPinning my updated #MSWL! Agents, send all the fiction my way!โจ
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/mj-jโฆ

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Calling all smart, uplifting commercial fiction with a speculative slant that basically encapsulates how my heart grew watching the last season of The Good Place and somehow emotionally attaches me to a weirdly wonderful cast of characters like this elite crew. #MSWL

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itโs fall, which means I need some historical fiction with The Lost Apothecary vibes.
Agents, will trade crockpot soup recipes and weirdly specific fall playlists for every badass women historical fic sub I receive! #MSWL

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โSorry your kids found a dead body in the woods but dontโ worry, theyโre emotionally stable enough for Color War.โ pic.twitter.com/aUnicyzh5T#MSWL, but make it a campy slasher/horror with a Wednesday Addams character and some delightful and spooky classic trope subversion.

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have been listening to a lot of emotional relationship-driven apocalypse music lately (iykyk) and not sure I can do anything but #MSWL that ish ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
give me all that broken soulmate, leave me in a puddle, upmarket fiction pls and thank you!

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oh, and while weโre at it, I will sell my soul for a southern fiction Delta Dawn right now. #MSWL
*Tanya notes the dramatics and approves.

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historical fiction vibe, please and thank you #MSWL