Melissa Ann Singer
@maseditor
Senior Editor at Tor/Forge Books and all-around nerd. Single Mother by Choice. All opinions are my own. she/her
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 19 Oct 2018
Joel Cunningham @joelevard
Is it too early to declare 2019 the Year of Sprawling Science Fantasy Novels That Giddily Give Zero Fucks for Genre Rules?No, it is not. pic.twitter.com/cK60j1YP8G
I've loved science fantasy since I first read Anne McCaffrey, Philip Jose Farmer's Riverboat stuff, and any number of other things in my adolescence.
Agents, send me more! #MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Apr 2018
The Unique Architecture of Jewish India - mosaicmagazine.com/observation/20…
synagogues in India.
I have long wanted to know more about Judaism in Asia & along the trade routes.
#MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 1 Mar 2018
#MSWL
yahoo.com/gma/tainted-ch…
left out of this report is the fact that the attempted murderer is suspected of murdering someone in Russia before coming to the US (cited by NYDailyNews & NYTimes)
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 22 Feb 2018
my wall calendar this year is Gorey.
when I was a teen, I occasionally saw him in midtown Manhattan. later I realized he was probably headed to the theater district to work on Dracula.
so if you ever get this #MSWL, please send it my way!
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 7 Aug 2017
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
so I heard this weekend that Leslie Howard got shellshock while fighting in WWI & while recovering decided to become an actor. +at least in part because so many men were off fighting that he figured he could get work.
my jaw was on the floor.
also, #MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 17 Mar 2017
Liana Brooks 🌌 @LianaBrooks
The RomComs are about dating and falling in love. There's nothing in our culture promoting staying in love.for years my #MSWL has included "books where people are married and in love with each other"
Not sure they exist.
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Jun 2016
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
also looking for horror set in cities. so much of what I see is small-town stuff.#MSWL
oops, one final note on horror: do not send me Christian-inspired end-of-days stuff. I'm not the right editor for it.
#MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Jun 2016
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
absolutely open to diverse writers & characters.#MSWL
thanks, all!
Agents, please query before sending mss.
#MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Jun 2016
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
also like spy thrillers & stuff about whistle-blowers/people caught up in circumstances they do not understand (like 39 Steps)#MSWL
absolutely open to diverse writers & characters.
#MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Jun 2016
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
have a weakness for family-in-jeopardy stuff but women should be active players, not crying in a corner or waiting for rescue#MSWL
also like spy thrillers & stuff about whistle-blowers/people caught up in circumstances they do not understand (like 39 Steps)
#MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Jun 2016
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
mystery/suspense: police, PIs, investigators, scientists. no cozies. no humorous mysteries. darker is good. procedural is good.#MSWL
have a weakness for family-in-jeopardy stuff but women should be active players, not crying in a corner or waiting for rescue
#MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Jun 2016
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
thrillers: disaster stories, natural and man-made. diseases. landslides/avalanches. sinking ships. storms. play with a big cast#MSWL
mystery/suspense: police, PIs, investigators, scientists. no cozies. no humorous mysteries. darker is good. procedural is good.
#MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Jun 2016
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
women's fic: sandwich generation, empty nest, long-term marriageslife over time and the transitions & challenges we face
#MSWL
thrillers: disaster stories, natural and man-made. diseases. landslides/avalanches. sinking ships. storms. play with a big cast
#MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Jun 2016
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
women's fic: interested in immigration stories _not_ from the Ellis Island period/location, including current & historical#MSWL
women's fic: sandwich generation, empty nest, long-term marriages
life over time and the transitions & challenges we face
#MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Jun 2016
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
also looking for horror set in cities. so much of what I see is small-town stuff.#MSWL
women's fic: interested in immigration stories _not_ from the Ellis Island period/location, including current & historical
#MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Jun 2016
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
especially interested in non-western culture horror#MSWL
also looking for horror set in cities. so much of what I see is small-town stuff.
#MSWL
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor · 30 Jun 2016
Melissa Ann Singer @maseditor
first: horror.all types.
supernatural, non-supernatural. monsters, psychos, all of it. do not be afraid to be dark.
#MSWL
especially interested in non-western culture horror
#MSWL