Melanie Iglesias
Editor
Atria Books
Senior Editor at @AtriaBooks . Geek Rican 🤓🇵🇷. Fluent in Spanglish. Thoughts are my own.
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Melanie Iglesias
@msmelread
Editor
Senior Editor at @AtriaBooks . Geek Rican 🤓🇵🇷. Fluent in Spanglish. Thoughts are my own.
5 MSWL
Melanie Iglesias
@msmelread
· 26 Jan 2020
#MSWL cont’d
. . . Alt. history (from a marginalized or unusual perspective; with an alternate outcome—e.g. THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE; introduces SFF element to a historical event—e.g. LEVIATHAN @ScottWesterfeld, but for the adult market)
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Melanie Iglesias
@msmelread
Editor
Senior Editor at @AtriaBooks . Geek Rican 🤓🇵🇷. Fluent in Spanglish. Thoughts are my own.
5 MSWL
Melanie Iglesias
@msmelread
· 26 Jan 2020
#LitAgents, my #MSWL (Adult):
‣ Upmarket contemporary fic: Womxn; mental health; “Late” (30s+) coming-of-age; LGBTQIA+
‣ Grounded speculative fic: “ ” w/ elements of SFF/magical realism; Modern retellings (fairy tales; myths & legends; folklore; classics); CliFi (not preachy);