Rachel Stark
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Disney Books
Editor of graphic novels, novels & IP @DisneyBooks ▫️ House Stark; more of an Arya than a Tony ▫️ Opinions my own; pic @JarrettWilliams 's ▫️ gender’s a lie🤷♀️
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• Authentic, #ownvoices representations of characters with marginalized and intersectional identities, particularly in stories of adventure, romance, friendship, joy, and personal growth
#MSWL 8/?
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Rachel Stark @syntactics
Specifically, I'm looking for . . . #MSWL 6/?• Original, unforgettable characters with the potential to become universally beloved household names
• Expansive, unique & cinematic worlds—whether fantastical or a part of the real world that’s been underrepresented or that feels fresh through the creator’s eyes
#MSWL 7/?
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My taste skews toward upmarket and unforgettable voices and art—which HAS to be paired with a strong sales hook that can be summed up in an intriguing line or two. #MSWL 5/?
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Broadly, I and my colleagues at Disney are looking for big bets with high-concept commercial hooks, expert plotting and pacing, and the potential to become lead titles. #MSWL 4/?
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I'm primarily focused on MG & YA comics, but I'd love to find some early reader/chapter book-level comics that feel in line with these interests, and I selectively acquire graphic novels for adults, as well, for Disney's new adult imprint, Hyperion Avenue. #MSWL 3/?
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Rachel Stark @syntactics
Agents! It's been a loooong time since I've done an #MSWL on here, but what I'm acquiring has changed a lot since my last one, so I think it's about time to put a new one out there! Here we go . . . 1/?First off, I'm @DisneyBooks's resident graphic novel expert! We're looking to grow that list fast, so for the time being I am ONLY open to graphic novel submissions.
(Sorry, prose & picture book writers—but I'll see you with my IP pitches!) #MSWL 2/?
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Please write me a fantasy world in which Wolfenoot is the dominant winter holiday. chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food… #mswl
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Dylan Meconis @dmeconis
In all the endless breathless fictionalized takes on Jack the Ripper, have we ever done the one where the reason he disappeared was because a team of vengeful Victorian sex workers systematically hunted him down, took him out and dumped his body in the Thames?Editor
🐕 Jay Jacques, Professional Disaster Lesbian 🐕 @thedinojay
hey fellow southern gays, can we have a fuckin?? gay heist?? to steal the chicken recipe from chik fil a and then open our own gay restaurant chain?? because I desperately crave their chicken sandwiches almost CONSTANTLY but don't want to give them my queer dollarsOkay make it a YA contemp and #mswl
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers
If I was an agent I think something that would be on the #mswl would be a Pirates of the Caribbean style YA except it's pirates from colonized lands going after the British Empire (@ericsmithrocks plz find this book and rep it thank you) pic.twitter.com/ge9r0SeIUAYASSSSS if any of y'all agents get this you better sell it to me when I'm at a house. #mswl
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WALKING OUT ALONE: Havana Chapman-Edwards is a first-grader in Alexandria. She was the only student from Fort Hunt Elementary School to participate in a walk out in protest of gun violence today. #NationalSchoolWalkout pic.twitter.com/CyEJt8vVlkEditor
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Codey Babineaux @Codeybab
Hi, I’m Codey Babineaux and I JUST GOT INTO PRINCETON 😭😭. It doesn’t even feel real . From rags to riches. #Princeton #PU2022 #blackboyjoy pic.twitter.com/OGgovcFjzeHello can I please have the novel about all of the people in this room thank you #mswl
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Janella Angeles @janella_angeles
The stories of immigrants written by their children! My parents have an amazing love story that ties into how they came to the US, would love to write it one day for them + hear what other stories writers have had passed down onto them 💖 twitter.com/missdahlelama/…M. S. W. L! #mswl
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Bringing it back because I'm not playing: #mswl Inspired by Gothamist & DNAinfo, I want MG about kids of union-busted parents creating their own union.
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#mswl Inspired by Gothamist & DNAinfo, I want a middle grade book about kids of union-busted parents creating their own union.
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The wonderful @MissDahlELama reminded me that there are not enough queer witch books.
1) WHY NOT?
2) GIMME A FEMINIST QUEER WITCH YA! #mswl
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Clement Nwafor @nwafor_clement
My name is Clement Nwafor a Nigerian painter.#drawingwhileblack pic.twitter.com/VU6U7cXDGz
#mswl Any book for which I can hire this illustrator for the cover.