Is Waterbrook or Mira Books your dream publisher? Send me a query! brandyvallance.com / barbarabovaliteraryagency.com #mswl #amquerying #amwriting >>> querymanager.com/query/3215

Looking for Christian fiction authors who know how to tell a powerful story. Deep POV a plus! brandyvallance.com / barbarabovaliteraryagency.com #mswl #amquerying #amwriting #ACFW #literaryagent

I represent these genres but I am also not limited to these genres: Historical, Literary, Women’s Fiction, Southern Fiction, Sci-fi, Fantasy, YA, Adventure, Speculative, Inspirational, Thriller. brandyvallance.com / barbarabovaliteraryagency.com #mswl #amquerying

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Down in the queensbound N tunnel of the 57th st/7th ave subway, there is a massive growth of moss clinging to the rusty, grimy walls by a service light.

That tension between lush/decrepit, organic/inorganic, growth/decay, creepy vibes/growth against the odds - #mswl pls!!

I’m going to really dive back into my queries soon & would love to see more big epic fantasy, adult or YA. I’m talking complex, court intrigue, not romance-forward—I am watching House of the Dragon and reading James Islington, and craving something that scratches that itch #mswl

there is an entire graphic novel subsection on my mswl page + anything i’m asking for generally, i would love to see as a graphic novel

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i read 13 graphic novels in 4 days, and i really want to rep more author-illustrators. so, here’s an mswl:
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🧺 mg camp
🧸 mg contemp with series potential (sunny side up esque)
🎻 ya queer + funny romance
🪈 uncommon family dynamics
📦 modern day ghosts + witches

I have reopened to queries!* Take a look at my #mswl to see if I'm the right fit for your ms before you send. I'm looking forward to reading your work!

*If you haven't yet heard from me, your ms is still under consideration. Thanks for your patience!

#mswl give me your regional trash, your gibberish, your weird little ookie oogie boogies. Give me something so beautifully written and solidly regionally rooted that it breaks the world at large. Thank you in advance.

Thank you for all of your submissions! Kristina is now CLOSED to queries (unless you have that nonfiction book analyzing the narrative of the #tradwife ) #mswl

some things I am *not* looking for atm (an anti-MSWL if you will):

- crime or military anything
- contemporary romance
- [usually] first-person voice (I'm sorry – it's a hard sell for me, but not impossible!)
- high/epic fantasy
- space-faring sci-fi (unless the hook is fresh!)

I'll add more as I go, but I want to highlight again how much VOICE, PROSE, + ATMOSPHERE are really the things that draw me into a story. I want to hear your character's voice ringing in my head. I want to feel the mist curling at my ankles. I want to live in your world!!

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- magical realism
- literary fiction that feels *playful* and *joyful* about the genre, rather than snobbish and gatekeep-y. I have no fear of the weird or wacky, so long as it has something intelligent and important to say.
- fiction about unconventional relationships

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- anything set in a part of the world different to the US, Canada, or the UK (or, if set in the UK, set in the north of England, northern Ireland, rural spaces, etc)
- fresh, different takes on monster stories (vampires!!!! pls) that explore aspects of humanity

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- folklore and mythological retellings, particularly non-Eurocentric/non-Greco-Roman/non-Christian traditions
- neo-western
- unconventional, unreliable, unlikeable narrators and central characters
- trans and queer joy, but also trans and queer rage
- diverse perspectives

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- speculative fiction
(I prefer grounded, literary sci-fi + fantasy. few secondary worlds, but rather our world steeped in liminal magic and/or technology. anything creepy, toothy, gritty, strange, something that sends a shiver down your spine.)
- steampunk everything

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in terms of GENRES and NARRATIVES, I love:

- dark academia
- horror
- gothic, esp. regional gothic
- character-led literary fiction
- historical + alternate history, particularly 19th and 20th century and particularly focused on international, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ stories

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first, I'm someone who's always been gripped first by VOICE, WRITING STYLE, and PROSE. so I'm looking for:

- anything in the book club, upmarket, literary spaces
- lush, poetic writing – or sparse, bare prose
- deep and intricate world/lore-building (when applicable)

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Will anyone please write a Sapphic Before Sunrise and send it to me? #MSWL