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· 8 Aug 2018

Anyone who knows I studied the history of decorative arts in grad school can probably figure out I'm a big material culture nerd. Are you working on a nonfiction project like Glenn Adamson's FEWER, BETTER THINGS or Lara Maiklem's upcoming MUDLARK? I'd love to see them! #mswl

Nonfiction

· 8 Aug 2018

Lindsey Hall @LindseyHall17

#MSWL fantasy w/ a translator protag. There's so much power in language-- how they translate for a ruler effects a whole kingdom, eg. I want to see the nuances & consequences of deciding how & what to translate, word play between languages, times when translation falls short

Something I want to add to my #MSWL is that I find the rules of being a translator, especially for a deaf person, to be interesting. It would be interesting to see an MG about a child who has to speak for their parent (whether deaf or non-English speaking) and to see what happens

MG

· 8 Aug 2018

Lindsey Hall @LindseyHall17

#MSWL fantasy w/ a translator protag. There's so much power in language-- how they translate for a ruler effects a whole kingdom, eg. I want to see the nuances & consequences of deciding how & what to translate, word play between languages, times when translation falls short

I would 100% love this. Also: messenger protagonist in a military fantasy setting. The folks who ride all night to bring the warnings of disaster. #MSWL

· 8 Aug 2018

"Young girls interested in STEM fields, both fiction and nonfiction!" @kurestinarmada #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

· 8 Aug 2018

Lindsey Hall @LindseyHall17

#MSWL fantasy w/ a translator protag. There's so much power in language-- how they translate for a ruler effects a whole kingdom, eg. I want to see the nuances & consequences of deciding how & what to translate, word play between languages, times when translation falls short

OMG yes. #MSWL

Fantasy

· 8 Aug 2018

Rebecca Mix @rebeccarmix

@whimsicallyours @agentsaba @RaeLoverde Omg lol. I actually wasn’t a big Zutara or Kataang shipper. I liked Zutara better but Katara felt like more of a mothering/big sister tole to them than romantic to me. Which is why her thing with Aang was weird 🤢

Replying to @rebeccarmix

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· 7 Aug 2018

Remember @beatonna's Hark, A Vagrant! strips about crime solving teens? That's perpetually #mswl for me.

Crime

· 7 Aug 2018

Neil Gaiman @neilhimself

I really LOVE the myths and monsters of the Philippines. But you also have many terrific writers there who can do a better job of telling those stories than I can. twitter.com/joe_sunga/stat…

#MSWL

Myth

· 7 Aug 2018

Micro SF/F stories @MicroSFF

Few children are born to us out there, among the stars. Maybe we need the right magnetosphere, or maybe there are no souls. So we return to Earth, like sea turtles returning to their beach, and every time, we find you have forgotten us.
Come, will you come with us to the stars?

...#MSWL

· 7 Aug 2018

I need YA mecha sci-fi in my inbox please. #mswl

YA
Sci-fi

· 7 Aug 2018

Also, if someone could send me a YA fantasy rooted in Korean culture, I'll love you forever. #MSWL

Fantasy
YA

· 7 Aug 2018

I'd really love stories that breathe new life into classic fairytales and myths. Would definitely like to see a fresh take on something like mermaids. #MSWL

· 7 Aug 2018

Alyssa Jennette @AlyssaJennette

This is like porn to me. Someone, PLEASE write me a novel centered on a translator. #MSWL twitter.com/EmilyRCWilson/…

For the morning crowd--#MSWL! I finished an ARC of MELMOTH recently--the protag is a translator--and adored it, but I'd love a voice and plot that include these kind of thought processes/mystery-solving/decision-making!

Mystery

· 7 Aug 2018

"Crime fiction like Louise Penny, Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich." @CurtisPSLA #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

Crime

· 6 Aug 2018

Emily Wilson @EmilyRCWilson

Why and how is translation so hard? Here's a little non-comparative case study to help make the process more visible. 9 words from the very start of the Odyssey, lines 1-2: ὃς μάλα πολλὰ / πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσεν. Syntactically easy.

This is like porn to me. Someone, PLEASE write me a novel centered on a translator. #MSWL

· 6 Aug 2018

Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan

#MSWL!

I’m imagining one of these exorcists getting caught up in some epic political struggle, and the others admonishing, “Don’t be such a drama queen! Our family sticks to lesser demons and dead commoners for a reason! Stop meddling with dead emperors!” twitter.com/philipjboyes/s…

Mutual #MSWL lol!

· 6 Aug 2018

Queer writers of color, this white cis gay man sez, LET'S DO THIS. #mswl

· 6 Aug 2018

I love how a funny book can operate in a kid's world. They're a pleasure to read - score one for reading. Plus, if I (the grown-up) get the joke, and the kid also gets the joke, that's a way of saying, hey, you're pretty smart, kid. Score many, many more for reading. #MSWL

Funny

· 6 Aug 2018

I'm in awe of truly funny writing. It's harder than it seems, and I love seeing it work on the page. #MSWL

Funny

· 6 Aug 2018

Susan Hawk @susanhawk

So, time for another #MSWL, in the run-up to tomorrow's #askUpstart session. HUMOR, people! I love books that make me laugh, in every category; PB, CB, MG, YA. Here's a couple reasons why:

Life is messy, and nothing is colored in the lines. It's often in a dark moment that things feel funniest. I like books that capture the messy complexity of life, including how humor crops up. #MSWL

Humor

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