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Alyssa Zaczek [5K] @AlyssaDZaczek
Since the wee hours, my mind has been wrapped around a question: What would a fantasy world inspired by the American Midwest look like? Divorced from "Wizard of Oz," what would a Fantasy Midwest be? What elements are so quintessentially Midwestern they MUST be included somehow?#MSWL midwestern fantasy + diverse voices
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Does anyone write MG or YA without dead parents? With alive, loving parents? With semi-functional families? Anyone? #MSWL
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"Send me your baking cookbook proposals, especially allergy-sensitive ones. Reinvent the wheel on attention-grabbing cakes and easy-to-make recipes." @readbystephanie #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
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Listening to Steve Reich (thanks @TommyVierbuchen--this is amazing) is reminding me of my kookiest current #mswl: a TRICK MIRROR-like--fun! But brilliant! But crucially fun!--cultural crit book in appreciation of circularity and stasis in contemporary music/art/literature.
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I truly adore royal romances as much as the next, but someone please send me a soapy, spite-filled YA contemporary version of The Other Boleyn Girl. Like, you want a Christmas prince/princess? You gotta fucking FIGHT for them. Possibly with your own sister #MSWL
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Speaking of #MSWL, I would love something that combines espionage and WWI or WWII for the middle-grade audience. CODE NAME VERITY for younger readers? Show me whatcha got.
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#WRITETIP / #MSWL—
Ilove a good 2nd person/interactive picture book and Jory John’s I WILL CHOMP YOU is one of my favorites. Buford is a little mad he got no cake, though.
My best tip for writing these: have a very… instagram.com/p/B19EaQWHPvR/…
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#MSWL Someone write me a court fantasy focusing on parliamentary shenanigans instead of just the whims of an absolute monarch
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A few days late, and all the sweeter for it: Aug #readinglist:
- Me, Myself & Him
- Always Never Yours*
- This Book is Not Yet Rated*
- This is Not a Love Scene
- Destroy All Monsters*
- The Deceivers
- Impossible Music*
- Hello Girls*
*#MSWL - Got these as comps? I wanna see.
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"A diverse, contemporary YA novel about strong guy friendships. Think Poe and Finn. <3" @ericsmithrocks #MSWL ericsmithrocks.com/mswl
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Having watched Gentleman Jack and the The Favourite back to back, I now want to see historical f/f! #mswl
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Dahlia Adler @MissDahlELama
If you love college-kid YA as much as I do, you’re gonna wanna check out these new/upcoming titles! barnesandnoble.com/blog/teen/5-ne… via @BNTeensGreat books on @MissDahlELama’s latest list! I really want to see more college YA in my query box! #mswl
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#mswl queer poc teen friend groups
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“Within culture I’m looking for diverse takes on current events, politics, niche cultures and interesting voices.” @maureen_moretti #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
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Melissa Edwards @MelissaLaurenE
I love them all but Orla on Derry Girls might be the purest character ever written#MSWL for a delightfully oblivious main character who gets to exist peacefully weird
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Can someone PLEASE give me a YA romance bc I've been agenting a few years now and it's an absolute tragedy I don't have one single one on my list #mswl
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"Crime fiction like Laura Lippman, Patricia Cornwell, & Lorna Barrett." @CurtisPSLA #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/