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Stephanie Stein @stephlystein
At the top of my #MSWL this year: AMBITION. I'm looking for books that take big swings at big feelings and bigger questions, with writing that makes me stop in my tracks and whisper, holy $%!*. Let's do this, 2020.SAME. I would love to find big, ambitious YA and MG -- whether contemporary, fantasy, historical, you name it! #MSWL
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-My long shot: Still looking for a literary epic multigenerational family saga with magic realism set in the South. A Southern 100 Years of Solitude. Does it exist? Did you write it?!
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-Nonfiction (kids/adult): Pop science projects, biographies about lesser-known figures
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-Literary fiction (adult): I haven't stopped thinking about HISTORY OF WOLVES since I read it, so, lit fic about complex family relationships, growing up/aging, mental health, darker topics. Also, since it's election year & my anxiety will be running high, hopeful topics.
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-Horror (YA/adult): Psychological horror, body horror, hauntings, & other weird/new/different horror. (Also, I am NOT looking for zombies/werewolves/vampires/other creatures at this time.)
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Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn
I'm about to reopen to queries, but before I do, a little #MSWL thread of what I'm hoping to see in my inbox in the coming months:#writingcommunity #amquerying
-Domestic thrillers (adult): I love them, & I never get these! Please send me your domestic/psychological thrillers; I vastly prefer them over any other kind & would love to find one with an amazing hook. One of my recent favorites was JP Delaney's THE GIRL BEFORE.
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Molly Cusick @molly_cusick
Let's start 2020 off with a #MSWL! Over the holiday I read & enjoyed THE STARLESS SEA (possibly 2019 fave?), GIDEON THE NINTH, and THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS. If you have any YA that's similar to one of these (great world building! fresh voice! dark, pacey, & twisty!) send it over, pls!110% ditto #mswl
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I’m very excited to be reopening to submissions today! Send me quirky, magical middle-grade or YA novels to fall in love with. Send me adult fiction that I can’t put down. But more than anything, send me books that are filled with hope. Writers from all backgrounds welcome! #MSWL
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I’d love some more contemporary romance for the new year that celebrates odd duck leads. Characters for whom the lid and the pot are unusual sizes and shapes— that it really took serendipity to match them up. #MSWL
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Book about a sineater. #mswl
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Been slowly making my way through the Rick Riordan presents lineup, and sweet peaches (see what I did there?), these books are so good. I’m very much so looking for an MG action/adventure global mythology standalone or series. VERY MUCH SO. #MSWL
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Hi, is it too soon to ask for more adult projects in my queries?
I’d love a book set in 1920s and more dark academia books 🥰🤗 #mswl #historicalfiction #darkacademia
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#MSWL for the new year pt 8: survival stories or a new take on dystopian worlds. Would love something with Last of Us of Wilder Girls vibes.
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Michelle Brower @michellebrower
Also on my #mswl, I want some really good commercial fiction. My list has been trending literary over the years and I'd like to bring in a little balance. So rock me with your crime fiction and suspense, your genre bending reads, and your love stories. Big ideas wanted!Practically speaking, I'm opening up to queries again in mid-January, exact date TBD, so watch this space.
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Also on my #mswl, I want some really good commercial fiction. My list has been trending literary over the years and I'd like to bring in a little balance. So rock me with your crime fiction and suspense, your genre bending reads, and your love stories. Big ideas wanted!
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Michelle Brower @michellebrower
And just like that, it's 2020! Here's my #mswl for the year: obv, your transcendent literary works. I'm hungry for a book where I gnaw on the sentences and wander around the house sniffling with emotions for a few hours afterward.Themes of parents/children and the passage of time more than usual, I think, given changes in my personal life.
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And just like that, it's 2020! Here's my #mswl for the year: obv, your transcendent literary works. I'm hungry for a book where I gnaw on the sentences and wander around the house sniffling with emotions for a few hours afterward.
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Happy New Year! December’s #readinglist:
- The Collectors
- A Storm of Wishes
- With the Fire on High*
- Of Monsters and Madness
- Nightingale
- Stepsister*
- Don’t Date Rosa Santos*
- Dragon Pearl
- Aru Shah and the End of Time*
- Aru Shah and the Song of Death*
*#MSWL
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MSWL for 2020: AKA, What I’d Like to See in My Agent Inbox! #mswl scribblesandwanderlust.com/2020/01/01/msw…