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Bittersweet stories that explore what it is to be an outsider in a small community. #MSWL
*Bonus points if the only black female main character doesn't die tragically.
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Middle grade, girl biologist adventure! #MSWL
The more creepy crawlies the better 🐍🦇🐜🕷️🐝🦂
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Contemporary Pride and Prejudice set in Mexico City. #MSWL
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Pomo voices, any genre, story, or target audience. #MSWL
If you're from the Clearlake area, shout it out. I will try to give you personalized editorial feedback.
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Bookclub fiction with a positive neurodiverse POV like ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE. #MSWL
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YA contemporary: Geek girls having adventures/life experiences #MSWL
*No taking off glasses and suddenly pretty, I love 'She's All That' as much as the last millennial, but let's throw that trope back into the 90s. GEEK GIRL PRIDE
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Western, set in Northern California. Any genre: historical, scifi, fantasy, contemporary, etc. Diversity a must. #MSWL
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Kayla Lightner @LightnerKayla
It had everything I love: an unapologetically ruthless female protag; messy royal family drama; non-Eurocentric inspired mythology. But because I wasn’t an agent at the time, I couldn’t offer rep. I STILL THINK ABOUT IT TO THIS DAY(2/3)And so I am throwing my hopes into the Twitter void and seeing what comes back! #amquerying folks and #writingcommmunity, if this sounds like a project you are working on, send it my way😊
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Kayla Lightner @LightnerKayla
Ok, so...screw it. This is part #MSWL, part “the Manuscript that got away”. In 2018 someone sent a fantasy ms to one of our associates about a female protag. who was competing against her 4 older brothers to be named her dictator father’s successor (1/3)It had everything I love: an unapologetically ruthless female protag; messy royal family drama; non-Eurocentric inspired mythology. But because I wasn’t an agent at the time, I couldn’t offer rep. I STILL THINK ABOUT IT TO THIS DAY(2/3)
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Ok, so...screw it. This is part #MSWL, part “the Manuscript that got away”. In 2018 someone sent a fantasy ms to one of our associates about a female protag. who was competing against her 4 older brothers to be named her dictator father’s successor (1/3)
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Romcom (or just rom) mystery in a kooky setting or strange land. Think a contemporary twist on Mary Stewart and Victoria Holt. #MSWL
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Adult, YA, or MG magical realism from an author that understands the roots of the genre. #MSWL
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Strong epic fantasy with a matriarchal society. Give me GoT without the boys. #MSWL
Will make exception for Oberyn Martell.
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Always hunting for fem fantasy. If you grew up on a diet of Robin McKinley, Patricia McKillip, Anne McCaffrey, etc. I want to see your manuscript. #MSWL
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Contemporary intersectional Latinx voices.
Magical Realism.
Immigrant stories.
Romance.
Historical.
#MSWL
(Si tenias español en tu ms, me encantaría verlo.)
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Biology-based science fiction. Stories that explore the future of evolution, ecology, zoology etc. #MSWL
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Writers! Where are your deliciously twisted, intensely compelling and highly relevant #thrillers? #mswl
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Intersectional female detective stories. #MSWL
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Detective stories with intriguing protagonists, a multi-layered community, and vivid settings like BLUEBIRD BLUEBIRD or SHETLAND. #MSWL
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Adult fantasy that crosses over to bookclub fiction a la THE SNOWCHILD or NIGHT CIRCUS. #MSWL