#MSWL - YA or MG paranormal: vampires, werewolves, oh my! Particularly interested in paranormal from underrepresented points of view and stories that bring something new to the genre. Related: contemp fantasy a la LEGENDBORN, a 2020 fav, too.

#MSWL - MG series with big concepts and high stakes. Think NEVERMOOR, THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, upcoming AMARI & THE NIGHT BROTHERS, etc.

#MSWL: twisty, unputdownable YA thrillers, mystery and suspense. Think Tiffany D. Jackson, Courtney Summers, Karen McManus.

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Who will write this for us?! #mswl

If I’m going to spend time inside someone’s head, I want them to be messy and conflicted. I want them to feel envy, greed, shame. I want them to be manipulative and deceitful. I want them their inner life to be at odds with their public persona. I do not want them to be nice.

I am intrigued by characters who want to be good people, but keep making the wrong choices (habits are hard to break, esp if it comes from a place of trauma). I appreciate characters who are, in fact, good people, but who can’t see it (maybe they are hiding a shameful secret?).

A conclusion: I don’t like reading about nice characters. By ‘nice’ I mean characters who genuinely think they’re good people. I am drawn to characters who have to pretend to be nice to survive (especially if they’ve learned it the hard way). #MSWL #WritingCommunity

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I’m feeling inspired. Send me your stories with Black witches! I wanna read them. #MSWL

Send me your sexy ownvoices Jewish villains in 2921 #MSWL

MSWL for 2021: AKA what I’d like to see in my agent inbox! #mswl scribblesandwanderlust.com/2021/01/01/msw…

In nonfiction I’m desperate to make more women & BIPOC experts THE voice in business & personal development. #mswl

More books exploring other countries & experience ala MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER or A WOMAN IS NO MAN or CRAZY RICH ASIANS. #mswl

In my world the focus is on literary, upmarket & women’s fiction as well as mystery & suspense. #mswl

As authors prep for 2021 so do agents. Thinking about what I want to bring to publishing this year. My focus will be first & foremost books my BIPOC, LGBTQ, & other marginalized creators. #MSWL

One BIG #MSWL of mine going into 2021 is fiction that straddles the line between literary and speculative. If you have an adult MS that straddles these genres, I’d love to see it when I reopen in January

Along with LGBTQ+ historical, I'm SUPER on the hunt for more MG in 2021. This is definitely going to be making up a lot of my list =] #MSWL

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#mswl for 2021 - messy protagonists.