What does an agent mean when they use the #mswl hashtag?

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#amquerying #amwriting #WritingCommunity #amediting

“I’d love to see middle-grade adventure novels. The next female Indiana Jones or a young Lara Croft.” @readbystephanie #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

"Nonfiction proposals with an intersectional feminist angle immediately catch my attention. A few issues I’d like to see examined: occupational segregation, equal pay, and emotional labor." @ceciliaclyra #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (@RedHourBen, 2013) is my favorite movie, and I’d love a book that gives me the same vibes #MSWL
(Yes, I know it’s based on Thurber’s short story but I want a book full or like 50 books full of this film’s mood!)

I am dying...DYING...for an amazing Victorian era/Gilded Age mystery or thriller. Find it for me, universe! #mswl

There was a Doubleday bookstore in the Barbizon Hotel and I desperately want a historical romance (1930s-50s) set there. #mswl

Change of plans! Reopening on April 12 instead. 👀 #mswl coming soon

“YA historical fiction about disco subculture.” @msmariavicente #MSWL mariavicente.com/representation

If you have written a swashbuckling, rip roaring, madcap romp of a MG Fantasy, I want to read it. #mswl

this is begging to be a romcom where she accepts a dare and convinces him to try the goth life for a week instead of him making her 'normal', so that's going on my #MSWL

"Thrillers like WHAT HAVE YOU DONE by Matthew Farrell."  @CurtisPSLA #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

Starting today, I am going to open my query inbox just to illustrators.

In the next several weeks, I will open widely, but I want to consider the fulls and maybes I have first and then create a new #MSWL. Until then, I am currently looking for #kidlitart #illustrators.

WordLink has been representing #authors for over two decades, but we’re new to Twitter! Thank you #WritingCommunity and #amquerying authors for helping us get established here with follows and retweets. Open to queries. Learn more at wordlink.us. #MSWL #writing

In fact, please give me your high powered lawyer/fixer with dishy clients women's fiction or romance. The chillier the exterior the better #mswl

Yesss!! Or a step book! #MSWL

“Fiction in the motherhood space with ANOTHER big layer (i.e. capitalism, race, health, disability etc.)” @carlywatters #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

People who cheat get so demonized, which look it’s charged emotions and shitty betrayal, but cheaters are people too? And that’s the kind of character I want to follow in contemporary YA. Well, specifically the person who sleeps with their bff’s partner. #mswl

#MSWL a handbook for white parents of non-white kids thinking specifically of transracial adoptees (ex. how to talk to your kid about race, how to LISTEN about race, defending your kid from racism, appropriate v. inappropriate ways to teach your kid about their heritage, etc.)

For those #amquerying I updated my #MSWL. And #pubtip, if you're wondering if your manuscript is too long--it probably is. 65k-95k is average imho. Thank you wonderful writers--it's hard out there but we're looking for you! manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/lori…

Looking for stories of joy where identity isn't the focus; rich, atmospheric writing w/ culture & magic; rom coms; novels w/ incredible hooks that can be pitched in one sentence; highly engaging reads w/ an unforgettable voice or unforgettable plot (ideally both!) #mswl