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“I’m on the hunt for fiction told from the point-of-view of two of more women filled with so-called unsavory emotions: greed, envy, jealousy, shame. And secrets—please give me secrets!” @ceciliaclyra #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
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I would love to read a proposal on tipping culture #MSWL #WritingCommunity
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A rom-com about a hot "it" girl who swears off well-toned abs for well-toned brains called Geek Chic or something equally adorable. Give me some set up like a dating show or dare, wedding, or twist it with a best guy friend whose been the "one" all along helping her search. #MSWL
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#MSWL someone I 💜 & his brother grew up in Miami & would escape on their little outboard motor boat into the ocean to fish or scuba dive. When life at homes not perfect, the ocean's a great escape. Give me historical 1960s Miami, two brothers, the ocean. Realistic or fantasy...
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#MSWL while I absolutely love middle grade horror and dark fantasy, I'm seeing A LOT of it in queries. Would love to see some variety! Sci-fi, fairytale retellings, contemporary, something tragic, joyful stories, series oriented, adventure, etc
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I’d also love to see more BIPOC nonfiction writers for all age categories. I have some ideas brewing! #MSWL
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Hey writers! I’d love to see more MG and YA, esp mysteries (love Mrytle Hardcastle and TRULY DEVIOUS series), spooky horror (witches over splatterpunk), and character-driven commercial (like Jenny Han or Ash Van Otterloo). #MSWL
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Kate Whitaker 🌷☕️ @kwhitaker_
what on earth is going on with men?? pic.twitter.com/jEVlhj0W3JIn book world, this man would obviously be a serial killer, and THAT is an #MSWL if I ever saw one
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“Realistic middle grade stories featuring characters with compelling interests, like in The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez and The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin.” @agentvicente #MSWL mariavicente.com/representation
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Savannah Brooks @SBLitAgent
in society and what happens when they step outside of those roles (I focused a lot on my experience in various forms of recreational fighting and combat arts). This is an evergreen topic of interest to me—how society views people and, in return, how we start to view ourselves. /How our identity is shaped by people’s reactions to us. While I’m not currently open to adult nonfiction, I would love to see contemporary fiction that grapples with these same questions in thoughtful, surprising ways, especially from underrepresented perspectives.
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Savannah Brooks @SBLitAgent
I don’t talk much about my own writing or my time in my MFA—mainly because my main takeaway from those days was how I’d much rather help other people tell their stories than tell my own—so here’s some basic info, cause it ties into what I’d love to see in some queries 🧵 #MSWLI got my masters in creative nonfiction, though I entered the program in fiction and spent two years in each genre. My thesis was a collection of research-heavy personal essays titled “Role Play: Essays on Fitting into the World,” which examined the different roles women play /
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Things I want to see more of:
--shorter MG and YA
--boy MCs
--humor (not necessarily as a genre, but as a feature!)
#mswl
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It's been a while, but I've updated my #MSWL! Find the link below and in my bio: bit.ly/3vx9lnR #amquerying
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BookFriends! It's #MSWL time!
From @EmilyKaitlinnn:
"My kingdom for a middle grade with magical, high-stakes world building in the vein of THE OWL HOUSE and YA assassin or spy stories like THE GALLAGHER GIRLS series"
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Just a heads up that I will be closed to queries after Friday, April 22. I have a lot of quality projects that deserve attention.
But keep an eye on my #MSWL. There will be some changes coming, to reflect better my current projects and what I'm really enjoying right now.
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beth phelan @beth_phelan
again summarizing some recent #mswl for the timeline!Fat BIPOC characters
Indigenous stories
Autistic BIPOC creators
Trans femme authors
Queer joy in MG
YA thrillers
Monsters
LOL MG and YA
Afro Latinx creators
Voicey fantasy
#amquerying #writingcommunity 💖✨
hey #writingcommunity! i've decided to close to queries for a little bit starting on May 2. if you want to query me (see my #mswl below and more at bethphelan.com/submissions), then please do so before May 2! not sure how long i'll stay closed but i'm excited to review your work!
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“When it comes to cookbooks, I love unique projects from platformed authors that explore topics that are hard to find in the bookstore, or haven't been explored at all.” @ericsmithrocks #MSWL ericsmithrocks.com/mswl
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Fuck burying your gays, somebody write a queer zombie novel where all of the folks who never got to be together in life rise from the grave to un-live happily ever after, while eating the brains of homophobes and transphobes 🤝