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My Christmas wish is to have a YA werewolf story in which the werewolf is a girl and it's also gay. #MSWL
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I’d love to see some really fun, quirky, voicey commercial MG in my inbox as of January. (I mean, feel free to send it in December, but I’m working through my current submissions rn.) #MSWL
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It's that time of year when I'm really in the mood for cozy mysteries. I'd be really excited to see a contemporary YA or upper MG that has diverse characters, a playful, intriguing hook, and isn't dark or super serious--like Goldie Vance / Scooby Doo / Hallmark level drama. #MSWL
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✨ @kzabrekker
i'm all for the Longing but i want more stories that explore already established relationships that have tension and fraction stemming from good people trying their best, growing and changing and learning, and just as often, failing and screwing up or making the wrong choices PLSThis! Give me people in healthy relationships going on adventures, facing everyday life together, &/or navigating self-work with each other’s support. That shit’s my jam 🥰 #MSWL
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Does there exist a YA heist/cozy mystery entitled Be Gay Do Crimes? If not, dibs.
(also every idea i have these days is actually just a meme #mswl)
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Variety @Variety
#StarWars: #TheRiseOfSkywalker: Finn and Poe aren't boyfriends, but J.J. Abrams hints at LGBTQ representation bit.ly/2rasnTP pic.twitter.com/dZNqTsXAVaOkay, but seriously, give me romance submissions with Poe/Finn character dynamic vibes. Doesn’t have to be sci-fi! Queer or het, I love it all. #mswl
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My new Netflix obsession is Peaky Blinders and now all I want is a novel about lady gangsters, circa 1920s. #MSWL
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Back at my desk with this #mswl thought from the holiday weekend: I would love a book about advice columns! (Do I read not one but several? Yes. Did I write one for my high school newspaper? MAYBE.)
Agent friends, I am now acquiring for the amazing team at @randomhousekids! DM or email me for my #MSWL, and let's chat over coffee, lunch, or phone!
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Happy HollZABÉs ⛄️🌲❄️ @ZREllor
I want more queer romances with problematic morally-grey characters, I want queer Zukos and queer Jude/Cardans and queer Salvatore brothers. I love cinnamon roll queers but I hate the feeling that queer characters NEED to be morally upstanding to exist in YALet’s say this louder for the people in the back!!! #mswl
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Laura Sebastian @sebastian_lk
I know we're all about Hades/Persephone but you know what Greek mythology couple doesn't get the appreciation they deserve? Ariadne and Dionysus. Girl gets stranded on an island by the fuckboi "hero" who couldn't find his way out of a paper bag and runs off with the God of Wine.THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF NATHANIEL P meets HADESTOWN just shot to the top of my #MSWL
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Just saw @rivercitygirls while browsing for new games and now I want a spunky, over-the-top contemporary YA about two friends (or rivals) who need to work together to save their SOs that doesn't take itself too seriously, plus humor and MCs that pack a punch.
#MSWL #emswl #YA
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The New York Times @nytimes
This year at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, astronaut Snoopy might not be cleared for take off, the famously buoyant SpongeBob SquarePants could wind up deflated and Olaf from “Frozen” could find himself melting into a heaping puddle on the pavement nyti.ms/2XQ2BjESo who is writing the picture book about the Thanksgiving Day parade balloons who go on strike....??? #MSWL
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carlydraws @carlydraws
@chavelaque What subject would you like to see more books about?A PB on the Atlanta washerwoman’s strike, or Pullman porters, or the Chicano rights movement; MG novels starring boys of color doing sports; MG or YA NF on topics of POC history #mswl