Editors' MSWL | MsWishList

· 6 Apr 2020

I'd love a hopeful near future project, an optimistic dystopian tale, something that imagines a world where everything might be broken, but there is a best of humanity that survives (I can't imagine why I want this) #MSWL

Dystopian

· 6 Apr 2020

I desperately want to go to space right now! I love warm, character-driven adventures a la Becky Chambers, and more sweeping space operas. Give me your ragtag crews and seemingly impossible odds, battles and hijinks (and..ahem...some romance) #MSWL

· 6 Apr 2020

I am never going to stop loving fairytale-inspired stories like SPINNING SILVER. I want dark woods and woodsy magic, monsters that aren't what they seem, characters who take their destinies into their own hands, romance and danger, and a HEA #MSWL

· 6 Apr 2020

Ever since I became an editor, I've wanted a GARDEN SPELLS-style project--a story about tangled family ties and old friendships, about how people fracture and mend, steeped in magic and charm and set in a town that could be anywhere, and yet... #MSWL

· 6 Apr 2020

I'm craving THE CITY OF BRASS-style rich and intricate fantasy, with complicated family dynamics, stark political tension, sweeping romance, and hard loss; stories that (respectfully) wed historical inspiration and folklore with unexpected magic and major stakes #MSWL

· 6 Apr 2020

@VonBrooklyn forwarded me a very cool email talking about Spring Goddesses Persephone, Flora, and Hara Ke, and honestly, all of them were #MSWL (but we agreed especially Hara Ke and her dragons)! It also made me realize I haven't done a MSWL thread in a long time.

· 6 Apr 2020

With the world as it is, I'm looking for some fun/funny picturebooks, agent friends! And I love smart wordplay, too. #mswl

· 4 Apr 2020

On my #MSWL: Unique, stand-alone, quirky #paranormalromance between 48k and 68k. To submit, click here and scroll to the bottom of the page:

· 4 Apr 2020

I would love to see a funny, original #UF (urban fantasy) romance. Deets on how to query me here: cityowlpress.com/queries/ Deets on my preferences here: enigmaticeditor.blogspot.com/p/likesdislike… #MSWL #querytip

· 4 Apr 2020

On my #MSWL: Unique, stand-alone, quirky #urbanfantasy romance between 48k and 68k. To submit, click here and scroll to the bottom of the page:

· 4 Apr 2020

I would love to see a funny, original #PNR (Paranormal Romance). Deets on how to query me here: cityowlpress.com/queries/ Deets on my preferences here: enigmaticeditor.blogspot.com/p/likesdislike… #MSWL #querytip

· 3 Apr 2020

Sarah Barley @SDBarley

Mood: sitting on a Central Park bench in the rain listening to the Dixie Chicks

✨exactly✨ what my dream down-and-out YA heroine would do before her grand climactic moment #mswl

YA

· 3 Apr 2020

I would love to see a funny, original #PNR or #UR romance. Deets on how to query me here: cityowlpress.com/queries/ Deets on my preferences here: enigmaticeditor.blogspot.com/p/likesdislike… #MSWL #querytip

· 2 Apr 2020

quarantussy galore 🥀 @ryandouglassw

i need a book about a black boy that isn’t also about police or incarceration. i need a book about a free black boy living his life

· 2 Apr 2020

Lane @lanewriteswords

So what if we took that Sarah Dessen/Jenny Han fluffy cheerful aesthetic and made the characters Black and just had a whole genre that was joyful Black kids? Black teen beach reads. Something for the summer, something to dance to.

This! I keep asking for this and will keep asking. #MSWL

· 2 Apr 2020

Thao Le @ThaoLe8

Okay guys, I've been obsessed with #KnivesOut and I'd love to get a YA in a similar vein. I'm thinking more of the fun vibe than super suspenseful mystery. And because I am a trash shipper I'd love maybe some Marta/Ransom vibes with the characters. #MSWL

Yes A MILLION TIMES YES #mswl

YA
Mystery

· 2 Apr 2020

Thao Le @ThaoLe8

Okay guys, I've been obsessed with #KnivesOut and I'd love to get a YA in a similar vein. I'm thinking more of the fun vibe than super suspenseful mystery. And because I am a trash shipper I'd love maybe some Marta/Ransom vibes with the characters. #MSWL

p l e a s e! Fun, saucy, self-referential mystery with pointed social commentary🙏🏼 #mswl

YA
Mystery

· 2 Apr 2020

Lane @lanewriteswords

So what if we took that Sarah Dessen/Jenny Han fluffy cheerful aesthetic and made the characters Black and just had a whole genre that was joyful Black kids? Black teen beach reads. Something for the summer, something to dance to.

#MSWL ❤️❤️❤️

· 2 Apr 2020

Roseanne A. Brown 🎆 @rosiesrambles

Anyone have book recs for a rom com set in a high fantasy world???

Replying to @rosiesrambles

Rosie, I have been telling people for ages that I am dying for a high fantasy rom com!!! It’s at the top of my #MSWL.

· 1 Apr 2020

Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque

I first read them in Dell Yearling paperback editions when I was 8 or 9, and I can’t wait to read them to Dash — especially THE SATURDAYS, set in NYC.

And a contemporary MG novel like this, featuring a boisterous & loving POC family, is an eternal #MSWL for me.