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· 15 Sep 2020

HUMOROUS VOICES! A lot of the contemporary I read and acquire has a witty/ funny narrator, and an author with a gift for humor (see: Cece in @SoniaHartl1's HAVE A LITTLE FAITH IN ME). Please, please send me your funny books! #MSWL

· 15 Sep 2020

Agents! I'm putting a HIGH priority on YA contemporary realism in my inbox right now! My tastes are more picky in realism than they are in spec-fic, so here's a list of what I'm really drawn to in this broad category... #MSWL

· 15 Sep 2020

I need a book that makes me feel the way fall does (#mswl?)

· 15 Sep 2020

LA @lorraineavila_

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This. Agents, please send me work by Black Latinx authors. Not just this month but all year round. #mswl

· 14 Sep 2020

Katherine Harrison @KidlitKat

I, for one, welcome our new cetacean overlords

thecut.com/2020/09/orcas-…

OK, new #MSWL: @RosanneParry's A WHALE OF THE WILD, but revengier.

· 13 Sep 2020

One of my summer goals was to make a website, and I finally did it: carolinaiortiz.com! Check out my deal announcements and updated #mswl 🧐 And agents, if it's been a while since we've chatted, I'm always happy to reconnect, as well as meet new agents 👀

· 10 Sep 2020

My #MSWL went live today! Feel free to check it out at manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/whit… if you're curious about more things that I'm interested in seeing for graphic novel pitches!

Graphic Novels

· 10 Sep 2020

Alix E. Harrow @AlixEHarrow

twitter i have a hunger for: battle couples.

don't care about the genre (sff, romance, crime, whatever) or the gender, just really want to read about two people exchanging a last, heated glance before spinning back to back to face down insurmountable odds

Make it SFF & send my way!! #MSWL

· 10 Sep 2020

Thao Le @AgentThao

I love it even more when these two characters fall in love with one another... #mswl twitter.com/allisonhsaft/s…

Same. #MSWL (see thread) (Agented only)

· 9 Sep 2020

John Cusick is just this guy you know @johnmcusick

I like friends to lovers and enemies to lovers, but what about lovers to arch rivals engaged in an epic battle for dominance?

#mswl

· 9 Sep 2020

Con Todo @contodonetflix

Vampires Vs. The Bronx is a horror-comedy film from director Oz Rodriguez about teens fighting to save the Bronx from a vampire invasion.

Starring Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Method Man & more, it's out on Netflix Oct. 2nd! pic.twitter.com/DQUWJq18sG

What do my eyes behold 😍 Vampires, horror, and a POC cast--this is #mswl all the way

· 8 Sep 2020

#MSWL Would really like to see some LGBTQ+ contemporary YA in my inbox when I’m back from vacation, so, agents, if you’ve got something you think I’d enjoy, please send it over! I love complex characters, and deep, emotional stories. Hooky concept + voice, please!

· 6 Sep 2020

XIRAN, Chinese History Educational Memer @XiranJayZhao

ew pic.twitter.com/7ENfXDjYZq

hi, yes, I would like to put "sorcerous bird women falling in love from opposing sides of a war" into the #MSWL category of "will never get old" kthx

Women
War

· 5 Sep 2020

doug @dappsfluff

fuck redemption arcs. where are my corruption arcs. I want to see a character disappoint everyone who respected them over and over again in the pursuit of their own goals

#mswl

· 3 Sep 2020

Random House Graphic @RHKidsGraphic

This weeks #EditorialTues (with @WhitLeopard) answers one question that we've gotten a few times now: Do you need an agent to pitch to RHG? No, you don't. BUT: make sure you understand what we publish and what we need in a pitch. (See previous #EditorialTues editions.)

Replying to @kbeilz

I made an #MSWL but it's still waiting to be approved but it should be up soon-ish! Agent question is answered here: twitter.com/RHKidsGraphic/…

Graphic Novels

· 3 Sep 2020

Sharon Pelletier @sharongracepjs

#MSWL: SUPER thirsty for juicy, smart, book club fiction like ASK AGAIN YES, THE VANISHING HALF, SUCH A FUN AGE

YES elements: multi-generation, sibling stories, career-oriented women, sense of humor, reinterpreting classic or myth through an unsung character’s POV

Ooooh yes, please. #MSWL (Agented only, so definitely send to @sharongracepjs, and then if you get signed, ask for me to be on the sub list! 🙂)

· 1 Sep 2020

Here's something I haven't seen in my submissions: a frothy, compulsively readable YA that is enthusiastically & unapologetically socialist. Like, what would RED WHITE & ROYAL BLUE or THE PRINCESS DIARIES look like if they glamorized equality/working class interests? HMU, #MSWL