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There’s a picture book in this @AdamMGrant thought. Someone write it & send it to me. #MSWL
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Rebecca Rodd @rebroddreads
But right now I would especially love to see:- anything set on an HBCU campus
- all of the magical realism
- mythological retellings
- romance/love stories (deep and profound and HARD or light and feel good)
- all the millennial joy and adulting hardships
Y'all I got to talk with @rebroddreads today and she is amazing. Definitely send her your stuff (so then she can sell it to me and we can all work together).
And I want everything in this list #MSWL
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Carolina Ortiz @pushthepanorama
I am never without unannounced publishing secrets anymore, but this has been certainly one of the hardest to keep! So happy to finally share with the world that I've been promoted to ✨editor✨ 🥳🥳🥳 pic.twitter.com/9iX9Np3O6uAlso, seems like the perfect time to share my #MSWL at carolinaiortiz.com/manuscript-wis… Looking forward to seeing those submissions come in!
And agent colleagues, if it's been a minute since we've connected or have never had the chance before, I'm always up for a call or zoom coffee 😁
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ALICE SPARKLY KAT ASTROLOGY @alicesparklykat
things i wanna see at bookstores:a robust horror section teeming with writers of color and translations of non-american titles
sci fi from places that had to reckon with the violence of modernity
guides for ppl left out of the labor market instead of a business section
I am looking for all these books too!! #mswl
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#MSWL I’d love more queer and other diverse YA and MG fantasy in my inbox, please! Something with a great hook, voicey writing, and/or easily accessible world building. I want characters who make me HAVE to read on. (Agented submissions only.)
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✨Pinning my updated #MSWL! Agents, send all the fiction my way!✨
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Adding and pinning links to my #MSWL twitter collection and #MSWL profile (which include submission guidelines) for easy access.
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I’ll soon be acquiring for my late-2022 list and beyond. Check out my #MSWL for details and to see what I’m looking for. manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/heat…
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Calling all smart, uplifting commercial fiction with a speculative slant that basically encapsulates how my heart grew watching the last season of The Good Place and somehow emotionally attaches me to a weirdly wonderful cast of characters like this elite crew. #MSWL
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& now some recently read favs:
💀CEMETERY BOYS by aiden thomas
🕸🙋🏼♂️A SHOW FOR TWO by tashie bhuiyan (not out yet--you're gonna love it!)
👸🏾YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN by leah johnson
👠CINDERELLA IS DEAD by kalynn bayron
🦩WHERE THE RHYTHM TAKES YOU by sarah dass
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& bc examples are always helpful, here are some of my all-time fav contemporary YAs:
⚽️FURIA by yamile saied méndez
💕THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL by maurene goo
😈SHADOWSHAPWER by djo
🐼AMERICAN PANDA by gloria chao
📚THE EDUCATION OF MARGOT SANCHEZ by lilliam rivera
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i want 📚 w unforgettable characters i'd follow to the ends of the 🌎; who make mistakes & are messy & we 💓 them thru all the ⬆️& ⬇️; who bring me back to those teen days when we felt like everything was on the line & one night of adventure could change our entire lives #mswl
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i'm a sucker for: boarding school stories (the soapier the better); stories that take place over 24 hours; generational family stories; & stories that put BIPOC in places where we don't often get to see them (like boarding school, on vacation, the world of ballet, etc) #mswl
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i love contemporary YA full of heart that plays with speculative elements in a way that hinges on the emotional connections between people.
i want stories that tackle weighty sociopolitical issues from an emotional, character-first POV, & with a thru-line of hope & joy #mswl
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the best thing about YA is that high emotional stakes can come from something as simple as a first date, a text msg gone wrong, a misplaced love letter 💗--& i want to feel those stakes so much that they give me goosebumps & butterflies & tears #mswl
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for disney-hyperion, give me ALL THE TROPES (seriously all of them) but make them feel ✨new✨ again
i want stories where BIPOC to take center stage when it comes to all the fake dating, graduation night, only one bed, epic road trip, one last summer, joy-filled tropes #mswl
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im ALWAYS looking for ✨contemporary✨ stories that center BIPOC & lead w joy!!!!
for RRP i'd love stories w an emphasis on intersectionality, deeply tied to culture & identity--bonus points for stories that play with magic/supernatural/mythology in fresh, exciting ways #mswl
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...but one thing i do accept is that theres much more i can do to work towards a better world for BIPOC creators & young readers.
authors of color are writing some of the most incredible books right now, & i can't wait to see even more of them in my inbox! now onto my #mswl ☺️
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...& being more conscious, purposeful, & selective in how i spend my time as an editor & the voices & stories i choose to uplift.
it took me a long time to accept the fact that i have any kind of power to affect change in this world/industry (bc really who am i??)...
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