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Molly McGhee ✨ @mollymcghee
As a former editor I’ll say the quiet part out loud: there are so many submissions that the only way to order your reading is to do it by urgency. Therefore only the MSs that have a lot of hype/ have an initial editor interested will move quickly through this process twitter.com/alecdshane/sta…❤️ this 🧵. molly verbalizes something i've struggled to explain to ppl's satisfaction: why i no longer have, or will ever have again, an #mswl. while there are a few reasons, a biggest one is i like to be straightforward. 1/
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Has anyone written a “cuffing season” romcom yet? #mswl
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Nidhi Pugalia @makep1enotw4r
I want a sultry romance you know not a spicy romance but like a season 2 Bridgerton all-about-the-near-touch romance BIPOC set perhaps extremely specifically in dark academia maybe the stakes are super high maybe it's P&P meets Ninth House idk I haven't thought about it that muchplz #MSWL
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fran @galacticidiots
Your run of the mill enemies to lovers story where the villain is obsessed with the heroine except this is the second iteration of the story; they were lovers before but she died in his arms so he went back in time and chose evil because maybe if she hates him, she’ll live.Love this. Enemies to lovers (& vice versa) is a trope I'm a huge sucker for, not to mention sympathetic villains (like Xu Wenwu) and heroes who are willing to be perceived as or who become villainous for noble reasons in the vein of The Dark Knight or Simon/Ice King #mswl
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GUYS! No matter how amazing it is, I DON'T ACQUIRE CONTEMPORARY. Only fantasy or sci-fi (or any sub genre thereof) romance. What I REALLY want is a High heat, under 75K words. Things I'd love to see:
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Monster romance #MSWL
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Weird #MSWL item but I would LOVE a violent animal fantasy MG series like Wings of Fire or Warriors
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#MSWL As an @HCI_Books #editor and as a woman of a certain age who has recently had many conversations with my friends about perimenopause, I'd love to see something from #agents or #writers about this subject. Submission guidelines here: hcibooks.com/editorial/
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While I was out of the office being a child bride, I received 27 submissions--this is all well and good, but only 4 of those were YA! Agents, I'd love to see more teen reads in my inbox ☺️ #mswl
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Cat Winters / C.E. Winters @catwinters
This proposed national bill is sickening. To deem LGBTQ people as inappropriate for children, many of whom are young LGBTQ people themselves, is to call for the erasure of an entire population of people. We're already seeing this devastating quest for erasure with the book bans. twitter.com/Esqueer_/statu…Have a pile of submissions to get to but a #mswl that's been on my heart ever since my trans/NB partner told me they've never seen themself reflected in lit: more books (PB, MG, YA, GN) featuring genderqueer main characters pls. There's power in lit, and the fascists know it.
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Film Updates @FilmUpdates
Rachel Sennott & Ayo Edebiri to co-lead Shiva Baby director and writer Emma Seligman’s next film ‘BOTTOMS’.It follows two unpopular queer girls in their senior year of high school who start a female fight club in order to hook up with girls on the cheerleading team. pic.twitter.com/z9fBl4ODXx
#mswl right here
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Yes, thanks for mentioning, @AnikaDenise! Upper MG is absolutely at the top of my #mswl, so if any kidlit authors have non-genre MG manuscripts with protagonists who are 13 or 14 and in 8th grade, I’d love to consider them for Holiday House.
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Hey, y'all! I've updated my #MSWL twitter collection and #MSWL profile (which include submission guidelines). Pinning it here for easy access. Please note I'm no longer looking for traditional romance.
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New specific whim for my #MSWL! I'd love to see more PB bios of contemporary musicians. Give me rock bands, give me rappers, give me pop stars currently killing it. (Lizzo, anyone?? 👀) I LOVE music across many genres, try me with anyone who has a fascinating, kid-OK story!🎸🎵🎶
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dipping my lil toes back into Twitter to announce that i'm on the hunt for those special *fiction* #picturebook mss--i don't have many on my list, but am looking to change that! #MSWL
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Aiden Thomas @aidenschmaiden
we need more mexicans in YA sff y’all#mswl forever my friends!!!! pls pls pls & thank you
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Agents, I'm back from holidays and ready to read! Send me your comfort sff, sprawling worlds, delicious romance and creepy horror! #MSWL
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Also interested in spicy monster romance especially if under 75K words. #MSWL
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I'm beyond terrible with #mswl because I never know what I want until it's in front of me. But I'm definitely on the hunt for a YA that's moody and atmospheric. Looking to get lost in gorgeous writing (with a compelling, commercial hook). My apologies for the vagueness.
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