Editors' MSWL | MsWishList

· 8 Dec 2017

Anna Prendella @prendella

@courtney_ps charlotte bronte/mary shelley, y/y twitter.com/bookwitchsara/…

Whatever their souls are made of, hers and hers are truly the same. (Also, #mswl tbh.)

· 7 Dec 2017

heidi heilig @heidiheilig

my soul is so full of hate these days. i wonder how many other people out there will point to Nov 2016 as their villain origin story.

We see so many fictional antagonists whose origin stories are some variation on: orphaned, abused, rejected, betrayed, brainwashed, or simply "got greedy." I'd love some nuanced villains who arise out of mass sociopolitical trauma. #SFF #MSWL

· 6 Dec 2017

Illustrated middle-grade stories! #mswl There are kids out there clamoring for them. Kids who find an all-text novel too scary. Kids who have outgrown chapter books but who aren't ready for a novel. They need those illustrated stories!

· 4 Dec 2017

Another romance trope I love is forbidden romance—boss/subordinate, doctor/patient, lawyer/client, cop/suspect, patriot/rebel, journalist/source, priest/parishioner, aristocrat/commoner, feuding clans… #MSWL

Romance

· 4 Dec 2017

My favorite romance tropes include forced proximity, enemies to lovers, fake engagement, marriage of convenience, reunion romance, stranded together, and secrets (secret agenda, secret royal, secret baby) #MSWL

Romance

· 4 Dec 2017

I’m eager to acquire humorous manuscripts that are tightly written with snappy dialogue. A lighthearted cozy mystery series featuring a bantering duo. Romantic comedy or sexy romps, whether contemporary or set in the Regency/Victorian periods or the future. #MSWL

· 4 Dec 2017

I’m a sucker for the great outdoors, so send me mystery, suspense & romance manuscripts set in grand landscapes, from mountains to deserts to jungles. Think wilderness guides, smoke jumpers, Alaskan bush pilots, wildlife biologists, Canadian mounties, mercenaries… #MSWL

· 4 Dec 2017

I’d love to find some feel-good contemporary romance that has solid conflict between passionate main characters; stories with plenty of emotion but without heavy issues or angsty drama. #MSWL

· 4 Dec 2017

I’m seeking fast-paced capers and heists with intricate, devilishly fun schemes, full of setbacks and plot twists. #MSWL

Heist

· 4 Dec 2017

I’m looking for romantic suspense that has a fully developed romance as well as a high level of tension or action. Espionage, paramilitary, law enforcement heroes. Revenge themes. Action/adventure. A lighthearted Mr. & Mrs. Smith type of story. #MSWL

· 4 Dec 2017

I’m acquiring whodunit mysteries: cozy #mystery, police procedurals, PIs. May have romantic elements and/or paranormal elements. I’m seeking strong hooks, compelling characters, unique settings, clever crime-solving. #MSWL

· 3 Dec 2017

Just watched The Shape of Water and it just reiterated the fact that anything with the soul of a Guillermo Del Toro film is always at the top of my #MSWL.

· 3 Dec 2017

Tracey the Hutt @TraceyBaptiste

Nanny, a Jamaican Maroon who held the British off from escaped slaves by establishing lookouts, a communication network, and disguising her soldiers as trees and teaching them to be still and slow their breathing so they could attack w/o warning. twitter.com/xnulz/status/9…

Aw, hell, any reply to this starring a WOC is #MSWL

· 3 Dec 2017

Samantha Mash 🌲 @anamericanghost

Khutulun was the great-great-granddaughter of Genghis Khan. She was a strong fighter and insisted that any man who wished to marry her must defeat her in wrestling, but any man who she beat would have to give her a horse. She wound up with 10,000 horses. twitter.com/xnulz/status/9…

#MSWL

· 2 Dec 2017

Warsaw Suicide Pact @DOGGEAUX

zheng shi was a sex worker in Canton who was captured & wedded to a pirate lord and so quickly proved her ability to command that she took over and at one point commanded 300+ ships with 40,000 men and was so fearsome that she forced china and britain to let her peacefully retire twitter.com/xnulz/status/9…

Ooh, and this one too--YA version. (It seems I want some kind of pirate-themed YA...?) #mswl

YA

· 2 Dec 2017

Greg Jenner @greg_jenner

Jeanne de Clisson, murderous French aristocrat-turned-pirate who named her ship My Revenge after the French king executed her husband. She spent the next decade killing all the French crews she encountered, sparing only 1 sailor to relay her message of vengeance ☠️⚓️⚔️ twitter.com/xnulz/status/9…

Ummm, #mswl--the YA version pls.

YA

· 1 Dec 2017

nerd garbage pitches @NerdGarbageBot

I need you to picture if HP Lovecraft did a edutainment documentary, set on spaceships.

Um I am nerd garbage and this is #MSWL (but w a more inclusive, woke Lovecraft, pls)

· 30 Nov 2017

I really want to read/acquire YA and MG featuring Brazilian and/or bicultural characters (I am a teensy bit biased). Cadê os meus brasileiros?!
#LatinX #LatinXPublishing #MSWL