Accents, dialect, and non-English languages in English-language fiction, used in ways that enhance characterization and worldbuilding rather than othering or exoticizing the speaker. #SFF #MSWL

White characters interacting with non-white societies at a disadvantage. Non-white civilizations that do not exist for the white gaze, that treat with outsiders on their own terms. #Wakanda, and hundreds more nations like it. #SFF #MSWL

Postcolonialism 2.0: multifaceted conflicts that go beyond colonizer and colonized. Give me diaspora, give me infighting on all sides, give me vehement disagreement about a nation’s future that is borne of genuine patriotism and idealism. #SFF #MSWL #BlackPanther

Economically realistic motives for colonialism & war. Vibranium is spot-on as an analogue for resources that drove (historical & current) conquest: oil, gold, tea, slaves, spices...

#SFF is full of war stories; give ‘em better reasons than righteousness & border conflicts.
#MSWL

Female characters of all stripes with interior lives and motivations that don’t revolve around the male main character. Even if the male protagonist is supposed to save the world. #SFF #MSWL

WOC in science who are brilliant, fearless, multifaceted, and celebrated for their contributions. (This last point is important.)

Shuri is the Disney Princess of my dreams. (I was a STEM kid; I have FEELS, ok?) #MSWL #SFF #BlackPanther

BLACK PANTHER. My heart is full; my brain is on fire.

I want stories like it in my inbox. I want to help them reach readers. But, as one wise writer notes, “#MSWL = #BlackPanther!” is reductionist—however truly felt.

So, a list of specific things I LOVED & want more of in #SFF:

I give a sneak peek into what my fancy Editorial Director title really means and what I'm currently looking for: anaiahpress.wordpress.com/2018/02/19/mee… #querytip #pubtip #amwriting #amquerying #MSWL #MondayBlogs

Black Panther x Leviathan Wakes #MSWL

Black Panther x Mistborn #MSWL

Black Panther x Alanna the Lioness #MSWL

Black Panther x Old Man's War #MSWL

Black Panther x Ready Player One #MSWL

Black Panther x Kusheil's Dart #MSWL

Black Panther x Throne of Glass #MSWL

#BlackPanther x Wheel of Time #Mswl

Also, sibling relationships like the one between T'Challa and Shuri will forever be on my #mswl

My heart! 😭 Somebody please make a picture book out of this #MSWL

#mswl Black family saga + Southern Gothic + Hoodoo + lush writing

Tempted to post a bunch of Olympian stories with #MSWL by saying, "This, but a YA novel." Like, don't you want to see a YA featuring a total bad*ss like Chloe Kim?