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#antiMSWL check-in: Amy Berkower is not actively acquiring picture books, nonfiction (including memoirs), or poetry -- we've been getting a lot of queries in all three categories lately, and I hate to waste folks' time. #querytips #MSWL
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Washington Post @washingtonpost
A Florida prep school prom. A live tiger. What could go wrong? wapo.st/2L053gLSomeone please write me this novel so I can use this headline in flap copy. #MSWL
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Contemporary fantasy or UF where the stakes aren't cosmic (about saving the world) and the setting feels like a character! (I blame @christineexists for this one). #MSWL
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A Black #ownvoices Southern gothic novel! #MSWL
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Ashley Hearn @AshleyHearn
In celebrating my one year workiversary at Page Street, I'm going to update my #MSWL! Stay tuned for some specific things I'm on the hunt for, but remember, this list is buy no means exhaustive. More than anything I love being surprised by a book, so when in doubt—query!The NUMBER ONE item on my #MSWL is a diverse magic girl squad book. Think Sailor Moon but with an intersectional cast. If you send this to me now, I will read it tomorrow.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers
There's *so* much history we can take advantage of for YA. Victims of colonization going after the British Empire??? Like, subvert the colonial English genre! Imagine The Little Princess or The Jungle Book but instead of quaint British stories, they're tales of anger & revenge!!No joke, my Ph.D. dissertation was a postcolonial reading of Raj fictions.
SEND ME ALL THESE SUBVERSIONS they are my dream in life. #MSWL
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers
If I was an agent I think something that would be on the #mswl would be a Pirates of the Caribbean style YA except it's pirates from colonized lands going after the British Empire (@ericsmithrocks plz find this book and rep it thank you) pic.twitter.com/ge9r0SeIUAYASSSSS if any of y'all agents get this you better sell it to me when I'm at a house. #mswl
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers
There's *so* much history we can take advantage of for YA. Victims of colonization going after the British Empire??? Like, subvert the colonial English genre! Imagine The Little Princess or The Jungle Book but instead of quaint British stories, they're tales of anger & revenge!!
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Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
A partial list of some of the coolest moms of science fiction and fantasy:- Molly Weasley (Harry Potter)
- Catelyn Stark (Song of Ice and Fire)
- Mrs. Murry (A Wrinkle in Time)
- Queen Ramonda (Black Panther)
- Tenar (Earthsea)
- Alana (Saga)
- Essun (The Broken Earth)
Consider this whole thread a #MSWL
I want stories about good moms and bad moms, dedicated moms and indifferent moms, moms who move mountains for their kids and moms who do amazing things in spite of having kids.
All these women existed—and continue to exist.
Happy #MothersDay.
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So bummed @Brooklyn99FOX is being cancelled! But I am loving seeing all of these great posts about how important (& hilarious) the show is. I want to publish books just like it—joyous, culturally relevant, edifying, & respectful to its audience. #RenewBrooklyn99 #mswl
