Editors' MSWL | MsWishList

· 3 Jan 2019

Sarah Barley @the_SDB

But also, I am still so hungry to find terrific, hooky, voice-driven contemporary/realistic. Am especially hungry from those told from POVs I don't already intimately know already. I want to be surprised!

And please, my greatest and most everlasting and true #MSWL is to find an epistolary novel in the tradition (or not? — surprise me!) of I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (my favorite book of all time) or the Montmaray Journals by Michelle Cooper. 🖊️🖊️🖊️

· 2 Jan 2019

If you've resolved to write a book in the new year, I'd love to see it. Here's what I'm looking for:

Inspirational romantic suspense 55K words. High danger and drama. Sweet and satisfying romance. Low sensuality. Intriguing hooks and secrets.

#MSWL

· 2 Jan 2019

New year, new (evergreen) #MSWL:
Smash the patriarchy.

Give me men who are gentle, with soft, artistic souls & loved ones to care for

Give me women who are ruthless & sharp-edged w/o being ground to dust for it

Give me NB heroes who are any & all of these, who live their truth

· 29 Dec 2018

ZR/Zabé Ellor @ZREllor

I just learned The Great Gatsby enters the public domain in 2021 and I better see a million queer Gatsby retellings that year

#mswl 👀👀👀🍸

· 27 Dec 2018

Molly O'Neill @molly_oneill

The bravest books about faith IMHO don't demand a certain response or conclusion from their readers, but instead give *the very questions themselves* to teens, then honor/respect the ways in which young people grapple/wrestle/engage with them & make space for answers that emerge.

YA about religion and faith is on my permanent #mswl because faith and growing up are both about Big Questions—finding them, answering them (or not), and living anyway.

YA

· 21 Dec 2018

Mabel Hsu @helloomabel

Omg...I would love to see a picture book about a magical little neighborhood library tucked into a 100-year-old tree. #mswl twitter.com/newsfromkerri/…

Replying to @helloomabel

Yess #mswl

Picture books

· 20 Dec 2018

anshe | 22 days @valkyrieIoki

tessa thompson’s characters with big guns. that’s it. that’s the tweet. pic.twitter.com/TsMoBOF6tk

#MSWL

· 19 Dec 2018

Nicole Cliffe @Nicole_Cliffe

I know MI-5 has an age limit but I honestly think the invisibility of women as they age would be perfect for assassination work

#MSWL, especially if it was literary and wry and examined myths about women aging.

· 19 Dec 2018

Tran Nguyen @my_name_is_tran

Recent work I did for @SubPress's limited edition release of "Kushiel's Chosen." #trannguyen #mynameistran pic.twitter.com/7cU7TWTuHH

Just a regular #mswl check in. Has anyone written me a book I can put a Tran Nguyen cover on yet? Agents? Got something for me?

· 18 Dec 2018

Matthew A. Cherry @MatthewACherry

Imagine A League Of Their Own sequel that starts with the scene of the black woman throwing the ball back from the stands and you stay with her and it becomes a biopic on the 3 black women that played in the Negro Leagues (Toni Stone, Mami "Peanut" Johnson & Connie Morgan). pic.twitter.com/iFkKMo17en

I want this book. #mswl

· 18 Dec 2018

I think cold cases are interesting. Would like to see more of them incorporated in the suspense submissions I see. #MSWL

Suspense

· 17 Dec 2018

Looking for smart, funny & unabashedly geeky queer romcoms. Falling in love mid-RP? Theme park princesses finding each other? A heel and a face pretending to be rivals on the mat and lovers behind closed doors? Cosplayed Cap and Bucky searching for each other post-con? #MSWL

· 12 Dec 2018

Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba

I LIVE FOR ALL OF THIS 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 #MSWL pic.twitter.com/4zBVJxMJga

This, in realistic (or realistic with a twist) YA/MG! Also, repeating #mswl for murky "would you really make the right choice?" stories a la Passengers

MG
YA

· 12 Dec 2018

Carina Press @CarinaPress

Attention writers! @carrielofty is looking to acquire realistic polyamory romances: stories that explore the complexities of love between more than two people. Find more details and submission guidelines here ► bit.ly/2RQykgu
#AmWriting #CarinaWants pic.twitter.com/RaotFRaMe9

I love the picture @CarinaPress used for this!! #mswl #acquiring

Romance

· 11 Dec 2018

Donald Maass @DonMaass

We in the writing biz should note the passing of Evelyn Berezin, creator of the first word processing machine—and much else. Appreciate her at your next keyboard session...

Evelyn Berezin, 93, Dies; Built the First True Word Processor nyti.ms/2GjUypY?smid=n…

#mswl

· 11 Dec 2018

Grace Kendall @GraceKendallLit

It's the holiday season, so I'll put a #MSWL out into the world: I'd love to have a new #DearGenius out in the market BUT written by one of our great editors of color. A memoir, a how-to, a narrative guide to succeeding in this business from a POV beyond the white center. (1/2)

Every year I give my assistant and/or interns a copy of Dear Genius. Instead, it would be awesome to give them a classic, informed tome to help guide them through this business in ways that I never will be able to personally.

· 11 Dec 2018

It's the holiday season, so I'll put a #MSWL out into the world: I'd love to have a new #DearGenius out in the market BUT written by one of our great editors of color. A memoir, a how-to, a narrative guide to succeeding in this business from a POV beyond the white center. (1/2)

Memoir

· 9 Dec 2018

🦌Elle🎄Grittymas Is Coming🎄Gato🦌 @ellle_em

I want more small stories in epic settings

What I mean: fantasy worlds, galaxy-spanning space confederacies, magical kingdoms, living cities, etc. etc. etc. as settings but a focus on small stories within those settings

Eternal #MSWL! I love a different genre’s story in an SFF setting—especially if the author has cleverly teased out some smart interactions between the two.