#mswl #mswl #mswl please give me horrible twisted necromancy or a twist on classic zombies within a lyrical literary framework thank you goodbye

#MSWL

I'm very excited to look at #APIpit today! It's one of my favorite pitch events. If I like your pitch, please follow J&N submission guidelines and put my name and #APIpit in the email subject line. You can see my #MSWL pinned if you want more info about me janklowandnesbit.com/submissions

also if you have a literary dread/horror novel that can comp to the video game DREDGE, I want to see it! creepy lighthouses! cosmic horror! dead loved ones! thank u #mswl

as usual, @JJBker and I have been nattering about #Yellowjackets in the office, so if any authors have a manuscript that can comp to it (any element tbh: the 90s vibe, the eldritch forest monsters, or haunted, oppressed suburbia) then pls! PLS!!! hit us up!!! #mswl

highkey #mswl

what if I’m deadly serious when I say that a sharp satirical literary take on this is 100% on my #mswl

I won't be able to drop by #moodpitch before this too-short week ends, but my queries are open for work that aligns with my #MSWL, and feel free to include your mood board if you have one: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/roma…

(I'm strongly prioritizing adult submissions at the moment!)

But please DON'T send me novels where someone dies with their inner turmoil tragically unresolved! I'm here for moral/emotional struggles that lead toward hope, if not happiness; not into screeds about the futility of existence and the impossibility of being truly good #MSWL

Send me your novels about guilt, shame, regret, seeking atonement, earning forgiveness; redemption arcs for someone who isn't necessarily a villain, but who has made choices with irrevocable consequences and has to find a way to live with their actions and keep going. #MSWL

Obligatory #MSWL tag, but keep in mind these are "classics" as defined by my American education in the white Western canon; I'd love to see novels or narrative nonfiction engaging with similar themes and historical eras, but with a more expansive, inclusive worldview

It's #MSWL day so I'm sharing all the things I want to see in my inbox! Since there's a character limit, I'll just link to my MSWL page. I'm looking for a broad range of material in the adult, MG, & YA spaces:
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/jane…

#amwriting #amquerying #WritingCommunity

#amquerying writers, I'd love to see:

✨️A cosy fantasy like Legends and Lattes - magic meets the mundane in mythical wedding planners or dragons at drama school

💖A dreamy fairy-tale inspired romantasy (soulmates are a plus)

🔎A twisty Knives Out-esque murder mystery

#MSWL

#amwriting & #amquerying writers, I'm looking for contemporary cosy crime in an unconventional setting, a character-driven WW2 story with female espionage (think Heather Morris), and a Lucy Foley-esque locked room psychological thriller that revolves around toxic friendship #mswl

#MSWL please and thank you

what if I said this was a #mswl

honestly? #mswl for a grounded/speculative story featuring an Ellen Ripley-esque character at its heart: a working mother (in this house Alien: Isolation *is* canon, tyvm), full of grit and tenacity, *excellent* at her job, no romantic ties to speak of, a utility-fashion icon,,,

if you take Mars to mean the Roman god of war, this is a hell of a #mswl vibe

absolutely fascinated by the ongoing fall of FTX/crypto and would definitely not mind seeing a smart, incisive literary thriller on the subject 👀 #mswl

is it weird if I say I want to read a speculative novel, similar to the evolution of the Goncharov meme, where a collective unreality is collaborated on by a wide and disparate community, until eventually the lines between what's true and what isn't are thoroughly blurred #mswl