Literary Agent
Laura Crockett @LECrockett
Very specific: A, YA, or MG about a painter (or apprentice to, or child of) during the 1666 London Fire. Straight HF or hist fantasy #mswlCurrently listening to THE WEIGHT OF INK, which is about a female Jewish scribe in 1660s London. Talk about specific!
Send send send! 1660s England is FULL of amazing stories just waiting to be told. #mswl
Literary Agent
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
Ways fantasy can be dynamic without relying on Tolkien-inspired landscapes, creatures, or Chosen One tropes:- Add a second power to the world that isn't humans. Be creative with this: perhaps the king must confer with the birds or frogs before charging to war.
Because I suck at organizing tweet threads on mobile: here's an expansion of my #MSWL for fantasy (adult, but I'll consider YA too) #amwriting #amquerying #querytip
I'm not trashing established tropes in fantasy.
I'm saying: Do not feel bound by them.
Fantasy is limitless.
Literary Agent
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
Ways fantasy can be dynamic without relying on Tolkien-inspired landscapes, creatures, or Chosen One tropes:- Add a second power to the world that isn't humans. Be creative with this: perhaps the king must confer with the birds or frogs before charging to war.
As always: this long thread is just my opinion. But I hope this thread further fleshed out why I want concepts of fantasy expanded for my #MSWL - FANTASY IS LIMITLESS. If you're #amwriting fantasy or at #querytip stage, this thread is what I would love to see. #askagent
Literary Agent
B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy @BNSciFi
If #Oceans8 has left you seeking your next big score, we offer up these 12 irresistible fantasy heist novels, featuring some of the genre's most lovable do-badders. bit.ly/2LBG9DF pic.twitter.com/1RcfIIvKB1I love this list, but most of these titles are missing a key feature of Ocean's 8: female leads. Please send me all your women-led fantasy heists books!! #mswl
Editor
#MSWL, adult edition: epistolary; multi-generational family saga; magical realism; contemporary fantasy; speculative; southern Gothic; millennial fiction; romantic comedy
Editor
#MSWL, YA edition: The Hating Game, but YA; romantic comedy; epistolary; poppy feeling Fantasy; super dark fantasy; contemporary fantasy (think The Raven Boys); historical mystery; magical realism
Literary Agent
#MSWL adult fantasy (epic/high) in world inspired by less-seen-in-SFF cultures. No vamps, weres, witch/wiz, god/Angel, fae/elf, elemental/spellcasting etc tropes - instead show me NEW magic, NEW creatures, or wild twisty fantasy world/political structures.
Queryme.online/naomidavis
Literary Agent
A wonderful list of literary agents seeking SFF: #querytip
tckpublishing.com/literary-agent…
If you are planning to query me, be sure to check out my #MSWL threads, as I have specific wants and do-not-wants in SFF!
Literary Agent
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
#MSWL high stakes, character driven fantasy w/intricately realized worlds, unique fantasy/magical systems&new creatures. Fun, original political systems, visually dynamic settings, characters with emotions that rip me from my life and plunge me into the pages.In case you missed it: my updated #MSWL for Adult Fantasy! I love how so many writers respond to these and query me. If you write adult fantasy and your work fits the preferences in this thread, QUERY ME! #amwriting #amquerying #querytip
Literary Agent
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
Please remember: no matter how closely your project matches an agent's #MSWL, the writing quality and execution of the project is what ultimately makes it produce an offer of rep.A quick reminder!!!
I posted my fantasy #MSWL in a Tweet thread yesterday. Looking forward to seeing queries!
Literary Agent
Is it weird that I seriously want a Valkyrie type of fantasy with an odd twist that doesn't quite make them Valkyrie?
...but it's the same type of idea?
Do my #MSWL tweets ever make sense?
Editor
A meeting today made me think: I’d LOVE to see a huge, sweeping pre-Columbian epic fantasy novel in my inbox.
Before the Europeans landed and ruined everything, there were vibrant, sophisticated, and competitive empires in the Americas. That’s as epic fantasy as anything. #MSWL
Literary Agent
Show me something bizarre and outside the normal, with a dynamic fantasy structure, journeys and trickery and twists. Show me how cunning, courage, and wit can make any character's magic win - or save - the world. Show me dialogue that sparks with character and voice. #mswl
Literary Agent
Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
#MSWL high stakes, character driven fantasy w/intricately realized worlds, unique fantasy/magical systems&new creatures. Fun, original political systems, visually dynamic settings, characters with emotions that rip me from my life and plunge me into the pages.So show me a chef, a medicine woman, a food runner, a hairdresser, a shoemaker, an assistant who has the potential to outshine their superior but has yet to discover/reveal it. Let their magic be small but let them find a way to make it ignite in their favor. #mswl
Literary Agent
#MSWL high stakes, character driven fantasy w/intricately realized worlds, unique fantasy/magical systems&new creatures. Fun, original political systems, visually dynamic settings, characters with emotions that rip me from my life and plunge me into the pages.
Literary Agent
Editor
#mswl: be it contemp, fantasy, sci-fi, let's see sex positivity.
Give me a character whose sexual feelings are a crucial part of but not the entirety of her identity. I want characters who enjoy sex bc hey it feels good & sex scenes that don't necessarily have emotional import!
Literary Agent
Just in case our #MSWL...POC Intersectional work, magical funk realism-w/lush, succulent prose that dribble down your chin. Genre mashing/bending SFF. LGBTQ +, YA, Romance, Women's, Steam, Solar, Cyber punk, Gaslamp, Literary Fiction, Suspense/Thriller, Memoir w/platform.
Literary Agent
Literary Agent
Updated my #MSWL page!! manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/nata…