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Marie Lamba @marielamba · Jun 12
Seeking queries for smart, funny, ORIGINAL rom-coms like ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE as YA or adult #fiction. My #literaryagent guidelines are here: jdlit.com/marie-lamba #querytip #MSWL #romance #amwriting #publishing
Kelly 📚 @LitAgentKelly · Jun 7
Julia McCarthy @thejumbles
Oh, hey! After discovering the majesty of Hersheypark’s teen employees last week, I’d love to find me a goofy, funny, earnest YA about a group of kids spending the summer working together at an amusement park. #MSWLI second this. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #MSWL
Julia McCarthy @thejumbles · Jun 7
Oh, hey! After discovering the majesty of Hersheypark’s teen employees last week, I’d love to find me a goofy, funny, earnest YA about a group of kids spending the summer working together at an amusement park. #MSWL
Tia Rose Mele @TiatheTiger · Jun 6
Alex Borbolla @Alex_Borbolla
Am I months behind on submissions? Yes. Will that prevent me from asking for more? NOPE!Anyone have a young, funny YA to send my way? Think Meg Cabot with a little heft. #mswl
I’d love to see this type of book!! Send it to me so I can send it to Alex 🙈 #mswl
Alex Borbolla @Alex_Borbolla · Jun 6
Am I months behind on submissions? Yes. Will that prevent me from asking for more? NOPE!
Anyone have a young, funny YA to send my way? Think Meg Cabot with a little heft. #mswl
Andrea Walker @_AndreaWalker_ · May 29
#MSWL snapshot:
YA: Historical, fantasy, contemporary friendships
MG: Spooky, magical, mysterious
PB: Author/Illustrators of funny, bright, and spooky fun
I’m caught up on submissions 🎉 If we’ve been talking and you haven’t heard, please chase me.
If you’re writing/illustrating & looking to query, HELLO. I want contemp F/F romance (YA/teen), funny MG series, FRIENDSHIPS across all ages & Eighth Grade as a book.
#mswl
FlanneryLiteraryAssociate @FlanneryLitera1 · May 15
#MSWL
#MG adventure with a touch of something special like #fantasy or #SciFi or #Magic
#YA #Contemporary #romcom make me lol! Give me your best couples, funny love triangles, miscommunications, memorable first dates, and unforgettable meet cutes!
#amquerying
Chloe Seager @ChloeSeager · May 15
My wish list is up on the Madeleine Milburn website ✨ send me your MG and YA submissions! #mswl madeleinemilburn.co.uk/looking-for/ch…
Garrett Alwert @GarrettAlwert · May 3
#MSWL Smart funny contemporary YA's in the same vein as Ben Philippe, Katie Henry, Jeff Zentner, Ibi Zoboi, Emery Lord and Ashley Poston.
I really want to find a funny MG series. Aaaanyone out there? #amwriting #amediting #MSWL
James McGowan @jamerrson · Apr 30
Lastly, I'm always looking for picture books. Of the funny and whimsical variety. #MSWL
James McGowan @jamerrson · Apr 30
I'm also looking for #YA! At this point, I'm leaning more towards Contemporary YA (think funny like The Field Guide to the American Teenager, or books dealing with important topics like On the Come Up or Heroine). #MSWL
Peter Knapp @petejknapp · Apr 21
I'm also searching for a MG series: something big & fun! It could be set in our world or a secondary world fantasy. I'd love it to be fun & perhaps funny. Ideally it has a high concept, but most important to me is that it has that page-turning quality & irresistible voice. #mswl
Peter Knapp @petejknapp · Apr 21
I am always on the look out for a smart, funny YA rom-com, with heart and preferably some type of strong hook. Also just an incisive love story a la THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR. I love love! #mswl
Moe Ferrara @inthesestones · Apr 18
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Queer books can be light and funny and still be important. Queer books don't have to focus on queer pain to matter.These are the books I love across MG (especially!) and also YA. #MSWL
Looking at sales reports this morning and yo. The appetite for funny illustrated middle grade is HIGH and not stopping. Capt Underpants: 1997; Dork Diaries: 2001; Wimpy Kid: 2007. We're just about due for another breakout series. If you're writing it send it to me. #MSWL
Hali Baumstein @halibaumstein · Apr 12
For picture books, I gravitate toward quirky, funny, offbeat, and clever stories that center on a memorable character(s) or weave in deeper themes about friendship, mental health, etc. I'd love to find author-illustrators who can capture that sensibility in both text & art. #MSWL
Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo · Apr 6
Lauren Abramo @LaurenAbramo
Last tweet has reminded me of the Note Notebooks I maintained with friends in elementary school that were a sort of shared diary interwoven with ridiculousness (bizarre stories, Weird Qwizzes, general goofiness). The group chat of my youth.On that note, #MSWL for a sincere but funny middle grade novel about kids facing real world stakes who are also just unapologetically little weirdoes.