Literary Agent
Jessica Mileo @JessicaMileo
For #amquerying writers here's a quick #MSWL update: I've been consuming a lot of new shows lately that are exploring concepts that I'd love to see more in my queries!-- RANKING OF KINGS -- I'd love to see a middle grade novel (graphic or prose) that explores a kid born into royalty/monarchy that doesn't fit the bill for what a ruler should be or some other setting!
Editor
Also still desperate for that middle-grade graphic novel about a Jewish summer camp! Just FYI! #mswl
Literary Agent
I open to queries on Friday 4/1! I have a full manuscript wishlist you can see on the #MSWL website, but here are the items I'm looking for in particular:
--Adult suspense & RomCom
--YA contemp w/ a BIG commercial hook
--MG fantasy
I look forward to hearing from you!
Literary Agent
Literary Agent
hailey harlow @byhaileyharlow
what's one Taylor Swift song you could build a whole novel around?mine is delicate
I could do a whole #MSWL on this (MG or YA only please!) so here goes:
-Enchanted. Takes place in one night. Intense romance
- The last great American dynasty. Gimme the outsider protag who kinda relishes screwing up high society
- anything with ONLY THE YOUNG energy
Literary Agent
Spring 22 #MSWL:
MG/YA thrillers, rom-coms (fresh hook, please!), magical realism, & under-repped voices
Investigative journalism for MG/YA
BIPOC or #ownvoices PBs
Illustrators
Sub guidelines: upstartcrowliterary.com/submissions
#amwriting #kidlit #WritingCommunity #amquerying
Literary Agency
“I am on the hunt for non-fiction in MG. Show me glimpses of history that haven’t been taught to younger students before, collections of pieces, anthologies.” @ericsmithrocks #MSWL ericsmithrocks.com/mswl
Literary Agent
Re: period & puberty discourse from #TurningRed, I'm actively looking for middle grade novels that addresses these topics! Give me all the earnest (slightly cringe but still funny) coming of age MGs that grapple with these 'taboo' issues or just include them! #amquerying #mswl
Editor
There's so much to love about #TurningRed but one of the many things it does well is explore puberty for girls in a really engaging way. I desperately want to see this in the MG space, give me books that deal with puberty for girls in all its awkward and funny ways #MSWL
Literary Agency
"Romance, Literary, Commercial, Suspense, Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Picture Books." @CurtisPSLA #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
Literary Agent
We need to flood (heh) the mg market with stories about periods until men are as comfortable with the subject as I had to be at 13 with why tissues and hand lotion might be on a teen boy's bedside table #mswl
Literary Agent
again summarizing some recent #mswl for the timeline!
Fat BIPOC characters
Indigenous stories
Autistic BIPOC creators
Trans femme authors
Queer joy in MG
YA thrillers
Monsters
LOL MG and YA
Afro Latinx creators
Voicey fantasy
#amquerying #writingcommunity 💖✨
Literary Agency
“Middle grade animal stories like Pax by Sara Pennypacker, Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel, Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe, and Santa Paws by Nicholas Edwards.” @agentvicente #MSWL mariavicente.com/representation
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Hilary Harwell @HilaryHarwell
As agents, we all have ‘ones that got away’. One of mine was Ginny Myers Sain’s DARK AND SHALLOW LIES. And I would love to see something like that in my inbox right now, #amquerying authors! #writingcommunity #MSWL #southerngothic #alltheatmosphereAnother? Lorelei Savaryn’s CIRCUS OF STOLEN DREAMS. Gorgeous writing. Gorgeous imagery. If you can comp to either of these I’d love to see your projects, #amquerying authors. #MSWL #mg #ya
#mswl my kingdom for contemporary MG horror in my inbox... especially with series potential. Excellent ensembles and friendship themes are a bonus!
Literary Agent
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Here are the beginning of the week stats.
#amquerying #amagenting #writingcommmunity #MSWL #YA #MG #scifi #fantasy
Literary Agent
You can now find my #MSWL on the official Manuscript Wish List website, as well as on my own website! manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/sera…
Editorial Assistant
In MG…
- MAGIC!!!
- Percy Jackson-esque adventure
- Humor and warmth
- Complex family dynamics/ sibling relationships
Editorial Assistant
Agented subs only! And I’m only accepting YA and MG at this time:)
I’m looking for…
- BIPOC centred stories full of joy, heart and adventure
- found family
- atmospheric writing
- layered storytelling
- Anything and everything set in the modern day South
Literary Agent
By some miracle, I'm nearly caught up with my queries (not that I'm caught up with my to-read pile!) and I'm really hungry to see some more thriller/suspense/horror in my inbox whether adult or young adult! Also horror/spooky middle grade 👀 #MSWL