Ashley Hearn 🕷 Preorder FOREST OF SOULS (6/23)! @AshleyHearn · 6d
Ashley Hearn 🕷 Preorder FOREST OF SOULS (6/23)! @AshleyHearn
I've officially updated my MSWL profile to reflect what I'm looking for at Peachtree Publishing! It's changed a bit—particularly regarding stories that skew toward the younger end of the YA market—so take note!manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ashl… twitter.com/AshleyHearn/st…
I'm especially on the lookout for high-concept stories w/ a standout voice, and strong coming of age themes that speak strongly to teen issues, without those issues defining the plot.
In all submissions, I'm prioritizing inclusive, diverse stories and marginalized voices. #MSWL
Liz Kossnar @liz_adventures · Jun 25
i'd love a story that adequately reflects what i call as "background app battery drain" IRL. for me it's monitoring my blood sugar. there are countless others (microaggressions come to mind) but i'd like a moment that reveals a constant others may not know goes on #YA #MG #MSWL
DeidreKnight @DeidreKnight · Jun 25
Looking for inclusive fiction of all kinds. Also still hungry for beach reads and romcom (YA especially, but adult too!) Seeking sports romance of all kinds, & I'm a huge hockey fan! But love football too and am also a sucker for the Olympics, and related books and shows. #MSWL
Maggie Kane @CallMePog · Jun 25
I love these terrible vampire roommates (and their Staten Island counterparts) #MSWL
Chantal KC @NSLCpunk
My conspiracy theory is that time travel IS real & someone keeps trying to fix 2020 by changing something but every time they do, they unwittingly make it worse. How else do you explain the sudden disappearance of murder hornets? They saved us from those but at what cost?!?!Erm, #mswl.
Alexandra Levick @AllieLevick · Jun 25
I've noticed an uptick lately, so just a friendly reminder that I do not allow attachments in queries. Please copy and paste the work into the body of the email.
#MSWL #amquerying
P.S. Literary Agency @PSLiterary · Jun 25
“I’m looking for genre-blending fiction... books that pull a bit of genre into the literary.” @ericsmithrocks #MSWL ericsmithrocks.com/mswl
Alice Fugate @AliceSFugate · Jun 25
CBS News @CBSNews
Barcelona's Liceu Opera House reopened its doors for the first time in over three months to hold a concert for an audience of nearly 2,300 house plants cbsn.ws/37RJV82 pic.twitter.com/U6ri9lyEzJI don’t know how exactly just yet but could there be a picture book story in this quirky delightful scene? 🤩#mswl
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Jun 24
Rebecca Kuss @reebsthereader
...bc yt stories & yt history were all i had. i was 27 the first time i read about a biracial korean girl, written by a korean author (thank you @jennyhan).i'm 33 & i still haven't seen a biracial, korean, jewish character in YA...
#mswl ffs! If a Jewish biracial person has a YA or MG ms, I don’t care if I’m open to queries or not, SEND IT TO ME. We need more BIPOC Jewish fiction! (FYI I don’t read Holocaust stories though.)
Amanda Isabel Ramirez @AmandaIsA_Ram · Jun 24
I'm just a girl, popping up on your TL, lookin' for some QTBIPOC rom coms #MSWL
Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba · Jun 24
Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba
i love this post on looking beyond how you (or how people you know) would react to bad news when writing your characters’ reactions because there's no👏🏽such👏🏽thing👏🏽as👏🏽the👏🏽right👏🏽way👏🏽to👏🏽react👏🏽to👏🏽tragedy.here's a non-exhaustive list: the-right-writing.tumblr.com/post/969846484… #writetip pic.twitter.com/04WwTkxANm
i think all of us fall into the trap of expecting people to react within a certain fairly small range of possible ways to bad news. i know i can be limited by my ideas of what feels like a "normal" reaction + i love complex characters that challenge me to unlearn my biases. #mswl
James McGowan @jmcgowanbks · Jun 24
I'm dying (ha) to read a crime novel that I can't put down right now. Something along the lines of Attica Locke, Steph Cha, Oyinkan Braithwaite, and Liz Moore. I'd love to see more marginalized characters/writers in the crime space in general #MSWL
P.S. Literary Agency @PSLiterary · Jun 24
“If you have How-Tos for beauty and self-care, I’m interested. Think sustainable and eco-friendly, capsule wardrobes and decluttering, etc. Adult and YA welcome.” @readbystephanie #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
Becca Podos @RebeccaPodos · Jun 23
eugeие ✩ @kaspbraksss
author: so here we have this cocky male character who's kind of a womanizerme: ok got it he's bi
author: what? no. his whole thing is he loves ladies
me: yeah i heard you. raging bisexual
author: he is AGGRESSIVELY straight
me: yeah yeah bi guy love him already
#MSWL but he’d better be bi in the end
Naomi Davis, literary agent @NaomisLitPix · Jun 23
#MSWL in all the contemporary YA (or MG) I read, I like to see boys being feminists and practicing healthy relationships and consent. ALWAYS queer-positive. I'd also love to see a #nonfiction proposal talking directly to boys about feminism and consent.
