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ADULT SCI-FI
🌪️Stories set in the near future, dealing with the climate emergency (think THIS FRAGILE EARTH)
🌷 Strong romantic subplots!
👩👩👧👦Strong family bonds!
🌌SPACE! Spaceships!
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ADULT HORROR
🕸️Psychological horror, rather than gore-y horror
🏖️ Summery settings not usually associated with horror
👩Relatable characters facing complicated moral dilemmas
👾 Cool monsters! Scary ghosts!
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ADULT ROMANCE (2/2)
🔮Paranormal, but ghosts and witches rather than vampires and werewolves
🎬Relationships in the public eye (think THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO)
💥Unlikable heroines! Enemies-to-lovers!
🔥 All heat levels
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ADULT ROMANCE (1/2)
🌹 Low-stakes, realistic contemporary romances
🌈 LGBTQ+ rep! Bi and lesbian women! Trans characters!
🏛️ Historical romances set in unusual settings
🌸 Diverse, funny, and voice-y rom-coms!!!
Literary Agent
Before I open to queries next Monday, I thought I'd share my #MSWL:
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/clar…
Here's a little thread of what I'd love to see in my inbox!
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Write Here… @WriteHereUK
‘Submissions that stand out tend to have a concise query letter that clearly sets out the stakes for the protagonist(s). What do they want? What’s in the way?' @LBA_agency #LiteraryAgent @hannschofield on submitting to agents: tinyurl.com/ycweaxd4#writing #amwriting #WIP pic.twitter.com/eZoDNCg8se
Thank you for having me, @WriteHereUK!
Find out more about me, my wishlist, and what I want to see in a query letter here 👇
#MSWL #amwriting #amquerying
Literary Agent
#MSWL - I need a gripping, chilling YA mystery. A laugh out loud MG. And some striking voices!
And I’d LOVE a great upmarket adult mystery or romantic suspense!
Editor
More explicit romances with high concept hooks. Let's crank up the 🔥🔥! #MSWL
Editor
Angsty, harsher stories--romance or otherwise--because I've got lots of pent up pandemic frustration that needs an outlet! Maybe it's time for me to explore thrillers? 🧐 #MSWL
Editor
Kristine Swartz @KristineESwartz
I'm feeling burnt out from summer/spring/all-of-2020, but want to go into fall with good energy so here are some of the things I'm looking for! #MSWLWerewolf and vampire romances because I've been feeling super nostalgic lately and it's almost spooky season. #MSWL
Literary Agency
"Crime fiction like Louise Penny, Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich." @CurtisPSLA #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
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Assistant Editor
I’m thrilled to share my #MSWL! Agents, I’d love to connect if we haven’t met yet! 📚📖
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/Erik…
Literary Agent
GIFT BOOKS
Don’t forget me for fun gift books that you'd impulse-buy (like THE COMPENDIUM OF MAGICAL BEASTS), concept-driven photography books (like THE ART OF CLEAN UP, or a devotional with a good hook (like KNIT, PRAY, SHARE)! #MSWL
Literary Agent
ADULT FICTION
I’m looking for pageturning thrillers, book club fiction that is engaging and accessible, but still layered and thought-provoking. (You *might* call that “the intersection of commercial and literary.”) Think Taylor Jenkins Reid. I’d also LOVE hooky rom coms. #MSWL
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YOUNG ADULT (PT. 2)
Aside from graphic novels, I am still in pursuit of a magical-yet-quiet mermaid novel, so my inbox is a safe cove to any mermaids that would like to swim in. ✨🧜🏼♀️
#MSWL
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MIDDLE GRADE
I really love finding a good magical MG novel, but I’m open to a wide range here. Voicey contemporaries, mystery, magical realism/contemporary fantasy, graphic novels, historical fiction, verse, epistolary. When in doubt, send it my way! #MSWL
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Adria Goetz @adriamgoetz
Since I’m now back open to queries, I’d love to share a bit more about what types of projects I’m currently looking for. Buckle up for a #MSWL thread. 💜PICTURE BOOKS
In the PB space, I have 3 top priorities:
1. Stories by BIPOC creators in general, particularly family narratives. I love falling in love with a new fictional family!
2. Humor! I need a good laugh. Kids do, too.
3. MAGIC! Send me magical stories!!! ✨
#MSWL