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Nonfiction #MSWL
formats: narrative nonfiction, graphic nonfiction, graphic memoirs, illustrated gift books, essay collections
topics: ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฟ๐
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MG #MSWL
๐ถ characters w/ compelling interests
๐ฆ luscious sci-fi and fantasy
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animal stories
๐ high concept chapter book series
๐ป creepy horror
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YA #MSWL
๐ช psychological horror
๐ฌ LGBTQ+ romance
๐ธ historical fiction ft. music subculture
๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฆผ contemporary stories
formats: prose, novels-in-verse, graphic novels, experimental structures
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Presenting my updated #MSWL for 2022. Very excited to see what projects cross my desk this year. ๐งต
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My #mswl profile is up at the @ManuscriptWList site! There are a few more details here, especially the sections on the right side bar showing what non-book media I also love! manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/saraโฆ
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I'm back open to queries and can't wait to hear from all of you amazing #amwriting and #amquerying humans. Send me your twisty high concept thrillers, voicey mysteries, and timely and fun commercial fiction. #MSWL
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Hi hello Yellowjackets is my new YA #MSWL
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For people wondering what is NOT on my #MSWL: after-credit musical numbers.
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More #MSWL items as always on my official Manuscript Wish List page! Looking forward to reading--and if it's been a while since we chatted, agent friends, would love to reconnect! manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/stepโฆ
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๐ Historical fiction from before the year 1900, especially from BIPOC perspectives; and also, specifically, queer historical fiction set in under-examined moments of the 20th century #MSWL
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๐ Those "I wrote this for myself, without thinking about anyone else's expectations" books--the ones that lean so hard into an author's voice and the depths of their mind that NO ONE else could've written anything like it. You know the ones! #MSWL
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๐ Make me laugh! Note I am not one for super zany young MG or grossout humor, but I love self-aware wryness or a bit of quirk
๐ญ & make me cry, especially with contemporary MG about family, friendship, & kids figuring out their place in the world #MSWL
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๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Would especially love a multi-generational queer coming-of-age story, bridging the gap between Gen Z/Gen Alpha LGBTQIA+ kids and the Queer Elders of previous era(s)
๐ Queer romance, too, especially ones full of โจyearningโจ--I'm ready to P I N E this year! #MSWL
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๐ Queer stories written for the teens and young readers of the 2020s, who grew up with the internet in their pockets, and are taking journeys of identity and finding their place in the world of *now*. Exploring 201-level questions beyond the 101-level basics. #MSWL
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Elizabeth Lee @EleeReads
YOUNG ADULT:- BIPOC rom-coms, friend-coms, and coming-of-age stories not exclusively centered around POC trauma
- Sweeping historical fiction / magical realism, especially stories about non-white history
- Speculative thrillers ala The Thousandth Floor & We Were Liars
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Since it's a new year, here's my #MSWL again! I can't wait to find some gems in 2022, and am especially looking for the below YA books. โฌ๏ธ
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๐ผ MG fantasy with factions/houses/teams that make readers want to declare allegiance and inhabit that world--think warrior cat Clans
๐ฟ Cottagecore fantasy romance--homey worlds (not w/o darkness) where I'd want to set up my own Baba Yaga hut and herb garden in the forest #MSWL
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๐ป MG fantasy with an inventive central conflict/no individual antagonist. Characters solving problems that are structural or inherited or driven by people trying to do what's right but disagreeing on what that is. Think recent Disney movies like Encanto & Moana #MSWL
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๐ Stories about stories, language, and how and why myths are made and passed down, especially from BIPOC and diaspora perspectives
๐ Hopepunk! I want to be in tears about humanity's potential to work together and light a spark in the face of darkness #MSWL
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๐ Ruthless schemers with a secret squishy marshmallow heart of gold (Roy Mustang vibes, basically)
๐ YA contemporary fantasy with vintage Holly Black/Curse Workers vibes
๐ Narrators that knock big ol' holes in the fourth wall #MSWL
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๐ผ While we're on Broadway: a retelling that feels as fresh and topical but perfectly, wholly, inevitably classic as Hadestown. Also very much looking for retellings/riffs on folklore and legend that decolonize and reclaim magic from white patriarchy (think LEGENDBORN) #MSWL