And then on personal level, you're in VERY close quarters w/ people very different from you for several months, all working on music #MSWL

And all leading up to the big shebang: do we qualify at Drum Corps International? #MSWL

Drum corps summers have an excellent plot structure: how does a kid raise money for it? Finally off on tour. Prep for competitions. #mswl

The idea of corps as a perfect place for a YA novel has been at the back of my mind for a long time. #MSWL

In corps I made my first friends who were from backgrounds completely different from mine: a Muslim girl, an Iranian Jewish girl #MSWL

Just one example of a high-class corps that's still marching today--the @scvanguard: youtube.com/user/SantaClar… #MSWL

We see YA books in performing arts schools, ballet companies, high school band (not as much on that last) but never corps. #MSWL

I elaborated on how awesome & diverse drum corps is/can be & perfect setting for a YA novel, but Twitter died & lost tweets. Later. #MSWL

The summer after high school I marched drum corps. I've never seen a YA novel that approached the subject. #MSWL

This is what I did on my vacation. Which gives me #MSWL thoughts. m.geneseorepublic.com/news/20160712/…

Something set in the Gilded Age a la Downton Abbey #mswl

#mswl: I'm such a sucker for games or puzzles. It must be all the reality TV I watch.

#mswl H IS FOR HAWK for teens and the hawk is a griffin or a phoenix or a lil familiar spirit with wings

Every time I watch #OceansEleven or #OceansThirteen, I'm reminded how much I'd love a contemporary YA Jewel Thief/Caper book. #MSWL

#MSWL Heroines with pet rabbits.

"Multi-POV but it's hard to do well. I want each character to have a v unique voice & story. " @carlywatters #MSWL bit.ly/1NZbjOQ

"Anything with an epic twist that I don't see coming from a mile off." #MSWL from Lucy. #AmWriting #GetPublished

I'd be tickled pink if someone featured activities like #ColoringForAdults or #PokemonGO in a #thriller or #romance - just imagine! #MSWL

Okay, but just because STEEPLEJACK exists & I'm going to read it doesn't mean I don't want this ms in my inbox. Just saying. #mswl

I wonder if there's a book in there somewhere about ABC's TGIF lineup from the 90s. #MSWL.