Susan Velazquez
@susanvcolmant
Literary Agent
Publishing professional, Texas native, and Oxford comma supporter. Chingona como mi madre.
37 MSWL

i think this is b/c i have watched so many detective/cop shows (castle/law & order:svu/brooklyn 99/the wire/etc) and it's just an area that i prefer in a visual medium vs in novel form. sorry rick castle, i love ur show but i would have hated the nikki heat books

Susan Velazquez
@susanvcolmant
Literary Agent
Publishing professional, Texas native, and Oxford comma supporter. Chingona como mi madre.
37 MSWL

i am just not into anything that features police/special agent/FBI/law enforcement characters especially in modern settings. however i *can* do a historical/magical sherlock holmes style "detective of manners". (con't)

Susan Velazquez
@susanvcolmant
Literary Agent
Publishing professional, Texas native, and Oxford comma supporter. Chingona como mi madre.
37 MSWL

this may be the christian evangelical upbringing still in me but i can't get into angel/seraphim/etc stories. Demons and devils, I'm good with. For whatever reason, I see angel stories and suddenly i'm like "hmmm idk why does but this feels blasphemous"

Susan Velazquez
@susanvcolmant
Literary Agent
Publishing professional, Texas native, and Oxford comma supporter. Chingona como mi madre.
37 MSWL

i don't mind a fantasy set up where there's secretly been a magical world operating alongside ours this whole time but there's a portal of some sort, i just can't do it

Susan Velazquez
@susanvcolmant
Literary Agent
Publishing professional, Texas native, and Oxford comma supporter. Chingona como mi madre.
37 MSWL

i really hate portal fantasies. i'm sorry, i grew up reading a lot of fan fic that had the set up with "and then the tv/book/whatever began to glow and i was suddenly pulled into this fantasy world." i just cant do it anymore :(

Susan Velazquez
@susanvcolmant
Literary Agent
Publishing professional, Texas native, and Oxford comma supporter. Chingona como mi madre.
37 MSWL

i've been open to queries for about 2 weeks for the first time in 2 years (phew) and here's some random things i am noticing about myself to help with my #mswl for #amquerying writers

Focused Artists
@FocusedArtists
Literary Agency
Executive Director at Focused Artists/ Director of Media Rights, Translation Rights Agent, Jr Lit Agent at Context Literary Agency/ Latiné
19 MSWL

What’s the #DungeonsandDragons book you wish you had? Send it our way! #mswl #DandD

Samantha Wekstein
@SWekstein
Literary Agent
Literary Agent @TL_Agency . She/Her, Terp🐢, ENFJ, dog lover. Illustrators: wekstein-illustrators.weebly.com. Pitch to QueryManager.com/SamanthaWekste…
140 MSWL
124 Queries
88 Tips

I'm officially open to queries! Check out my Manuscript Wishlist manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/samantha-wekstein/ and previous #MSWL Tweets mswishlist.com/agent/SWekstein

Focused Artists
@FocusedArtists
Literary Agency
Executive Director at Focused Artists/ Director of Media Rights, Translation Rights Agent, Jr Lit Agent at Context Literary Agency/ Latiné
19 MSWL

Have a nonfiction book proposal on foraging or crafting? Query Kristina! crocheting, beadwork, knitting, foraging etc 🧶 🌱 #mswl

Focused Artists
@FocusedArtists
Literary Agency
Executive Director at Focused Artists/ Director of Media Rights, Translation Rights Agent, Jr Lit Agent at Context Literary Agency/ Latiné
19 MSWL

Send me your Nonfiction book proposals on #TradWives #MSWL

Thais Afonso
@LitAgent_Thais
Literary Agent
Associate Literary Agent with Azantian Literary Agency I Currently open to queries from BIPOC authors I She/Her
3 MSWL

Watching the soap with my grandma, and I just want to say, when the Romance: Suspense in my form is entirely informed by how good Latam melodrama is.

#MSWL

Allegra Martschenko
@AllegraMartsch
Literary Agent
Acq editor @UPColorado | SFF Agent @Ladderbirdlit | Cofounder @Pathsinpub | wearer of many hats 🤠 | opinions mine but I can share
19 MSWL
15 AskAgent

when will I get my magical Blue Lock book #mswl

Gabrielle Harbowy
@gabrielle_h
Literary Agent
Lit Agent Apprentice at @corvisierolit and open to queries! Writer. Editor. Typo ninja. Bi. Polyam. Disabled. She/her. Avatar: @gabmaybe
3 MSWL

Stories about royalty are not the only stories. Normal people (& not just people misled to think they're normal people) can have big stories, too. I love my monarchs and heirs, but I'd also love to see more everyday people in extraordinary circumstances. #Fantasy #SciFi #MSWL

Adria Goetz
@adriamgoetz
Literary Agent
A bit of a bookworm. Literary Agent + Fairy Godmother at @PSLiterary . ✨ MSWL: adriagoetz.com.
160 MSWL
20 Queries
12 Tips

Apparently a subgenre I love is “books about quirky, lonely older people who find friendship, connection, and purpose in the most unlikely places.” ✨ #MSWL

Laura Mazer
@lauramazer
Literary Agent
Literary agent, Oaklander. Overenthused about toile. Queries go to: submissions@wsherman.com.
3 MSWL
Cole Lanahan
@LanahanCole
Literary Agent
Lit agent at The Seymour Agency. Certified MHFA instructor. Dog lover, chicken wrangler, and guaranteed to ruin every movie by predicting the twist. she/her
20 MSWL

Just a reminder that I will be closing to queries on June 15th to get caught up on my reading and client projects. #writerscommunity #MSWL #amagenting

Nadia El-Fassi
@chronicles_of_n
Editor
SFF Commissioning Editor @orbitbooks . Fantasy and rom-com author. Powerlifter. MA in Poetry. Muslim. Bi 🏳️‍🌈. She/they. Views my own. 🇲🇦/ 🇦🇺
74 MSWL

#MSWL for this dynamic exactly

Melissa Rechter
@MARechter
Editor
Lover of puns. Editor at @crookedlanebks and @alcovepress • opinions are my own.
38 MSWL

I’ve been seeing a lot of fire lookout tower videos and think it’s such a cool environment for a thriller or horror novel #mswl