#MSWL Spring Break Blitz - HARLEQUIN!!!! dlvr.it/T4zBf7

UPDATE: I'll be closing to queries April 30, 2024. IF you're ready, query me now through Query Manager. If not, you can query me when I open again. I'll post here when I do. #WritingCommunity #amquerying #mswl

Send me a proposal for a book that profiles a bunch of different YouTube success stories. I'd like to read about how people have used the platform to change their lives. #MSWL #WritingCommunity

#MSWL Spring Break Blitz - Into Post
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For hashtag visibility: #MSWL middle-grade series that have a discernible plot arc that carries over multiple books; things like:

Rick Riordan's series
The School for Good and Evil
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
Keeper of the Lost Cities

✨QUERYING UPDATE

I'm reopening to queries today, but ONLY to middle-grade series/duologies/trilogies!

I'll reopen to my other categories soon, but I'm still reading some lovely subs from you all & want to give everything my best attention!

Query here: QueryManager.com/3240/MiddleGraiddleGradeSeries

Open to queries starting today! Updated #MSWL is below: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/kayla-lightner/

Just a heads up for all of those who are querying--After receiving almost 2k queries since opening in January, I am going to close my QM inbox on May 1st. I won't reopen until I have time to review all of these amazing submissions.

Happy to announce that I'm open to queries again! (Still working through a couple submissions, thank you authors for your patience)

And while I'm super disappointed in the Phillies' opening performances, I nonetheless am asking for baseball stories. #MSWL

Very specific things I'm looking for:
- contemporary fantasies
- stories steeped in folklore & culture
- Ella Enchanted ✨vibes✨
- academia settings/secret societies
- YA crossover + genre blending
- magic ALL OF THE MAGIC
- celebrity romances (non rockstar)
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my forever #mswl 😮‍💨

To keep going on my earlier tweet, I LOVE all shades of MG! The quieter, simpler prose stories and the long, whimsical books that are for the big readers! Both are so welcome in my inbox 🥰 all genres! #MSWL

... we have to listen to those who work directly with kids today. (I think 'teen' is another problem area but that's another story!) I'd love to see more MG stories in my inbox in the 30-40k range with simpler prose - without skimping on the interest level. #MSWL 2/2

I'm still not the best fit for SF (aside from 5-min in the future/grounded SF or the aforementioned horror), or books that are sports-centric or where MC is an athlete. I'm not open to adult fiction (for now), poetry/novels-in-verse, non-fiction, picture books, early readers.

Another #mswl I've been wanting to find forEVER is a genre-blended YA sci-fi/horror akin to Alien (or even The Thing I think would count). Atmospheric, not super tech heavy, isolated, far from home, trapped with an extraterrestrial horror. Those kinda vibes.

I would also love to find something that takes a big swing and lands it, especially in YA. Epic but accessible, character-driven but with lyrical or evocative writing. As an example,
@Tiff_Liao
told me that she would love to find a YA Cloud Atlas and my eyes went 😻🤩 #mswl

I consider queries the same way I do books in the store. If the pitch doesn't grab me, I pass and move on. And so much of what doesn't grab me feels like "more of the same." I always want to know what makes YOUR book feel special. Why am I excited to move to the writing?

One thing I'm realizing I really love is something that feels comforting and familiar but with an element that makes it feel unique and fresh. Retelling and reinterpretations but also tackling timeless themes from new angles. Taking something we know and changing it up.

I'm being more picky than usual about MG right now, but I'd especially love to see commercial genre stories w/ series potential a la Wings of Fire or PJO. I grew up reading Animorphs and Fear Street so I'd love to rep more (potential) series.