Very specific things I'd love to see
- more adult fantasy/romantasy (something very unique and off the wall and contemporary/grounded)
- MG and YA horror and mystery/thriller
- Academia
- humorous cozy fantasy
- sapphics!

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Some more #MSWL items for me:

•Middle grade science fiction like Insignia by S.J. Kincaid, which I loved

•Epistolary fiction like Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

•Lyrical, literary, lush contemporary (or contemporary-ish) YA—again, Jandy Nelson comes to mind

Dark academia in space?🪐🏨 #MSWL

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Also, all 5☆ reads ~

And now for something completely different, I’ve been wanting to acquire a Western romance, a la Elsie Silver or Devney Perry. I’ve always loved the city-girl-goes-country trope, and Westerns are such a good opportunity for fish-out-of-water/opposites attract. #mswl

Greek myths are still going strong! I’d love a dark romance that incorporates Greek myth in some way. Think the Hades/Persephone saga by Scarlett St. Clair, or Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas. #mswl

I’m also still eagerly looking for the right romantasy project. The market is very saturated right now so it’s important to think about what makes your book stand out—maybe an x meets y layered hook, etc. #mswl

I’m really interested in acquiring dark and dark-ish romance right now. The theme of this #mswl is the morally gray hero, lol. In that vein, I’d love to see more mafia romance in my inbox.

Some #mswl admin:
• At Carina Press we accept both agented and unagented projects
• Our word count minimum is 50k; we don’t technically have a max but my personal preference is under 125k

Right now I am hungry to acquire for our Carina Press imprint, which is digital-first (and therefore targeting digital readers). There is a lot of crossover with print, though! #mswl 2/?

It’s been a long time, Twitter, but I’m going to do a 2024 (2025, in publishing, really) #mswl post! I am a senior editor at Harlequin, acquiring for digital and trade paperback imprints. 1/?

I'm taking an in-depth look at my #mswl and explaining exactly what I'm looking for in a new reel on my Instagram! Check it out if you're interested!
#amagenting #amquerying #writingcommunity
instagram.com/p/DAQyejAOj-Q/

(btw this doesn’t mean the genre has to be horror/paranormal although I’m certainly not opposed to that)

Have been seeing so many destiel posts on my tl this past week like fine…now I’m craving a book with the same SLOW slow burn—where we actually get to see the mc’s end up together—and tension those two had 😒 #mswl #SPNFamily

•If one of your comps is Picture Us In The Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert, check out me in the acknowledgments and also query me NOW

•I’m SO looking forward to the next Jandy Nelson book!

More #MSWL thoughts:

•If you can write like Hozier (especially on Unreal Unearth and First Time) and you haven’t already queried me, consider: changing that!

•I loved, loved, loved Matt Baume’s Hi Honey, I’m Homo! I would love to work on something similar for younger readers.

•Projects about the realities of fame, even at the micro- or local-celebrity levels. (Fame is another lifelong fascination for me!)

•Non-fiction about online relationships

•Comps to: R. Eric Thomas, Jenny Lawson, The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

Some #MSWL -y thoughts about what I’d love to see in my inbox:

•MG about space, fiction or non-fiction! My mom works on glass used in the aerospace industry; I have a lifelong fascination with all things outer space.

•Trans authors!

•Adult queer romance with asexual heroes!

If anyone has anything they can comp to Suspiria, please submit it to me in October when I reopen to queries 👀👀👀 this was my first time watching it and I am equal parts disturbed and intrigued

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Losing my mind that I’ve been an editor for almost 3 years at a press called Shaherazad Shelves and no one’s submitted a Scheherazade/Shahrazad retelling to me‼️

Please send one, a million, I don’t care #mswl