Since posting my #MSWL the other day, I’ve gotten a lot of queries for things I do not rep, which are on my page at jdlit.com with my sub guidelines. I am not looking for hard sci-fi, epic fantasy, or political or military thrillers.

1000% #MSWL

I open up to queries again at @PSLiterary on Monday, so I've updated my wishlist!

I'd love to see more adult fiction and non-fiction this year. Send me your messy genre-blending stories, niche cookbooks, and complex memoirs.

Details on the blog! ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2019/12/2… #MSWL

Finally ...

* I’m always looking to be surprised. I suspect the next manuscript I fall in love with will be something I never could have known to ask for. 😘

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(I mean also witches, obviously?) (And fierce girls changing the world!) #mswl

* Middle grade and YA fiction & graphic novels from perspectives that often feel left out of publishing, including LGBTQIA themes. Especially if they are:

* Funny! Heartfelt! Adventures! All of the above! Basically, I LOVE middle grade and YA fiction and graphic novels!
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What I'm looking for in 2020:

* Graphic novelists & picture book auth/illustrators with tremendous wit, heart, style and flair - my taste in art tends toward the quirky, textured, European, with a strong line and lots of movement - may BE digital, but doesn't LOOK digital #mswl

The query inbox at @PSLiterary opens on Monday, and I’m so excited to add new clients to my list in 2020.

Representation info and my updated #mswl is at the link below. Let me know if you have any questions.

mariavicente.com/representation

I want to concentrate on building my adult list.

Send me your romances, contemporaries, grounded fantasies, historical fiction (feeling the 1920s these days), thrillers/mysteries, speculative, and contemporary stories.

Oh, and horror! But nuanced horror. #MSWL.

In Sci-fi I love unique science and or well developed world, proper plot arc, multidimensional characters, and a tidy ending. Twists are a huge plus! #MSWL I'm a huge fan of time travel and anything in space- from the Martian to Star Wars. @CorvisieroLit @AuthorWorkshops

#mswl but from Viv/Emily's POV
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I’ve been in dolphin withdrawal since my swim with Sherry so have been mainlining dolphin content in all media, including this TED talk, which I’ve watched 7x. If your book— fiction or non— featured dolphins in any way, plz send it to me! #MSWL 🐬 youtu.be/CQ5dRyyHwfM

SAME. I would love to find big, ambitious YA and MG -- whether contemporary, fantasy, historical, you name it! #MSWL

At the top of my #MSWL this year: AMBITION. I'm looking for books that take big swings at big feelings and bigger questions, with writing that makes me stop in my tracks and whisper, holy $%!*. Let's do this, 2020.

Ok, it’s 2020. I would like to see much more queer horror, please and thank you #MSWL

I’m so excited to see what fresh #horror stories are out there, but honestly I’m especially eager to see manuscripts that blow away all my #mswl expectations! Cheers to 2020!

I desperately want a book about a cult or false prophet, but not one that uses rape and torture as its primary function. I demand more creative plot devices! I’m super intrigued by start-up messiahs, influencers, and company towns. #mswl

I am very interested in seeing something that poignantly captures and works off the abject horror of what we’re doing at the borders (literal children in CAGES), especially #ownvoices #mswl

My favorite themes & tropes: monsters (werewolves, sirens, witches, vampires), hauntings, cults, fairytales, toxic relationships turned fatal, family dynamics, class & power imbalances, revenge, meta horror, body horror, psychological terror... #mswl