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Laura Zats @LZats
Me: *going to be very chill about agents flying into my city*Also me: hey @ericsmithrocks you’re three blocks from where Hemingway was born and lemme tell you real quick about Saint Paul during prohibition and why the gangsters hung out here and also who lives where and why
Listen, I have a deep and abiding #mswl about John O’Connor and Nina Clifford
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#mswl I'm looking for romantic comedies, and slow-burning romances. No non-fiction, historical novels or memoirs. I'm very selective with YA/NA but will take a look if the plot pulls me in!
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✨ @kzabrekker
sometimes when i say i want more stories with characters of color & queer characters, i mean stories where they’re fighting in intergalactic wars, time-traveling, navigating a post-apocalyptic world, committing heists, etc. not like.........dealing with racism & queerphobiaMy forever #mswl Shit, imagine if Buffy was black? I’ll give you a fucking second to visualize.
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I love books that force us to have an internal debate about a subject, especially when it makes us see the villainous tidbits of our personalities and helps us change into a better version of ourselves.
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Kristine Swartz @KristineESwartz
Why can't we support a woman for president. We expect women to raise a family but not a nation? twitter.com/nytimes/status…Can I please, #MSWL, have an adult fiction written documentary style (as if memoir maybe, or interview style like SLEEPING GIANTS) where a woman becomes president and overcomes all the crap.
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Agents, if you snag something great today that would be a good fit for @BeamingBooksMN please keep me in mind! Send me a DM if you need my email address. #PitMad #kidlit #PB #OwnVoices #MG #CB
My #MSWL: naomikrueger.com/about/mswl/
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Can't stop thinking about this article. #MSWL
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Andy Winder @andyjwinder
GREAT BRITISH BAKEOFF X CHECK PLEASE!: As the only transgender contestant on his favorite televised baking competition, Blaise Thompson wants his baking to stand out while he keeps his gender identity private until he falls for another competitor. #PitMad #CR #A #R #OwnVoices pic.twitter.com/QrBaHpo33rThis hits on so many of my #MSWL I'd love to take a look.
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Soooo I'm just going to pop in to say that a Sisterhood of Traveling Pants like friendship story with an all queer and/or POC cast of character has been on my #mswl for aaaawhile.
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#MSWL MG fantasy with an unlikable female protagonist
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"Thriller (legal, medical, political, etc.), Mystery (cozy, private eye, police procedural, etc.)" @CurtisPSLA #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
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Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
Cults of personality.Historically & in fiction, villains who amass power via charisma, mass manipulation, & curated public personae are male. Non-male villains usually use psychological/emotional power on individuals (e.g. femmes fatales). I want this trope genderswapped!
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Send me your female manipulators, your lady cult leaders, your femme masters of deception and villainy. #mswl
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Sirens Conference @sirens_con
Question Eight:What’s an under-used villain trope, or a trope usually attached to male villains, that you’d like to see explored with female and nonbinary villains?
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Cults of personality.
Historically & in fiction, villains who amass power via charisma, mass manipulation, & curated public personae are male. Non-male villains usually use psychological/emotional power on individuals (e.g. femmes fatales). I want this trope genderswapped!
#MSWL
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I'm just putting this out there. #MSWL
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