Editor
I started The Duchess last night and would love to see a WF novel that's similarly brash and hilarious. #mswl
Literary Agency
"Send me all your ghost stories. I'll take adult fiction (scary or fun), a history of haunted places in America, an illustrated book-- you name it, I'm here for it." @claire_m_harris #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
Literary Agent
Last but certainly not least for ALL QUERIES: send me your #OwnVoices stories esp if you identify as BIPOC. As a mixed raced #Latinx immigrant, I'm โค๏ธ๐ฅ about representing under- or misrepresented voices. If you're comfortable, please include your background and inspiration.
Literary Agent
I also adore memoirs โ please see my fiction guidelines for these stories because (a) Iโm drawn to the same themes in novels as I am in memoirs; and (b) a good memoir reads like a novel.
Literary Agent
In terms of non-fiction, I am looking for Psychology, Pop Culture, Science, Business, and Lifestyle from experts in their fields. Proven expertise is a MUST. I donโt like that we live in a world where platform matters, but it does matter. Include info on yours in your query.
Literary Agent
The thing that makes me keep reading is VOICE. Please send me your voice-y narratives. I want access to your narratorโs INNER LIFE. I should feel what they are feeling. They should feel โbadโ things (e.g. anger, envy, greed, etc.), too.
Literary Agent
I want to read stories that are dark + taboo. I โค๏ธ secrets and revelations. I โค๏ธ plot twists. I โค๏ธ reading about characters that grow up navigating two opposite worlds (class, culture, etc.). I do NOT like reading about perpetually happy, good, and moral characters (snooze).
Literary Agent
Does your story have a feminist angle? ๐ชDoes it involve parentified children? Does your MC consider herself to be a bad person? Did she have to reinvent herself? I AM INTO ALL OF THIS.
Literary Agent
Is your protagonist unlikable? GREAT. Does she lie and pretend to survive? GIMME. Is she an overthinker and an overfeeler? WHY HAVENโT YOU QUERIED ME YET? ๐
Literary Agent
I would love to read a novel that takes place in a boarding school. Authentic writing is a MUST so if you didnโt go to a boarding school your research better be so incredible as to trick me into thinking you did. (I am not easily tricked.)
Literary Agent
I love novels that deal with female relationships. Think: best friends; mother-and-daughter(s); sisters (incl twins!); sisters-in-law; mother-in-law and daughter-in-law; and girlfriends. Bonus points above apply.
Literary Agent
In terms of FICTION: I am a sucker for novels about dysfunctional families. Extra bonus points if theyโre wealthy (think HBOโs Succession) because, letโs face it, reading about rich people in trouble is fun. Super extra bonus points if thereโs an immigrant angle in there.
Literary Agent
My dearest #amquerying writers: I have new submission guidelines up on the @TRFNews website, so I thought it would be a good time to updateโand elaborate onโmy #MSWL all for Adult (I donโt rep YA, MG, etc.) (A thread).
Editor
BIG SIGH.
Okay. So somewhere post-A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, self-insert fanfics, an incurable manga habit and now teens reality shifting on TikTok, Iโm finally ready to say this:
Please send me your Isekai/LitRPG manuscripts.
#manuscriptwishlist #MSWL
Literary Agent
Stephanie Winter @readbystephanie
I know #DayOfTheGirl was yesterday, but I can't resist sharing one of my favorite empowering YA reads geared toward girls.Who else has book recs? (Bonus if they're nonfiction!) pic.twitter.com/599wS7KG4e
Also going to add that this brand of YA nonfiction is an absolute #mswl for me. The business angle, the creativity, the list vibes, etc.
Editor
Iโm personally terrified of deep, open water (there could be anything down there!!!) (growing up in Florida and being afraid of the ocean was a trip). Please send me horror like Jaws, Underwater, etc. ๐๐ #mswl
Editor
Agents, if you have a client writing anything like Get Out or Vampires vs the Bronx, I want it #mswl
Literary Agent
Writers! I am craving adult books. Send me your contemporary romance + romcoms, your suspense and thrillers, your horror + SFF, and your non-fic as long as it has a platform! Iโm also very interested in reading genre bending books, so send those too! #mswl
Literary Agent
Thinking about how great THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST is, and how I want MG horror that takes kids as seriously as that book does. #mswl