Retelling
P.S. Literary Agency @PSLiterary · 5d
“Did you elevate the Jane Austen retelling? Plots with new twists, takes, and contemporary relevance are the stories I want to see.” @readbystephanie #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/
Stephanie Stein @stephlystein · Jul 10
Agent friends, I've been hungry for a smart, incisive, fresh retelling--think A STUDY IN CHARLOTTE. If you've got something like that in YA or MG, send it my way! #MSWL
Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn · Jun 30
Katherine Harrison @KidlitKat
This post reminds me that I need one of you YA authors to write a creepy gothic retelling of the story of green ribbon girl. Maybe a graphic novel?!? #mswl twitter.com/svershbow/stat…Echoing this #MSWL (which you probably could've guessed from looking at my Twitter header). A YA retelling of "The Green Ribbon"? Please send it my way!
Katherine Harrison @KidlitKat · Jun 30
Sophie Vershbow @svershbow
So jealous the girl with the green ribbon could take her brain off. pic.twitter.com/aVUkI3krKrThis post reminds me that I need one of you YA authors to write a creepy gothic retelling of the story of green ribbon girl. Maybe a graphic novel?!? #mswl
Sylvan “stay inside” Creekmore @SylvanCreekmore · Jun 9
Lane @lanewriteswords
The first enemies-to-lovers was Epic of Gilgamesh, 1800 BC out of Mesopotamia. The next person who claims a YA white person invented the trope will have dishonor on their family and cow.CORRECT, AND I AM STILL WAITING FOR MY YA RETELLING, OK? #mswl
Nora Long @NoraLong10 · May 28
Annoyingly specific #mswl: anyone have an interesting Persuasion retelling they want to throw my way? I've been working on an Austen puzzle and remembering how great and underrated that one is--exes reconnecting years later with hurt feelings and figuring out how to reconcile!
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 27
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
For the love of all, please someone doing a retelling of this book. #MSWLdaily.jstor.org/the-physical-p…
You can even mix and match #MSWL inspiration from other tweets I've done. You can take this one:
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Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife · May 25
For the love of all, please someone doing a retelling of this book. #MSWL
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Beth Marshea @busybethm · May 18
I'm opening back up in June and I'm here for Cyrano retelling, all the lesbians, and all the found family. Adult, YA, MG, just make it heartbreaking and beautiful. #mswl #comingbackinjune
Tia Rose Mele @TiatheTiger · May 18
Is there an Emma retelling where Emma ends up with Harriet or do I need to #mswl that
However, I would be interested in retellings from classics not often covered. Some examples I’d love to see retold are Picture of Dorian Grey, Jekyll and Hyde, Faust, Korean/East Asian legends and fables, and Mesopotamian myths. #mswl
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Erica Bauman @Erica_Bauman · Apr 29
Clever takes on familiar plots/tropes or fresh retellings that completely subvert expectations.
emmy, purveyor of spines, says BLM and ACAB @saskeah · Apr 26
Vex(ed and isolated since before it was cool) @The_Terroirist
Well, I'm disappointed. I saw #Anne300K trending, and am saddened that it isn't about a new production of Anne of Green Gables, set 298,000 years in the future.Well, now I'M disappointed, and fwiw, if someone queried me with this, I'd be all over it. Give me those cozy, queer-coded, futuristic sci fi retellings with cordial on the side. #MSWL
Kaitlyn Johnson @RedPenKaitlyn · Apr 22
#mswl I'd love to see a Romeo/Juliet retelling outside the US/Europe. Rival tech/business mogul families? Something Filipino with rich worldbuilding? Count me in.
emmy, purveyor of spines, says BLM and ACAB @saskeah · Apr 8
relationships.txt @redditships
My (30 M) girlfriend (30 F) buried all of my beans in the woods and won't tell me where, causing a fight between us. pic.twitter.com/bPBcSd1n0nThe perfect Jack and the Beanstalk, but with preppers, retelling for the modern era. Add it to my #MSWL, but make it queer, pls.
abolish the police @captainsteph · Apr 3
Lorraine M.L.M🍃 @authorlorraineM
I'm a huge fan of fairy tales but I've not come across a lot of these featuring marginalised characters. Are fairy tale retellings that feature diverse characters marketable in the current climate? #askDVpitThis is actually like the top of my #MSWL; I love retellings and would love to see more that include characters from marginalized backgrounds (and that holds true from PB through YA for me) #askDVPit
Linda Epstein (is taking a break) @LindaEpstein · Mar 2
It's almost Purim! Who's going to send me a YA retelling of the Book of Esther (and my girl Vashti)? Perhaps a little f/f/ queer? Definitely feminist though and #ownvoices Jewish. #MSWL
emmy, purveyor of spines, says BLM and ACAB @saskeah · Mar 2
The Library Owl 🎄🎅🦉 @SketchesbyBoze
I’m never not thinking about St. Werburgh (died 699), who raised a beloved goose from the dead after it had already been eaten by her foe and digested. The bones took on flesh and the goose returned to life “with a glad honk.” pic.twitter.com/9Soh7dtmRo#MSWL THIS is the retelling I'm waiting for.
Vicki Lame @thedaysbetween · Feb 28
#MSWL Retellings, magical realism, Gothic settings, witches, vampires, genre bendy things, anything you would comp to one of my own books (Agented only)