Retelling
Mara Delgado-Sanchez 🇵🇷 @little_mswriter · Feb 9
Thao Le (Will Reopen to Queries Feb 10th) @ThaoLe8
Any Latinx writers out there ever want to do a retelling of Zorro? Like a gender bent one or a modern one or a fantasy one or something? I would love to see it! #mswlI would love to see this! Grew up with el Zorro and he was a formative figure for me #mswl twitter.com/thaole8/status…
Thao Le (Currently Closed to Unsolicited Queries) @ThaoLe8 · Feb 8
Any Latinx writers out there ever want to do a retelling of Zorro? Like a gender bent one or a modern one or a fantasy one or something? I would love to see it! #mswl
Sarah Guan @🏡 @Sarah_Guan · Feb 4
Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
SNOW WHITE >> FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS @juliecdaoBEAUTY AND THE BEAST >> IN THE VANISHER’S PALACE @aliettedb
ROMEO & JULIET >> STREET LOVE by Walter Dean Myers (RIP, I had to include this one)
There are so many more! You could fill a whole display and then some!
Since we’re here: I’d love to acquire some diverse speculative retellings of classic novels and myths by marginalized writers for @ErewhonBooks!
#MSWL
Tara Gilbert 🔮✨ @Literary_Tara · Feb 4
Can I get retellings of public domain books by POC authors? I'd love to see more of that in my box. ❤ #mswl
Melanie Iglesias @msmelread · Jan 26
#LitAgents, my #MSWL (Adult):
‣ Upmarket contemporary fic: Womxn; mental health; “Late” (30s+) coming-of-age; LGBTQIA+
‣ Grounded speculative fic: “ ” w/ elements of SFF/magical realism; Modern retellings (fairy tales; myths & legends; folklore; classics); CliFi (not preachy);
Rachel Brooks @RachMBrooks · Jan 24
Natascha Morris @SoCalledYALife
In the @bookendslit #MSWL doggie pile! I want more graphic novels! I just read LILY THE THIEF and it was so good and I need more. twitter.com/jmcgowanbks/st…I'm next in line on the @bookendslit #MSWL train chuggin' along 🚂 I'd love to find a novel in the vein of NATALIE TAN'S BOOK OF LUCK AND FORTUNE where food, community, and culture intertwine. Also, I'm a fan of AYESHA AT LAST, so a fresh retelling like this might catch my eye!
Amy Elizabeth @amylizbishop · Jan 23
*YA contemp. in the vein of I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUN or EMERGENCY CONTACT
*literary suspense
*sister stories, a boarding school novel, anything with folklore/mythology/retellings
#MSWL
Karyn Fischer @KMRFischer · Jan 16
Yippee! My #MSWL is now live. Send me all the things on this list: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/kary…
Heather Cashman @HeatherCashman · Jan 8
#MSWL a #MG or #YA retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
maria vicente @msmariavicente · Jan 3
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
Tara Gilbert 🔮✨ @Literary_Tara · 31 Dec 2019
Where is my retelling of Anne of Green Gables where Diana and Anne kiss? #MSWL
Laurel Symonds @LaurelSymonds · 24 Dec 2019
This time every year I wonder why we don't have a YA retelling of the Christmas story (Mary, Joseph, etc): the characters are the right age, the conflict is strong and, depending on your beliefs, it could be read as miracle or magic a la GRAVE MERCY. Hard to pull off, but...#MSWL
Alice S-H @alibelle · 16 Dec 2019
As promised, here's my #MSWL for January. As ever I am particularly keen to hear from voices that have historically been unheard in the industry. Looking forward to coming back to lots of fabulous queries!
chrysa_keenon @Chrysa_Keenon · 2 Dec 2019
#WritingCommunity Where are my Joan of Arc retellings? WHERE. Is anyone writing one? Published one? Should I make an #mswl tweet for it? Please I just want to read one
Tara Gilbert 🔮✨ @Literary_Tara · 17 Nov 2019
A couple things I REALLY want to read right now.
Historical YA with no magic, especially if its gothic/southern gothic.
Romantic Comedies, but with a new twist or perspective. Example: diverse backgrounds, gender-bending, or a retelling of Shakespeare/fairtales/myths. #mswl
Nora Long @NoraLong10 · 25 Oct 2019
Hey, exciting news! My #mswl page is officially up and running (and perhaps unnecessarily detailed), so hit me with your best shot, query people :)
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/nora…
Lisa Rodgers @_LisaRodgers · 8 Oct 2019
Jennifer Austin 🔥🐺 She-Wolf of Fire & Rage @JLAustin13
Reading #MSWL tweets & @_LisaRodgers has a couple from over a year ago that have me now wanting to write an epistolary YA Titanic in Space retelling.Just saying, if someone gets to this before me, I'm here to read it! pic.twitter.com/uX719Cw2Z6
I still want this! #mswl
ellen @ellencormier · 25 Sep 2019
Cora Harrington @lingerie_addict
In this era of revenge porn and rape threats and dick pics, the story of Artemis turning Acteon into a stag because he dared to see her naked feels more relevant than ever. Imagine being able to punish someone so immediately and so profoundly for violating your boundaries.#MSWL I'd love to see a YA retelling of this. Think the immediacy and poignancy of Joy McCullough by way of the slippery surrealism of AS King.
Maggie Cooper @frecklywench · 24 Sep 2019
hit me up with your very smartest feminist retellings, your structurally fearless literary fiction, and anything you’d comp to the brilliant Sarah Waters, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Curtis Sittenfeld, or Carmen Maria Machado! #MSWL