Major #MSWL items for me now:

❤️ Stories that celebrate neurodiversity.

✨ Joyful novels, memoirs about the adoptee experience.

🪶 In-verse projects, kid-lit + adult!

💋 High concept rom-coms!

Examples? Follow @MargeauxWeston @bookdragonbooks @katefussner @tianasmithbooks.

Right now I'd really love to have more category romance written for lines like Love Inspired and Love Inspired Suspense. #MSWL

It's #MSWL day! I've updated my profile over at Manuscript Wish List, so if you're writing suspenseful romance stories, please check it out and send your projects my way! Always open to questions if you have any. manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/emma…

Sub genres I’m looking for:

Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Feminism, Film/TV, Folklore, Gothic Horror, Humor, Magical Realism, Multicultural, Paranormal, Romantic Comedy, Self-help, Social Issues, Study Abroad Stories, Time Travel, Travel

In adult romance, my big super-specific ask is for celebrity-centric fiction in the vein of THE VIEW IS EXHAUSTING, which I *loved*, and something like Starstruck on HBO Max/BBC.

1. I will open for a month only. (By doing it in controlled bursts I can make sure it doesn't overwhelm me).

2. Genres. I will be only opening to a few genres:

Action & Adventure (adult)

Thriller/ mystery: Adult and YA.

Fantasy YA.

Fantasy Romance Adult and YA.

Things I love in YA romances: queer love; sex-positivity; steaminess & tension; opposites attract (💜 stoic softies at heart); complex characters; discovering first love & lust; enemies or rivals to lovers; attraction (or battle) of minds; funny romantasy; dark gothic (2/)

🤍Adult Romance🤍
Contemporary college stories
Interconnected standalone series
Heartbreaking stories about young women finding their identities
Deals gone wrong
Marriage of convenience
✨Romantasy✨
Campy genre fiction
Fated mates
#mswl

The countdown is on to tomorrow's Valentine's #PitchtoDA We cannot WAIT to read your pitches for the next romance bestseller! Full details at the link below! darleyandersonblog.com/2023/01/18/lov… #amquerying #amwriting #onwriting #authorsoftwitter #mswl #romancebooks #booktok

I'm excited to be kicking off the weekend with a sneak peak at my #MSWL for this year! I'm on the hunt for for contemporary romantic fiction, specifically for the booktok hungry new adult, 20+ markets! #romancebooks #amquerying #amwritng @DA_Agency

darleyandersonblog.com/2023/02/10/age…

Calling all BookTok lovers and romance writers! Rebeka Finch is looking for commercial romance fiction, specifically for the new adult/20+ market. Read her full wishlist at the link below!#MSWL #booktok #romancebooks #onwriting #amwriting #amquerying
darleyandersonblog.com/2023/02/10/age…

I’d love to find a genre-bending romance in 2023. Think Ash Poston or Casey McQuiston. #MSWL

I think a story with a masculine presenting/masculine of center main female character could be really fun! YA or otherwise (a romance could also be interesting!) 🤔 #MSWL

5. Interracial romance where none of the romantic leads or interests or partners are white

6. Healthy, respectful polyamory

7. Cli-fi written by and starring bipoc

#MSWL

When I reopen to queries in March, I’d like to see more adult romance & I want to see more bi, pan, and demi MCs too 🌈✨ #mswl

Romance & cozy mysteries centering BIPOC &/or queer casts,
embracing queer identity late in life,
action-adventures that comp to The Lost City,
sunshine-grumpy trope (or grumpy-grumpy, anything w/ a snarky, lovably cranky protag who might be a cinnamon roll underneath it all)

5/

SF/F that appeals to newcomers to the genre as well as hardcore readers,
​hackers,
fresh romantic fantasy,
stories exploring a matrilineal inheritance through a trans POV,
real, burgeoning science & innovative technology taken to the next level

4/

I'm still dying for projects by Indigenous authors in PB, MG, YA, or adult: contemporary romance, romcom, thriller, mystery, or suspense. #MSWL #WritingCommunity

I think this is the year I get REALLY into romance #mswl

Universe, I would love to see more romance in my inbox, please 🙏 #mswl