Southern
Tara Gilbert🏳️🌈📖🔮 @Literary_Tara · 3d
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
Sharon Belcastro @SharonBelcastro · Oct 26
Where's all the YA southern gothic, gothic, magical realism queries? #mswl #amquerying #writingcommunity #YA belcastroagency.com/submit-a-story/
Cassie Mannes Murray @cassmannes · Oct 23
For the record, I’m ALWAYS looking for southern lit across nonfiction, fiction, YA, and middle grades. Always. There is never a time I’m not actively looking for that. #mswl
Kendra Levin @kendralevin · Sep 24
All ages: Female friendship, gender subversion, Southern Gothics, wordplay and puns, under-explored chapters in history, Jewish characters beyond WWII/shtetl, economic #diversity, genre blends, stories set in the deep South, rural America, and the Southwest. That's my #MSWL.
Tara Gilbert🏳️🌈📖🔮 @Literary_Tara · Sep 24
I want more Gothic books! All types! Southern, Horror, Modern, Romance, etc. #MSWL
Sarah Homer @SarahHomerReads · Sep 24
I'd sell my soul at the crossroads for a Southern Gothic magic-infused MG/YA novel. #MSWL
Chelsea Eberly @chelseberly · Sep 24
Send me your great Southern voice in MG and YA! Specificity of setting with clear stakes and hook, please. I loved WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, great Southern voice and a murder mystery/courtroom drama to boot! How to do this younger? #MSWL
Kristy Hunter @KristySHunter · Sep 24
Happy #MSWL Day! I am ABOUT to close to queries but in #YA I’d love to see fun historical (think A Gentleman’s Guide), or historical with dashes of magic, contemporary fantasy, southern gothic, projects featuring WITCHES, rom-coms w/ strong hooks (1/)
Melissa Gaines @MelissaGaines42 · Sep 24
I'm breaking my Twitter hiatus for #MSWL Southern Gothic, Romance that goes beyond the I Do, Complicated Friendships with a Judy Blume feel, UF that isn't following a formula, and Military Scifi/Dystopian @VictressLit
Lane Heymont @LaneHeymont · Sep 24
Southern Gothic. Swampy. Magical. Think BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD. #MSWL
Michelle Witte @michellewitte · Sep 24
Oh, and I have a soft spot for Southern Gothic. Especially from/about POC. And I don’t mean just tossing a side character who practices hoodoo/voodoo into a mostly white story. *side eyes Hollywood* #MSWL YA/MG
Ann Leslie Tuttle @AnnLeslieTuttle · Sep 24
#MSWL. Looking for romantic comedies and women's fiction that is Up Lit and deals with female relationships and family secrets. I also enjoy historical fiction. Would also love to find some Middle Grade. And I love stories set in the South and Southern Gothics.
Amber Oliver @Amber_Oliver007 · Sep 24
I've been dying for a creepy, atmospheric contemporary southern gothic with poc characters. #MSWL so hard y'all!
Sarah Phair @SarahPhair · Sep 12
Sarah Phair @SarahPhair
Excited to see that Tayari Jones has a new novel. I loved American Marriage for many reasons, but particularly because it felt so Southern.I am dying for more contemporary Southern stories. Please send them to me. #MSWL
Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn · Aug 29
-I’m a Southerner, and I want to lift up diverse Southern voices. Southern writers from marginalized communities, please send me your work.
Patrice Caldwell @whimsicallyours · Jul 9
Southern gothic has been claimed so much by white writers when some of my favorite southern gothic literature is by black authors so would love to see the submissions I get really reflect the diversity of the south and of vampires, haha. #mswl