War
Kat Enright (they/them) @katenright · Oct 1
Actually, if you've combined the fantasy and romance elements, I am especially here for it. I've been playing a lot of Fire Emblem lately, and I'd love something that feels like that. Give me the war and intrigue and magic and kissing. Bonus if it's like Sylvix. #MSWL
Kelly 📚 @LitAgentKelly · Sep 24
Kelly 📚 @LitAgentKelly
For whatever reason, I’m really craving some historical MG, YA, and Adult right now. Scotland history and mythology in the Jacobites time, Louis the XIV court intrigue, French Revolution YA, Spanish Civil War, House of Savoy unification of Italy, Russian Revolution, etc.. #MSWL pic.twitter.com/4SMHicEnnJHISTORICAL in YA and Adult! Love some court/palace intrigue, especially if in a more unknown place in literature. (SEE TWEET ATTACHED FOR INFO!) I’m also always looking for my super feminist/independent US historical a la Ruby from Cold Mountain. #MSWL twitter.com/litagentkelly/…
Amanda Shih-Goel @amandashih · Sep 24
I also want to see war history from a different perspective—show me a new POV on a major historical event or a side of WWII history we rarely hear about #MSWL
Kelly 📚 @LitAgentKelly · Aug 31
For whatever reason, I’m really craving some historical MG, YA, and Adult right now. Scotland history and mythology in the Jacobites time, Louis the XIV court intrigue, French Revolution YA, Spanish Civil War, House of Savoy unification of Italy, Russian Revolution, etc.. #MSWL
Robbie Guillory @RobbieGuillory · Aug 8
3.WW1 or WW2 stories that aren’t acts of derring-do. What about the people left behind, or those in the factories?
Got a character like Tilly Shilling? Get it in my inbox.
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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18
So, yes!, I'm still open to WWII stories. But I really want to see a fresh perspective, so go out there and find the story that hasn't been told yet. #mswl
Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18
Or Sandra Bolzenius's GLORY IN THEIR SPIRIT, which tells the stories of four African American women who fought against the Army's segregation policies. #MSWL
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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18
And I'm open to nonfiction about WWII as well, especially books about the now forgotten women who played such a huge part in the War. #mswl
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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18
I think there are still a ton of stories we can tell with regard to the War's Pacific front. Sara Ackerman's books set in Hawaii during the War are great examples. #mswl
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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18
Rosella Postorino's AT THE WOLF'S TABLE, which tells the story of the women who were forced to act as Hitler's food tasters. #MSWL
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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18
So, what do I mean by a fresh perspective? Here are some examples. #mswl
Julie Orringer's THE FLIGHT PORTFOLIO, based on the true story of Varian Fry's attempt to save Jewish artists fleeing the Holocaust:
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Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18
BUT, my #amquerying friends, you must show me a perspective on the War that's fresh and new and like nothing I've seen before to get me interested. If I feel like I can go to my local bookstore and easily pick up 10 books with a premise similar to yours, I'm going to pass. #mswl
Amanda Jain @wensday95 · Jun 18
So, let's talk about books set during WWII. Are there still a ton of them hitting the bookshelves every month? Yes. Am I a bit burned out on them? Also, yes. Am I completely closed to WWII queries? Of course not! #mswl
michellebrower @michellebrower · Mar 13
I have a #MSWL, one that I've wanted for a long time. I would love, LOVE, to work with a female veteran who is writing the Great American War Novel, where women and their lives are centered instead of on the periphery. Also, if this exists, tell me so I can read it.
T.S. Ferguson @TeeEss · 10 Dec 2018
maaayyy. @brendonsexual
a gay love story of the 1st world war’s year.[thread by @guillemclua im just a translator]. pic.twitter.com/I3CkgKd1EO
This story just CONSUMED me! I couldn't stop reading! I needed to know about Emil and Xaver! I'm sobbing! I would love to publish a story like this some day, but probably fictional inspired by real people! Code Name Verity with gay men and WWI! I'm a wreck right now! #MSWL!
Kate Nash @katenashagent · 10 Dec 2018
@UKRomChat @ukromchat
Q5. For Kate: Following on from the previous question: what would you like to see more of in romance, or possibly less of? #ukromchat @katenashagent @linalanglee pic.twitter.com/bjQY5tWKDSI'm looking for 1. Sweeping epics in war, like Gone With The Wind. 2) Romance reflecting today's UK diverse communities, such as inner cities or very rural. 3) a real Victorian rags-to-riches tear-jerker. 4) In romcom, new settings like @KarenAldous_ Alps #MSWL #UKRomChat
Linda Epstein @LindaEpstein · 14 Nov 2018
Linda Epstein @LindaEpstein
I know this is very specific, but I'd like a MG or YA set in the Jewish ghetto in WW2 Shanghai. I've been thinking about this for years... #MSWLI will take a submission for👇🏼at any time, whether I’m open to queries or not. Put Shanghai Ghetto in the subject line. #MSWL
Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman · 2 Nov 2018
Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman
Anyway coming from today’s discussion of old favorites: please send me more fun young-woman epic fantasy with beautiful dresses, high stakes, and some enemies-to-lovers, thank you. #mswl twitter.com/hannahnpbowman…Do they end up CARING FOR EACH OTHER’S INJURIES in a TENT during a WAR until TRUST DEVELOPS and SEXUAL TENSION?? Is he shocked to see her in a DRESS not just MUDDY BREECHES after the battle is won? It is my kind of happy epic fantasy. (And I’m in the mood for that!) #mswl