YA
Elana Roth Parker @ElanaRoth · 4h
Fantasy is a tough one right now for me. I think I'm more game for fantastical elements in MG/YA rather than "capital F Fantasy." Weave something speculative into something ordinary. Riff. Innovate. Iterate. #MSWL
Elana Roth Parker @ElanaRoth · 4h
I'd be interested in seeing MG or YA that explores step-families in an interesting, nuanced way. I have step-parents, step-siblings, a former step-parent, former step-siblings, a new "step-mom" i.e. dad's third wife. It's rich. #MSWL
Elana Roth Parker @ElanaRoth · 6h
I've been toying with adding more witches for both MG and YA, but not standard New England/Salem brand stuff and not cutesy like we see in MG a lot. It has to offer something fresh to the trope. #MSWL
Elana Roth Parker @ElanaRoth · 6h
On the whole, I'm looking for page-turning, escapist, transporting MG and YA fiction. Light on trauma. Big on feelings—humor, romance, friendship, family connections. #MSWL
Amy Elizabeth @amylizbishop · 7h
*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
Amy Elizabeth @amylizbishop · 7h
Time for a 2020 #MSWL refresh!
Would love to see:
*more, generally by Korean authors in both YA & adult
*strong literary/upmarket fiction from a diverse POV (think Celeste Ng, Jean Kwok, Kamila Shamsie, etc.)
*YA thriller in the vein of SADIE
Kim Lionetti @BookEndsKim · 7h
Inbox status: I've responded to all queries sent before today and all submissions sent before December 1st. I'm HUNGRY people! Especially for #ownvoices, romcoms (YA and adult), and women's fiction. #amagenting #mswl
Jim McCarthy @JimMcCarthy528 · 1d
Kat Cho 🦊🇰🇷📚 @KatCho
I NEED a YA novel with competitive teens that also have a fierce, tough, complex adult character like Monica from CHEER to support and push them! #cheeronnetflix pic.twitter.com/1EkcidfK6P#MSWL I adore YA and MG with well-rendered adult characters no matter how peripheral they are to the story.
Shari Maurer @sharimaurer · 1d
Good morning! I added a few more genres to my #MSWL through the StringerLit query form. Would love some humor/satire/offbeat/quirky (we need that in the world!) and I added thrillers, upmarket. Send me your funny PB and more MG/YA. stringerlit.com
Kate Sederstrom @sederstka · 1d
Give me a YA or MG with themes of leadership -- how a kid makes decisions for others when they're in a position of authority, no matter the scale #MSWL
Feather Flores 🌸 @featherfully · 4d
Jessica Khoury @jkbibliophile
One day I’ll write about a pragmatic, ordinary small-town girl who accidentally ends up as manager/den mother to a group of emotionally defunct superheroes who can barely save anyone, and how her earthy determination, relentless optimism, and pecan pies save them (and the world).This but a MG/YA graphic novel!!! Make my year and land it in my inbox please? 😍 #MSWL
Tara is open to queries. 🔮✨ @Literary_Tara · 6d
Oooo and I want books that make me laugh so hard I cry. Especially MG books and romance books.
Give me quiet books too that make you smile at the end (or cry). Especially in YA and Adult spaces. #mswl
Tara is open to queries. 🔮✨ @Literary_Tara · 6d
Hi #amquerying, I have an urgent #mswl that needs to be addressed...
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I am seriously lacking anything and everything in the contemporary fiction space. Romance, Realistic (nonissue books), WF, RomCom, high concept book! I need them in MG, YA, and Adult categories.
Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn · 6d
I am still thinking about how THE PERFECTION & BLACK SWAN so creepily captured what it's like to take a passion too seriously. (I was a ballet dancer for 18 years, & BLACK SWAN was shockingly familiar.) I'd love a YA/adult horror novel about a dark obsession with the arts. #MSWL
Karyn Fischer @KMRFischer · 6d
Yippee! My #MSWL is now live. Send me all the things on this list: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/kary…
Kelsy @kelsythompson
Hey #WritingCommunity, if I missed your #iswgpit and you think your project might be a good fit, or if you're simply in the #amquerying trenches: here are some things on my #MSWL (a thread)- unique character-driven #YA contemporary with a voice that grabs you and won't let go
- #ownvoices and underrepresented narratives (I'm still looking for that #ya refugee/immigration story!)
- feminist, #LGBTQ , and sex-positive narratives
- shorter (~50k) contemporary #mg
Emily S. Keyes 💜 @esc_key · Jan 16
Emily S. Keyes ❄️ @esc_key
Listening to podcast with @irin about the Weinstein trial. She says, regarding his defense strategy. “She said if Weinstein is convicted, then we'll have a world in which women will never be asked out on a date and never get the door held open for them.”Now I don’t represent genre romance, would love women’s fiction or YA about finding love after a sexual assault. #mswl
Erin Clyburn @erin_clyburn · Jan 16
My @WritersDigest New Agent Alert is up! Check it out to see my #MSWL & how to sub to me.
writersdigest.com/publishing-ins…
Saba Sulaiman @agentsaba · Jan 16
Carrie Mesrobian @CarrieMesrobian
in keeping with the theme of incoherent uncertainty, let me close with this: the more sure you are about your teenaged self, or your teenaged characters, and their own certainty, the more I think you need to reflect on your life, and revise your noveli love this and agree 100%. let teens be confused and unsure and inconsistent in their thoughts and feelings and decision-making in YA because that👏🏽is👏🏽how👏🏽teens👏🏽are👏🏽 #mswl