Also - very interested if anyone has a fun, bouncy ‘spy cats/sloths/cows/othe-fun-animal’ kind of an idea! But funny talking animals please, definitely NOT cute or heart-wrenching animal stories for me! I get too upset! (P.S.I know. I’m a wuss!)

For picture book clients, I'm looking for professional artists and illustrators who can write their own texts. Texts should run 500 words or so. Character-driven stories, stories about identity, animals, emotions. Avoid lists, holidays, rhyme. #MSWL

I'd love to find a book-length work that (a) explores social learning theory in animals and (b) has practical applications that you can try out with your pup.

Mia just wants to read about bears, but to each their own. #MSWL

Lastly, while I've detailed things I'm particularly keen to see, like pet cozies, that doesn't mean I won't love your cozy hook that has nothing to do with animals. Maybe you have a fun unique hook I haven't thought of that's not overdone. Query it! #MSWL QueryMe.Online/RachelBrooks

#MSWL I want this as the base for a romantic suspense series: kick-ass African warrior women who protect animals. Go! plantbasednews.org/post/zimbabwes…

#MSWL (children's ch books ages 7-9 cont...) Maybe the boy doesn't shrink, the bugs get bigger? Also, MYTHICAL MONSTER series: boys adventuring w/creatures like big foot, Lochness, Yeti, Whatever the angle, commercial concept: stories w/animals, underwater adv, princesses, etc.

I'd ❤️ to see strong protags whose animals (#dogs, #horses, and others) are an integral part of their lives. Does that include therapy animals? You bet! #HEA w/ perhaps slightly more mature issues. Maybe this isn't their first rodeo. #MSWL

A gentle #MSWL reminder from Meatball, Director of Special Ops: we'll consider all animals, not just dogs. #memoir, #mystery, #nonfiction

Do you write about animals/nature like Ed Yong? (No one does but maybe you sort of do?) Hit me up #MSWL

Would love to see contemporary romances, romantic suspense and historical romance with lots of babies and animals. #MSWL

Always looking for animal POV for MG and chapter books - funny or heartwarming or animals going on adventures #MSWL

Platform-driven nonfiction: psychology, nature/animals, parenting, religion (all faiths), serious or comedic essays, pop science. #MSWL

#MSWL small town america - with a dark/magical realism twist a la WHEN WE WERE ANIMALS

Would love a narrative nonfiction book about the internal world of animals or plants, like THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES or BEING A DOG. #MSWL

#MSWL - @ScottCreney no porn! Rather, the story of endangered animals and how their numbers have increased. Still want #condors #PB too.

Talking animals, as in Watership Down. Journey stories. #MSWL

Also, if your book features talking animals or is told from animal's POV it is NOT nonfiction. You'd be surprised how much I see this. #MSWL

Epic fantasy full of strange animals, wild magic, and female protagonists. #MSWL

Odd things I like: yarn, metal detectors, caves & crypts, strange animals, chemistry, HS marching bands, detailed lists, and cheese. #MSWL