Manuscript Wish List Follies
"A gender-bending James Bond-esque character (but not as smarmy) who's an eco-warrior on a mission to save the earth."
"I’d particularly love a queer rom com at a boarding school or first year of college. Just saying. Like Sara Zarr’s ROOMIES, but romantic and, you know, gay af."
"I have a
sudden craving for a mystery like Knives Out, but set at a quilting
retreat. Anyone know of a book like this? Or have a manuscript like
this?"
"Rom-com where the protagonist works in a biobank/fertility clinic."
"Protagonist: Masculine of center minor celebrity
Genre: thriller
If you've written something like this, please send my way!"
"On top of seeing some atmospheric lighthouse submissions hit the inbox, I wonder if anyone is writing some good SF around isolation - something that makes me feel like a microscopic dot against a microscopic dot. I'd also love a fast-paced UK/European thriller."
"We're open to queries! Right now we'd love a book involving genies in space."
"I just realised my ideal YA book would be a horror version of #loveisland
, PLEASE can someone write it for me"
"Hello! I am on the hunt for a dark, magical YA that has elements of romance but is more largely focused on Some Grand Mystery/Threat, in the vein of Chime or The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Gimme that spooky, transportive grit, especially if it’s from a BIPOC perspective!"
"I can't tell you how often I think about films like Birdbox and A Quiet Place, and how badly I want to read more novels about parents fighting for their kids and found families in apocalyptic settings.
I mean, I also DON'T want to read them, but also I do.
Send me those!"
In other words, the hell with keeping an open mind and waiting for quality mss to come in. Write a ridiculously specific novel to tickle my fancy.
Right. I'll get right on it, buttercup. Because we authors are your personal fucking literary juke boxes.
"Rom-com where the protagonist works in a biobank/fertility clinic."
"Protagonist: Masculine of center minor celebrity
Genre: thriller
If you've written something like this, please send my way!"
"On top of seeing some atmospheric lighthouse submissions hit the inbox, I wonder if anyone is writing some good SF around isolation - something that makes me feel like a microscopic dot against a microscopic dot. I'd also love a fast-paced UK/European thriller."
"We're open to queries! Right now we'd love a book involving genies in space."
"I just realised my ideal YA book would be a horror version of #loveisland
, PLEASE can someone write it for me"
"Hello! I am on the hunt for a dark, magical YA that has elements of romance but is more largely focused on Some Grand Mystery/Threat, in the vein of Chime or The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Gimme that spooky, transportive grit, especially if it’s from a BIPOC perspective!"
"I can't tell you how often I think about films like Birdbox and A Quiet Place, and how badly I want to read more novels about parents fighting for their kids and found families in apocalyptic settings.
I mean, I also DON'T want to read them, but also I do.
Send me those!"
In other words, the hell with keeping an open mind and waiting for quality mss to come in. Write a ridiculously specific novel to tickle my fancy.
Right. I'll get right on it, buttercup. Because we authors are your personal fucking literary juke boxes.
posted by jurassicpork @ Sunday, February 16, 2020
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