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The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025

MSWL Admin — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Join us for a day celebrating manuscripts and the agents and editors who love them.

Starting at 9:00am ET, agents and editors will be sharing what they wish they had in their inboxes–the official location is Bluesky, but agents and editors are welcome to also post on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Mastodon, and more, on the #MSWL tag. Check your favorite platform, or browse them all!

Here’s how it works for Writers: Follow @ManuscriptWishList for verified posts from agents + editors we know and trust: https://bsky.app/profile/manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social

Browse our Starter Pack of agents ( https://go.bsky.app/52ZEfjC ) + editors ( https://go.bsky.app/JYqFw7o ) who may be a good fit

Like, share, and RT agent and editor #MSWL’s to help boost visibility and help your friends
Do not post or pitch in the feed – agents and editors have been instructed to block writers who do.

Find an agent who’s a good fit? Follow their official guidelines on their agency site to submit

Here’s how it works for Agents + Editors: Agents + Editors: Think about a project you’d love to have in your inbox, describe your dream project, and tag with #MSWL
You can copy-paste to other platforms as well! But most of the writers will likely be watching from Bluesky.

Can’t think of anything? You can also post a link to your ManuscriptWishList.com profile with the #MSWL tag.

Writers can follow along, like, and share posts. Pitching on the tag is strictly forbidden. Agents & editors have been instructed to block writers who break this rule.

Need help? Get in touch with @ManuscriptWishList on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social

What’s New, What’s Ahead

MSWL Admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:49:27 +0000

Welcome to the Manuscript Wish List site (or as we like to call it, Manuscript Wish List 3.0). In addition to simply looking better, there are a bunch of new features both available now and in the works. Drumroll please…

What’s new right now

Agents and editors can create their own accounts and update their profiles as they please
Writers can search by agent lists, editor lists, recently updated, keyword search, and something our tech team calls a “parametric search” (basically genre/name filters)
Blog posts by the MSWL team and some of your favorite industry people

Some future ideas we’re exploring

An industry event calendar
A forum for agents and editors to discuss the industry
A forum for writers to discuss their craft and the query/submission process
Live chat sessions
And much more! Got an idea? Get in touch and let us know

The #PitMatch Agents + Editors Team Announced!

MSWL Admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 17:38:51 +0000

As you know, this is something brand new brought to you by #MSWL and #PitMad.

And it’s all happening Thursday, February 11, 1-4 EST.

We’ve enlisted the help of 28 literary cupids to make those matches–hopefully resulting in pairs that work happily together ever after. (Want to see the author team? Check out Brenda Drake’s site.)

Now, who are these cupids?

From left to right, top row to bottom:

Wendi Gu, agent at Greenburger Associates

Amanda Shih, editor at Penguin Random House

Caitie Flum, agent at Liza Dawson Associates

Kirsten Carleton, agent at Prospect Agency

Lizzie Poteet, editor at St Martin’s/Macmillan

Monica Odom, agent at Bradford Literary

Nicole Tone, editor at Reuts

Roseanne Wells, agent at Jennifer de Chiara

Alison Weiss, editor at SkyHorse

Eric Smith, agent at PS Literary

Norma Perez-Hernandez, editor at Kensington Books

Carly Silver, editor at Harlequin

Allison Carroll, editor at Harlequin

Michelle Richter, agent at Fuse Literary

#MSWL and #PitMad bring you #PitMatch!

MSWL Admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:40:05 +0000

Oh, Internet. Have we got something for you.

The lovely and talented Brenda Drake, of #PitMad, Pitch Madness, Pitch Wars, and many more of your favorite events is teaming up with #MSWL and Manuscript Wish List® this Valentine’s Day (actually February 11, 1-4 EST) to bring you…#PitMatch!

You know how both #MSWL and #PitMad move so quickly, it’s hard to see all of the tweets? Don’t you wish you could be everywhere at once–and/or that you could have some help?

Now you can!

Three teams of literary cupids–an author team, an agent team, and an editor team–will be working to find the connections between authors, agents, and editors who accept direct submissions. Who’s the best at literary matchmaking? WE SHALL SEE!

Each match–request–they create will be worth one point–and posted on the @PitMatch scoreboard. Follow along on #PitMatch, #PitMatchArrow, and #PitMatchPoint for success stories.

Whichever team has the most requests gets prizes and bragging rights!

Team members will be announced between now and the event, February 11, 2016. In the meantime, follow @PitMatch for updates!