**UPDATED JANUARY 2023**
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General Wants
All the items below can and should be applied to my specific genre requests unless specified. +#Latinx stories please from #Latinx creators! Especially from authors of Puerto Rican, Dominican or Cuban descent. I want to see my culture represented in the books I read, but I also just want to promote authors whose voices and stories can reflect the diversity in our world, a diversity that is still lacking in publishing. +Beyond #Latinx voices, I want to see multicultural, diverse fiction from authors of all cultures, races, ethnicities, abilities. I am committed to making sure underrepresented voices have a seat at the table. +#LGBTQ stories of all flavors, across categories any retelling “but make it gay” is pretty much would be something I want to read. +Invisible chronic conditions: I want to see characters with diabetes, epilepsy, other auto-immune diseases, where the condition is part of their identity, but not the whole of it. I want to see their joy more than their struggles, but I don’t want it to be token or forgotten either. +Stories from marginalized voices that focus on joy. If it’s not obvious by now, I’m a fan of the happy-ever-after. Issues books have their place on the bookshelf, but that’s not my wheelhouse. Everyone deserves a little love (whatever form of love that takes), send me those stories, please. I want to feel ALL THE THINGS.
In Romance
+All the grumpy-sunshine tropes. Seriously ALL OF THEM. If your couple comps to Roy-Keeley or Roy-Ted or whatever the f/f version of that would be, please send it to me. +Raunch-coms that embrace female sexuality and are fun and sexy with love interests who are supportive and never slut-shame. +Romance that sweeps me off my feet. Heroes who love hard and fast and true. I ADORE a good HE FALLS FIRST story. I want heroines who are tough and can always rise above without needing to be saved. I love it when HE TRIES TO SAVE HER BUT SHE SAVED HERSELF FIRST. I want to see couples that have to work hard for that HEA/HFN. +In historical romance, my tastes tend to Regency/Victorian England/Gilded Age America. I’m very selective in this space, other time periods/settings are fine to query, but hook and writing must be compelling. +In contemporary I’m especially hungry for stories where gender expectations are subverted. And I am always intrigued by stories with a light speculative element. +I love when music/songs/vibes are the inspiration behind a story. I’m a known #Swiftie, so if say you’ve got a heroine whose karaoke go-to is “Anti-hero”, query me please. +High concept stories that are just shy of bonkers are always my jam. If you have to caveat an idea with “wait, but hear me out” it’s likely that I will be interested in seeing more.
In Young Adult
+I would love to see stories from BIPOC creators that explores culture through things like music or food or art. The way those things can connect us to culture and also cross cultural barriers is a relatable way to explore identity, especially in the YA space. +I know I mentioned invisible chronic conditions in my general asks, but I would especially love to see this in the #kidlit space. Again, stories should center on joy, but representation is so vital for this age category. Kids grappling with new diagnoses or figuring out how to navigate old ones in the face of growing up and gaining more responsibility for self-care is a space that has room for growth in this category. +Contemporary fantasy that is inspired by non-European mythologies from diverse creators. I wouldn’t be mad if it were historical fantasy either. I’d really love to see stories from #Latinx creators in this vein. +Open to almost all subcategories, but I prefer stories that feature a strong romantic element. I am not a huge fan of coming-of-age stories. +Historical YA must have an incredible voice/hook for me to take the risk on it. And prefer speculative/fantasy settings than realistic ones. +In the con