Live Queries & Pages Panel with Harper Editor Stephanie Stein | March 16, 8:30pm ET

We can’t wait! Thursday, March 16, at 8:30 pm Eastern, join us for a live queries and pages panel with editor Stephanie Stein at HarperCollins. Submit your work for a chance at live feedback from our panel–plus, of course, a publishing Q&A. This event is designed to be supportive, uplifting, encouraging–and 100% introvert-friendly. (Wear pajamas! … Read more

📚🎧#MSWL’s 10th Anniversary, From Tumblr to Sustainable, Miraculous Site: How It All Happened, Part 2

Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. If you’ve been following along at home, you know that ManuscriptWIshist.com version 4.0 just launched. And while it’s new, and shiny, and lovely, it’s ten years in the making. This is the miraculous-feeling story about how we got from Tumblr to WordPress blog to site where agents … Read more

March 2023 Events: Live Panel with Harper Editor Stephanie Stein, Your Path To Publishing Class

We’re so happy you’re here! It’s going to be a great month, with plenty to stream (check out our recent agent events on the podcast!), attend (a live feedback panel with HarperCollins editor Stephanie Stein plus a live class, Your Path To Publication, with Shirin Yim Leos and Lisa Manterfield) and polish (if you’ve been … Read more

📚🎧Podcast: Get An Agent’s Attention From The First Page

This may be our new favorite podcast format! We found ourselves grinning as we recorded, and are so happy to share this with you. Welcome to our Mystery Agent episode. We asked you, our lovely writers, to send in your query and first page—and asked a wonderful literary agent to choose a lucky writer for … Read more

📚🎧#MSWL Live Agent Panel

Listen on Soundcloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Curious about how we started? Listen to our 10th Anniversary Episode here. We had the best time with this panel! Many thanks to our amazing panelists, and to our Manuscript Academy members for the queries, questions, and kindness. Vote for YOUR genre (or age group) for the next … Read more

Version 4.0 Is Live! New Features & Updates

In addition to our whole new design, which is faster, shinier, and easier to use, we have a number of updates to make everything easier for authors, agents, and editors. Writers will be able to search by genre and age group to help them find you, login will be smoother, and we’ll be rolling out plenty of … Read more

📚🎧10 Years of #MSWL with KK Hendin

For MSWL’s 10th anniversary (we know! We can’t believe it either!) we’ve invited KK Hendin, co-founder, who made us legit within four minutes of the first tweet. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, or Spotify. ***Did you catch our #MSWL Live Agent Panel? Four agents, two query critiques, one exercise, and one awesome prize. Tune in … Read more

Coming Soon! Site Updates & #MSWL Day February 16 | New Features, Events & Ways To Find Your Agent Match

As you may have heard, we’re rolling out plenty of new features for #MSWL and ManuscriptWishList.com. Please mark your calendars! Our next official #MSWL day is February 16, 2023.  Add MSWL Day to Calendar There will be a whole new site, which will be faster, shinier, and easier to use, starting this month–so please don’t be … Read more

Join Our Call-In Episode! Writer Pep Talks & Advice

 mswlacademy · Join Our Call-In Episode! Writer Pep Talks, Advice, And What We’d Do If We Had A Bus (You can also listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify!)   Have you ever had a publishing question you couldn’t answer with Google? Or maybe you’re just stressed out and wondering if it’s time to pivot, … Read more