MSWL

English Noun en literature publishing en manuscript wish list; a list created by an editor, publisher, or literary agent laying out what types of book projects they are interested in. en Authors' Note Jamie Pacton 2024 Furious Salem, M.A. Page Street Kids https://archive.org/details/furious0000jami/ 291 https://archive.org/details/furious0000jami/page/291/mode/1up 9798890030160 Only a day or two after this idea struck Jamie, Rebecca's tweet about Michelle Rodriguez's motorcycle boots—wearing badass Letty Ortiz crossed Jamie's timeline, along with an MSWL (in literary agent language, a manuscript wish list item) for an "f/f car heist adventure-romance novel." en Noraa Gunn What is a MSWL? Ooligan Press https://web.archive.org/web/20260417150747/https://www.ooliganpress.com/manuscript-wish-lists/ 7 March 2025 Some MSWLs detail genres and subgenres they're open to receiving, and some MSWLs can get highly specific, detailing certain settings, character types, plot elements, and comp titles they're looking to publish.