Laura Zats
@LZats
Founder & Agent @HeadwaterLit . Host of the award-winning @printrunpodcast . Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her.
Twin Cities, MN
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Laura Zats @LZats
Me: *going to be very chill about agents flying into my city*Also me: hey @ericsmithrocks you’re three blocks from where Hemingway was born and lemme tell you real quick about Saint Paul during prohibition and why the gangsters hung out here and also who lives where and why
Listen, I have a deep and abiding #mswl about John O’Connor and Nina Clifford
Laura Zats @LZats · 20 Sep 2019
Why don't I ever see an "I'm in love with my BFF's ex but am not allowed to date him" book end with the BFFs dating? #MSWL
Laura Zats @LZats · 12 Sep 2018
If your YA could be described as "fluff" by "serious" non-YA readers, query me! #MSWL
Laura Zats @LZats · 12 Sep 2018
If the protagonist in your YA has weird-ass enthusiasms, I want to read about them #MSWL
Laura Zats @LZats · 12 Sep 2018
#MSWL if your MS contains the following hobbies/interests, consider me intrigued:
beer
bourbon
tea
cheese
baking
cooking
boxing
fencing
tabletop gaming
themed festivals
Laura Zats @LZats · 12 Sep 2018
If your romance has an enemies-to-lovers and/or a forced-proximity trope I'm in. #MSWL
Laura Zats @LZats · 12 Sep 2018
If a reader thinks that your book is SF and a completely different reader is CONVINCED that it's LitFic, I want to see it #MSWL
Laura Zats @LZats · 12 Sep 2018
If you writing haunting, lyrical YA or adult SFF, I also want to see it. #MSWL
Laura Zats @LZats · 12 Sep 2018
Laura Zats @LZats
Hello #MSWL followers! I am closed to queries through the end of the year, but I'm going to tweet a few things for when I reopen.Follow along!
If you write dialogue like Joss Whedon, Rob Thomas, or Amy Sherman-Palladino, send it to me. #MSWL