Laura Zats
Literary Agent
Headwater Literary Management
Founder & Agent @HeadwaterLit . Host of the award-winning @printrunpodcast . Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
- #mswl (213)
- #tenqueries (92)
- #100Queries (1)
- #100partials (20)
- #500queries (3011)
- #querytip (22)
- #pubtip (140)
- #askagent (149)
- #askprintrun (27)
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Q485: Psychological thriller. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries
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Q484: The idea of this C YA is fine, but the voice really makes this genre. This one didn’t quite get there. Pass. #500queries
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Q483: YA hist fic. Too short, and not enough of a hook. Pass. #500queries
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Q482: thinly-veiled memoir. Pass. #500queries
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Q481: WF do not rep. Pass. #500queries
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Q480: C F. ½ the length it should be. Pass. #500queries
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Q479: I love ghost stories, but this one didn’t feel creepy enough! Pass. #500queries
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Q478: Litfic. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries
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Q477: Pitched as romance. Is DEF WF. Pass. #500queries
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Q476: Please, PLEASE just tell me about the book. Not why you wrote it, or what it was like writing it. Pass. #500queries
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Q475: YA F. No worldbuilding and it’s way too long. Pass. #500queries
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Q474: WF. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries
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Q473: Retelling in this C YA was a little too on the nose. Pass. #500queries
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Q472: TFiOS is not a good comp for my list. Pass. #500queries
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Q470: Short story. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries
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Q471: F. No wordcount, but the query is WAY too long. Pass. #500queries
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Q469: F. WAY too similar to one book I already rep. Pass. #500queries
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Q468: F. No worldbuilding at all meant that I felt very, very lost during the summary. Pass. #500queries
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Q467: This YA F was almost there, but in the summary I didn’t see it engage with the tropes it claimed to in the pitch. Pass. #500queries
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Q466: Vague SpecFic. Way too short and too vague all around. Pass. #500queries