Laura Zats

Q39: I am not your girl for western heaven/hell stuff. Pass. #500queries

Q38: YA C. Sounds sweet, but the pitch wasn’t quite special enough to make me request. Pass. #500queries

Q37: SF. I think it’s spent too much time being cerebral, and not enough time considering the reader. Pass. #500queries

Q36: This C F sounds super weird, but its elements are everything I love, so I’ll give it a shot. Request. #500queries

Q35: Bible-based fantasies aren’t really my jam. Pass. #500queries

Q34: This book pitched as YA F sounds like excellent MG, but not great YA. Pass. #500queries

Q33: This romance I’m sure make a lot of sense on the page, but the query jumps all over and is really hard to follow. Pass. #500queries

Q32: Personally, I love NA-that-has-to-be-sold-as-YA but this one didn’t really feel overly authentic/special. Pass. #500queries

Q31: No metadata. Pass. #500queries

Q30: I will always, ALWAYS turn down a book that claims a female character “is not like those other girls.” Pass. #500queries

Q29: Litfic, do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Q28: SF. It’s super vague, so I can’t request. Pass. #500queries

Q27: UGH. This one is so frustrating--it’s billed as romance, and I LOVE the heroine, but it’s not actually romance because the tropes aren’t there. Pass. #500queries

Q26: Very sellable, commercial YA SF concept, but it’s a fairly standard trope and the query didn’t give me enough specifics to give me a reason to read *this* one. Pass. #500queries

Q25: I’ve been looking for a great witch book, but this pitch isn’t quite witchy enough for me. Pass. #500queries

Q24: C YA. Too much like something I already rep. Pass. #500queries

Q23: C YA. A bit too short, and the query was a synopsis instead of a pitch. Pass. #500queries

Q22: F. The query consisted of All The Big Plot Points and almost nothing about who the MC is. The biggest battle in the world isn’t exciting if I don’t have someone’s eyes to see through and give it context. Pass. #500queries

Q21: SF. There’s nothing wrong with this one, I just wasn’t interested. Pass. #500queries

Q20: I loved the idea of the SF, but I found the writing in the query difficult to parse, which makes me worried about what the book would read like. Pass. #500queries