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!
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Q101: SF that read a little too classic for my taste. Pass. #500queries
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Q100: The idea of this romance is excelellent, but the structure will make it very hard to sell. Pass. #500queries
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Q99: This para rom just didn’t seem … romantic to me. #500queries
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Q97: Another case of SF where I just didn’t care about the MC. Pass. #500queries
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Q96: I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: a book for everyone is a book for no one. Pass #500queries
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Q95: Well, this book feels like a gay Locke Lamora, so I’m in. Request! #500queries
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Q94: I’m a tough sell for family-saga/mythology-fantasies. Pass. #500queries
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Q93: This YA C will be perfect for someone, but it just didn’t grab me. Pass. #500queries
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Q92: I love me some witches. Request. #500queries
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Q91: I liked this YA SF, but it was a little too close to something I already rep. Pass. #500queries
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Q90: Romance with good tropes, but the story itself didn’t grab me. Pass. #500queries
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Q89: Queries told from the POV of the MC weird me out. This is a professional piece of correspondence. I want to hear from YOU. Pass. #500queries
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Q88: Honestly, folks, at the query stage, I don’t care why you wrote a book. I want to know what the book IS. Pass. #500queries
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Q87: This SF didn’t really grab me. I think because I was missing info about the MC. Pass. #500queries
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Q86: SF. Super interesting take on a trope I love! Request! #500queries
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Q85: SF. I understand that this one is supposed to be a bit more literary, but I was still missing tension. Pass. #500queries
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Q84: Too much theme in this query, not enough plot. Pass. #500queries
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Q83: What can I say, I’m a sucker for HS drama kid books. Request. #500queries
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Q82: FYI we can totally tell when an author writes in a genre they don’t read. Pass. #500queries
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Q81: A vague, three-sentence email and an attachment do not a query make. Pass. #500queries