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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- #askagent (149)
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Q362: YA dystopian without a fresh spin. Pass. #500queries
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Q361: YA C. Not at all my type of book. Pass. #500queries
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Q360: I am not the right person for books that are only about SV. Pass. #500queries
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Q359: I didn’t like or feel connected to the MC in this YA. Pass. #500queries
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Q358: I’ve never been, and likely will never be, a “romance through the ages” person. Pass. #500queries
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Q357: I might have really loved this YA, but I didn’t learn enough about it in the query. Pass. #500queries
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Q356: A book with romance does not make it a romance. Pass. #500queries
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Q355: This is WF with speculative elements, not spec-fic, which means it’s out of my categories. Pass. #500queries
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Q354: This C Rom was a little Lifetime for me. The characters didn’t feel real enough. Pass #500queries
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Q353: I lost track of the MC in this SF plot halfway through. Pass. #500queries
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Q352: Not enough worldbuilding in this F. Pass. #500queries
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Q351: I am not the person to come to for Christian fiction. Pass. #500queries
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Q350: I just got bored with this F. pass. #500queries
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Q349: I would really, really love it if all the queries in my inbox told me what the book is about. Pass. #500queries
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Q348: YA F. WAYYYYY too long. Pass. #500queries
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Q347: I get a lot of Bachelor-style romances in my inbox but I love how this one twists it! Request. #500queries
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Q346: While it might not be like this in execution, this YA C was pitched as an issue book without any plot. Pass. #500queries
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Q345: Personal pet peeve, but I really hate a query full of rhetorical questions. Pass. #500queries
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Q344: I don’t love it when young, female MCs are described as “nubile.” Pass. #500queries
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Q343: SF. Meh. Pass. #500queries