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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Q323: I will never request a query that's just one short, vague paragraph. #500queries
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Q322: Self-pubbed book--didn't even read further. Indie or traditional. Choose one. #500queries
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Q321: A query that's 90% about the author will always get turned down. Hook me with the story. #500queries.
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Q320: YA. A girl meets handsome mysterious man. He's got special powers. #yawn #500queries
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Q319: C Women's fic. Not terribly into the Stella Got Her Groove Back narrative. #500queries
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Q318: SF thriller mystery type-thing? It's not for me, in any case. #500queries
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Q317: C YA. Not bad by any means, but I'm not intrigued. #500queries
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Q316: C Rom. Nice premise, and a good flip of gender roles, but I don't love the heroine. #500queries #partial
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Q315: MG, with two elements I love. But w/ magical amulet, I'm not feeling it. #500queries
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Q314: Confession: I really, really love SF/F novels with elderly MCs. So unexpected. So much grumps. #500queries
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Q313: Another day, another book about a man who can heal a wounded woman with this penis. #500queries
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Q312: YA mystery. Not sure if it's my style, but the comps hooked me. Happy to take a look! #500queries
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Q311: Self-pubbed novel. My heart goes out to those that pub & regret it, but I can't do anything with a book that's out. #500queries
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Q310: NA romance about ultra-religious heroine who falls for an atheistic bad boy = not for me. #500queries
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Q309 "Epic Novel About a Man Who Goes On a Series of Time Traveling Adventures That Lead to Mysteries He Unravels"So…Doctor Who? #500queries
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Q308: A book for everyone is a book for no one. Know your audience. #500queries
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Q307: HERE'S A BOOK THAT'S ABOUT A MILLION DIFFERENT THINGS. LOVE IT. PLEASE. No. #500queries
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Q306: F set in medieval times. This is something I have in my sub guidelines as a "no." Pass. #500queries
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Q305: I HATE it when a query letter is written in the MC's POV. Icks. #500queries
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Q304: NA romance. Awesome setting, but I'm just not feeling the attraction between the MCs. #partial #500queries