Laura Zats

Q363: No matter how many times people send me crime/thriller novels, I still don't rep them. #500queries

Q362: If you think a book is too special to not have comps, that says you don't know your market or genre. Every book has comps #500queries

Q361: YA. If it's set in the 80s or 90s, I'm probably not going to be that into repping it. Rainbow Rowell rules that world #500queries

Q360: CYA. POC, but not a terribly unique story, and Red Sofa is all about quirk. #500queries

Q359: Historical thriller--not my thing. #500queries

Q358: unsolicited R+R. if not explicitly stated, my rejections stand. #500queries

Q357: Call me crazy, but I like to keep my magic wands apart from my aliens. #500queries

Q356: F YA. Really, really well-written, but I wasn't jumping at the story. Pass. #500queries

Q355: A powerpoint about the book sent with a query *dies* #500queries

Q354: I know you want me to pub your book, but I don't do that. #500queries

Q353: If you don't call them werewolves but they're people who turn into wolves, they're still werewolves. And I can't sell them #500queries

Q352: Query with basically no leading between the lines. Not even gunna bother to read that. #500queries

Q351 "enormous project will entertain millions, change pub &pop culture 4ever and outperform everything else short of the Bible" #500queries

Q350: Western. No thanks! #500queries

Q349: Sexy romance with a powerful heroine. Please, want. #500queries

Q348: UF. Premise up my alley as a reader, but it's very short and as an agent, it would be very hard to sell now in the market. #500queries

Q347: F. Really, really well-written query, but not my kind of book. #500queries

Q346: Self-pubbed MG with an accompanying song that took over 100hrs in the studio? Sign me up #justkidding #500queries

Q345: C Rom. Very trope-heavy (good) without a ton of personalization and quirk (bad) #500queries

Q344: I don't want to read a book w/ male MC "falsely accused of rape" I like to keep the victim blaming out of my fiction #500queries