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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Q442: No, I will not open a secured google doc through an anonymous email. #500queries
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Q441: C YA. LGBTQ and a cool hook. I'm IN! #500queries
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Q440: MG SF. Very STEM-y. Want. #500queries
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Q438: Litfic. Not in my representative categories. #500queries
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Q437: Query is 90% about the author. Sell me the book, not you (*applicable for fiction only) #500queries
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Q436: Super awesome-sounding MG. But it's about superheroes. Reluctant pass. #500queries
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Q435 As plot blossomed a salacious lovestory sprouted like a wildflower w/in the prickly thorns of just who the enemy really was #500queries
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Q434: C Rom. Love the characters, but the set-up isn't believable. #500queries
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Q433: Self-pubbed. Can't do anything with this. Sorry. #500queries
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Q432: Query written entirely in italics. No. Just, no. #500queries
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Q431: SF with a whole bunch of white dudes. Pass. #500queries
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Q430: A Contemp Fantasy. Interesting take on fairytales in an unexpected way. Request. #500queries
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Q429: "Would you be interested in Science Fiction like novel attached?" is not a query letter. #500queries
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Q428: YA. Awesome idea, but the query wasn't a query, and rule-breakers don't get requests. #500queries
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Q427: YA. Way too much going on. Think like Coco Chanel with plot points, people. Remove the last thing you put on. #500queries
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Q426: Modern-day Catcher in the Rye. Good pitch, but wasn't grabbing me. #500queries
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Q425: Adult SF. POC. Set in a non-Western country. In. #500queries
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Q424: Vampires, werewolves, and a rejection. #500queries
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Q423: YA. I'm not terribly into telepaths, I've discovered. #500queries
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Q422. Sweet LGBT romance, but has a treasure hunt. Very tentative request--I'll give it a chapter. #500queries