Laura Zats

Q490: Business parable. #lolwhut? #500queries

Q489: YA. War. Demons. Etc. I'm seeing lots of fantasy clichés and these just don't excite me. #500queries

Q488: MG time travel with historic characters. Time travel is a very, very hard sell for me. This didn't make the cut. #500queries

Q487: YA. Chosen one. Elementals. Meh. #500queries

Q486: MG ninjas vs pirates. Seems sellable, but I'm just not excited by it. #500queries

Q485: C NA. Interesting story, query was not well-written. Pass. #500queries

Q484: Vague science fiction. Please, excuse me while I jump for joy. #500queries

Q483: Robinhood retelling. For how many of those I've read & loved, I'm surprised I no longer lust for tales of the Merry Men #500queries

Q482: WF. Just not grabbing me. #500queries

Q481: Romantic suspense. just not grabbing me. #500queries

Q480: Steampunk is a hard sell for me, as few people in my mind can be as brilliant as @gailcarriger. Give me a NEW steampunk #500queries

Q479: Fun, feminist romance. SIgn me up! #500queries

Q478: YA that is too close to litfic and is about being diverse, rather than just having diversity. Pass. #500queries

Q467: YA. Good comps take you a long way. It is often the line between a request or rejection #500queries

Q465: I'm a sucker for witches and fortune tellers. Request! #500queries

Q466: A query in bullet points does not result in a request. #500queries

Q464: The only thing worse than randomly capitalized letters is an excessive use of scare quotes. Pass. #500queries

Q463: Just be aware that if you name a character Merlin, Morgana, Hermione, etc., we will have expectations about the story #500queries

Just did a quick tally. I put approx. 10% of the queries I receive into #500queries. That'll shake out to be about 10k queries/year #wow

#500queries will be finished next week! Wowza.