Laura Zats

Q5: YA F. Awesome platform, but set in a Tolkienesque world, and too literary for my taste. Pass. #500queries

Q4: It's totally a pet peeve of mine, but I auto-reject any query that begins w/ hypothetical questions. They're lazy loglines. #500queries

Q3: snarky romance, with firefighters. I'll bite. Request 3 ch. #500queries

Q2: query asking to resub. Don't do this if the agent has already read the MS, but in this case was ok bc I hadn't looked at it. #500queries

Q1: pubbed author, but wrote serious WF, which is not my bag. Pass. #500queries

Beginning another #500queries round! This one will go a little faster, I think! Let's begin!

I'm going to do another #500queries soon, but I need your opinion: just queries, or partials, too?

So how much would you guys love me if I did another #500queries?

FYI: about 1 in 10 queries made it on to #500queries.

Total #500queries stats: 6.5 months. 59 partial requests. One author from that period signed!

Q500: going out on a positive note: geeky mystery. Doesn't fit my categories exactly, but I want it anyways! Request! #500queries

Q499: gen fic. Not in my categories #500queries

Q498: A completely incoherent cover letter and a sample chapter. Nope. #500queries

Q497: I don't know what category this book is in, but it's not in mine. #500queries

Q496: Fairly unremarkable romance. I need to see tension and quirk! #500queries

Q495: Dystopian thriller. No thanks! #500queries

Q494: C YA. Multi-POV and gritty. Color me intrigued #500queries

Q493: "Hey, here's a synopsis of my book" is a terrible query letter. #500queries

Q492: Pasting your entire book in an email does not a query letter make. #500queries

Q491: NA Para. Good idea, but I was feeling ZERO tension from the query letter. Pass. #500queries