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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- #100Queries (1)
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- #querytip (22)
- #pubtip (140)
- #askagent (149)
- #askprintrun (27)
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Q184: An excerpt is not a query. Repeat: AN EXCERPT IS NOT A QUERY #500queries
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Q183: Really good platform, but book is self-pubbed. Pass. #500queries
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Q182: Sci-fi. Kind of like Orphan Black. But less cool. Pass. #500queries
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Q181: "Your time is valuable so I won't waste it" but proceeds to tell me exactly nothing about the book. My time = wasted #500queries
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Q180: I can see when you BCC agents. We know what that means. #500queries
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Q179: If I had a nickel for every guy who aims to be a cross between Salinger and Brett Eason Ellis. #500queries
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Q178: 475k novel. Whoa. #500queries
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Q177: I hate YA where female sexuality is a problem to be solved. Blech. #500queries
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Q176: Someone asking for me to publish an article. What? #500queries
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Q175: More dystopian. Yay. #justkidding #500queries
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Q174: WF under 30k. Way too short. #500queries
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Q173: more fantasy set in a Tolkienesque universe. I want something new! #500queries
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Q172: 500 words about what the novel is supposed to "teach" the reader. Blech. #500queries
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Q171: Book already pubbed is something I can't do anything with #500queries
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Q170: genderfluid YA with untraditional storytelling technique. Want. #500queries
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Q169: YA C F. Super cool idea, but a little too much about a dude. #500queries
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Q168: Pitching me a book, but mostly a TV series. Yeah no. #500queries
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Q167: MG about school life. No real hook. Pass #500queries
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Q166: Just as a book with sex isn't erotica, a book with a romance isn't ROMANCE unless it follows specific rules #500queries
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Q165: Arthur retelling. I was obsessed as a teen, so now I'm burnt out #500queries