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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- #querytip (22)
- #pubtip (140)
- #askagent (149)
- #askprintrun (27)
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Q284: Rom. Not quite feminist enough for me #500queries #everyquery
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Q283: Cool concept YA SF, got muddles by 150 words about a romantic prospect. Pass #500queries #everyquery
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Q282: 60k for an adult fantasy is way too short. Pass. #500queries #everyquery
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Q281: LGBTQ NA. But the story isn't grabbing me--it's also too similar to a WIP on of my authors has #500queries #everyquery
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Q280: Diverse and fun fantasy, but the author doesn't know if it's MG or YA. Pass. #500queries #everyquery
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Q278: YA. Too long, and too political for my taste. But diverse. Regretful pass. #500queries #everyquery
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Q277: MG. Treasure hunt. I always find these disappointing. Pass #500queries #everyquery
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Ready for #500queries #everyquery? Let's go!
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Q276: Screenplay. What? #500queries
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Q275: I can't do anything with a book that doesn't give genre, category, and wordcount. #pubtip #500queries
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Q274: YA SF. Sounds lovely, but too dystopian for the current market. Pass. #500queries
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Q273: When I talked about passing, I meant racially, not "on from the grave." A for effort, but didn't catch my fancy #500queries
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Q272: 260k romance. No. #500queries
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Q271: More YA with issues disguised as people. Pass #500queries
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Q270: Magical realism is tough for me, but this YA might manage to grab me! Request! #500queries
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For those of you following #500queries, you know I skip the boring subs. Next week, I'm going to tweet #everyquery to show the entire slush
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Q269: Oh yay. We're continuing to whitewash Egypt. Lovely. #500queries
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Q268: Thriller. Again. Please tell me who sees my rep categories and thinks, "I know! I'll send her a thriller!" #500queries
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Q267: Memoir. No personalization. Attachments. Triple rejection. #500queries
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Q266: YA empaths. A better take on it than I've seen before, but I'm burnt out #500queries