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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Q379: Pitched as YA, but is firmly in the A camp. I get nervous when category is that far off. #500queries #everyquery
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Q378: Super interesting pitch, but I didn't get anything about the plot. Pass. #500queries #everyquery
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Q377: YA F. Didn't grab me. #500queries #everyquery
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Q376: Frankly, I'm sick of Greek Gods. Send me something new! #500queries #everyquery
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Q375: Oh, yay. A black chara that pulls an innocent white girl into a life of drugs and crime #sarcasm #500queries #everyquery
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Q374: uninspired YA F. Nope. #500queries #everyquery
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Q373: Too much plot, not enough of an impression of what reading the book is going to be like. Pass. #500queries #everyquery
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Q372: Steamy romance with a heroine who loves beer. Request! #500queries #everyquery
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Q371: Suspense. I really don't rep this. Promise. #500queries #everyquery
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Q369: A query is not an excerpt. REPEAT: A QUERY IS NOT AN EXCERPT #500queries #everyquery
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Q367: A press release? Really? #500queries #everyquery
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Q368: mass query. Reject. #500queries #everyquery
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Q366: I secretly love it when I get a mass query--it means I get to auto-reject and address them as "writer" #500queries #everyquery
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Q365: "i'm in the middle of a massive fight with the Federal Government" is not a way to win my love #500queries #everyquery
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Q370: I hate queries that tell me in broad terms what a book is about thematically, but not about the PLOT. #500queries #everyquery
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Q364: Oh yay. I've always wanted a book where the female protag is just meant to incite conflict between the menfolk #500queries #everyquery
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I do #500queries to benefit authors. I do not get paid for this, nor is it something I have or am expected to do in my 70hr/week </rantover>
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But to ACTUALLY subtweet now, I don't appreciate being accused of insulting strangers for "pathetic performance art." #500queries
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I never use #500queries just as an excuse to mean-spiritedly subtweet.
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If you think my distaste is about your innocuous book, I promise you're wrong. There are way worse queries out there than yours. #500queries