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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Q74: From #SFFpit. Love the setting, couldn't get into the characters #500queries
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Q73: ParaRom from #sffpit that just didn't grab me--I didn't feel the passion! #500queries
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Q72: From #SFFpit. Firefly-y. With swearing ladies. REQUEST! #500queries
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Q71: Funny distopian SF. Meh. Didn't tickle me. #500queries
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Q70: Superhero YA. Pass. #500queries
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Q69: I really, really do not care where you get your ideas from when I read a query letter. Just tell me the story. #500queries
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Q68: Superhero. Pass. #500queries
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Q67: I loathe stereotypical markers of "rough" characters—tattoos, black clothes,etc. Screams of uninspired 2D characterization #500queries
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Q66: From #sffpit. YA F with a morally ambiguous MC. Request! #500queries
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Q65: specfic. Good idea, but the query was choppy and a bit awkward, so pass. #500queries
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Q64: YA F. Nothing wrong with it, but it just didn't strike my fancy. Pass. #500queries
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Q63: I love adventure stories, but am wary when the stories use natives as an exploration in exoticness. Give me real people! #500queries
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Q62: 45K is not long enough for YA. Pass. #500queries
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Q61: One of those MG "we're gunna teach you something" books. Pass. #500queries
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Q60: I've decided that I REALLY dislike prophecies as plot setups. Feels very special snowflake to me. #500queries
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Q59: R that didn't quite have the contemporary realness I want--it was a little too FICTION for me, and not quite plausible. #500queries
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Q58: I'm a sucker for F with Mideast/African-based worlds #500queries
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Q57: Specfic—felt a little derivative of recent hits. Pass #500queries
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Q55: C F. Creature feature w/ Western monsters. I'm looking for lesser-known beasts, if any. #500queries
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Q54: Angels. No. #500queries