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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Q154: C YA. MUCH too obvious that an adult was behind it. Pass. #500queries
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Q153: UF, non-western creatures, but didn't wow me. Pass. #500queries
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Q152: Been getting TONS of MG time travel, and I'm a bit fatigued. Pass. #500queries
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Q151: I'm a sucker for Sf with older MCs. Req! #500queries
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Q150: Erotica. I do not think it means what this author thinks it means. #500queries
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Q149: It never ceases to amaze me the number of writers that think that selling their MC is boring will get them a req. Pass. #500queries
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Q148: Mermaids AND tinkerbells. Pass. #500queries
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Q147: I like dark, creepy fairies, not sweet Tinkerbell types. Pass. #500queries
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Q146: Said book was romance, but the query read too much like WF. Pass. #500queries
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Q145: YA SF, but Shakespeare-y. What does that mean? Not sure, but I'm totally in. #500queries
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Q144: YA SF. Might be a very interesting story about class and prejudices. Req! #500queries
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Q143: YA SF. Good concept, but not enough soul came through. Pass. #500queries
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Q142: Book already self-pubbed. Pass. #500queries
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Q141: R. Enemies to lovers? Check. Heroine in male dominated sphere? Check. No weird power dynamic? Check! Request! #500queries
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Q140: In case you have only ever read 50 Shades, let me explain: BDSM does NOT equal dark, scary, damaged, or unsafe—PASS #500queries
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Q139: synopsis rather than query. Pass. #500queries
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Q138: I can't, in good conscience, request a book when the query uses three tabs in a row to denote a new paragraph. #500queries
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Q137: YA at 120K is an auto-no. Too long! #500queries
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Q136: ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET def changed my life, but a retelling doesn't fit my list. #500queries
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Q135: I'm super over books where a teenager is the ONLY one who realizes how bad her gov is, then subsequently smashes it #500queries