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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- #pubtip (140)
- #askagent (149)
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Q313: YA that seemed EXTREMELY MG. Know your categories, folks! #500queries
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Q312:I was super excited about a book set in Mongolia. But then it was abt Greek mythology. Pass. #500queries
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Q311: I don’t want to rep a book where the ebook rights have already been exploited. #500queries
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Q310: Super bizarre SF is not my bag, baby. #500queries
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Q309: I don’t req queries on principal if the author went crazy with the return key. My eyes. #500queries
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Q308: I think this wanted to be a romance, but the author doesn’t quite understand the genre #500queries
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Q307: YA with all the things going on. Baffled does not = req #500queries
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Q306: YA thriller that’s too short and without enough of a twist. Pass. #500queries
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Q305: #pubtip: erotica is allowed to have a story and to be more than vignettes #500queries
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Q304: I don’t often jump right to a full req, but this MG hit all my buttons and I wants it. #500queries
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Q303: Zombies. Too hard to sell right now. #500queries
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Q302: I love that this author wrote a lower YA, but they didn’t tell me anything about the book other than its audience. #500queries
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Q301: I love me some UF, but it needs tor really stand out. This one didn’t. #500queries
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Q300: MG fantasy with no charm #500queries
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Q299: PB. Don’t rep. #500queries
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Q298: author is apologizing about querying as his query. What? #500queries
Angels. Pass. #500queries
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Q297: SF dystopian YA. Pass. #500queries
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Q296: Sometimes I have to turn down queries simply because every line has the same cadence #500queries
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Q295: Not a huge fan of gross-out humor in MG. Pass! #500queries
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Q294: Genfic. Don’t rep. Pass. #500queries