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)
- #askprintrun (27)
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Q147: Sorry, but I can’t get behind a sexually violent MC. Pass. #500queries
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Q146: WF, don’t rep. #500queries
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Q145: Erotica. I do not think it means what you think it means. #500queries
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Q144: Boring romance toeing the edge of WF. Pass. #500queries
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Q143: I do not abide by writer-bashing ever, but especially in queries. Pass. #500queries
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Q142: I never have and never will accept autobiographical erotica #500queries
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Q141: MG spacey adventure. Kind of meh. Pass. #500queries
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Q140: Romance. Too much synopsis sucked the charm right out of it. Pass. #500queries
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Q139: For the love of all that is holy, why, why must I get all these thrillers? #500queries
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Q138: boring and boringly written romance query. Pass. #500queries
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Q137: Vamps. Nope. #500queries
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Q136: Enemies-to-lovers romance. Such a sucker for these. Request! #500queries
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Q135: Way too much synopsis in this F made me lose the characters. #500queries
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Q134: “My book is x and y, but not really, I guess it’s z” is not a good pitch #500queries
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Q133: Superhero. Noooo. #500queries
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Q132: SF military. Way too long and no stakes #500queries
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Q131: MG F, pales in comparison to #130. Pass. #500queries
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Q130: MG told in a way I rarely seen. Request! #500queries
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Q129: YA. Stakes didn’t match tone, so it seemed a bit off. Pass. #500queries
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Q128: YA. Completely unmemorable. Pass. #500queries