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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- #tenqueries (92)
- #100Queries (1)
- #100partials (20)
- #500queries (3011)
- #querytip (22)
- #pubtip (140)
- #askagent (149)
- #askprintrun (27)
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Q186: YA--could be good, but it’s too vague. Pass. #500queries
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Q185: Sorry, but i can’t rep books not in English #500queries
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Q184: “Dear Sir/Madam” gets a DNR #500queries
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Q183: A less-interesting 13 REASONS WHY. Pass. #500queries
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Q182: Query was 4x too long. Stopped reading. #500queries
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Q181: requery that no longer appeals to me. Pass. #500queries
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Q180: Talking animals are not my thing. Pass. #500queries
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Q179: more superpowers. Nope. #500queries
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Q178: telling me your book is intriguing and unique does not make me want to read #500queries
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Q177: YA. Not bad, but didn’t connect. Pass. #500queries
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Q176: R, with no character attributes mentioned, and little plot. Pass. #500queries
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Q175: “Here’s how my book is structured” is not a query. Pass. #500queries
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Q174: Kind of into the idea, but the audience is all wrong. Pass. #500queries
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Q173: F with a kind of Jessica Jones vibe. Request! #500queries
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Q172: C YA. No twist. Pass. #500queries
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Q171: YA. Too much plot, not enough pitch. Pass. #500queries
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Q170: Just plain bad SF. Pass. #500queries
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Q169: I love me some romantic suspense, but only if I can sense the tension in the Q #500queries
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Q168: spiritual genre fiction is not my thing. Sorry. #500queries