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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Q285: Gods and devils. Pass. #500queries
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Q284: Talking animals aren’t my thing. #500queries
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Q283: ugh. More dream stuff. Pass. #500queries
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Q282: totally thrown by the comps and the names thrown at me. Pass. #500queries
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Q281: I love retellings, but I have a good number in my list that a new one has to knock it out of the park. This one didn’t. #500queries
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Q280: Good-sounding SF, but not quite up my alley. Pass. #500queries
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Q279: I can deal with being “Ms Zat” but “Ms Yats” is right out. #500queries
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Q278: No MC present in this SF pitch. #500queries
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Q277: MG query. Way too long! Pass. #500queries
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Q276: thinly-veiled memoir. Pass. #500queries
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Q275: YA SF. One of those videogame alt reality ones. Pass. #500queries
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Q274: SF. Just kind of meh. #500queries
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Q273: too long, didn’t read. #500queries
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Q272: F without the MC in the pitch never gets a request. #500queries
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Q271: This MG is literally 5x shorter than it needs to be. #500queries
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Q270: I can’t sell zombies. Sorry! #500queries
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Q269: Query for this YA was a little too long, and kind of meh. Pass. #500queries
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Q268: YA. A little too vague of a pitch for my taste. #500queries
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Q267: Someone please give me witches that aren’t Salem witches. #500queries
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Q266: Some writers just throw the term “erotic” and just completely get it wrong #500queries