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!
- #mswl (213)
- #tenqueries (92)
- #100Queries (1)
- #100partials (20)
- #500queries (3011)
- #querytip (22)
- #pubtip (140)
- #askagent (149)
- #askprintrun (27)
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Q325: queries should not consist of excerpts. Queries should not consist of excerpts. #500queries
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Q324: I’m looking for an alien book, but this one didn’t feel fresh. Pass. #500queries
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Q323: The idea might be good, but the query is bad, which means I’ll never know… #500queries
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Q322: Not addressed, with no metadata. Pass. #500queries
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Q321: I’m kind of over bucket list books. #500queries
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Q320: Not addressed. Pass. #500queries
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Q319: Para without a super fresh hook. Pass. #500queries
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Q318: Romance with a bit too much suspense for me #500queries
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Q317: MG. Too cutesy for my taste. Pass. #500queries
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Q316: “novel” that’s not in writing? Weird. Pass. #500queries
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Q315: No address, no yes. #500queries
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Q314: Second SF in a row that wasn’t quite SF-y enough. #500queries
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Q313: SF that wasn’t quite speculative enough for me. Pass. #500queries
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Q312: @jenniegoloboy has poisoned me against elves. Sorry. #500queries
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Q311: Concept wasn’t terrible but the query was a bit of a mess. Pass. #500queries
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Q310: “Dear Agent” and BCC. PASS. #500queries
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Q309: YA C with a super multi-layered MC. REQUEST #500queries
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Q308: Not in standard query format. Pass. #500queries
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Q307: Charming-sounding MG. Might be too similar to one I have, but request! #500queries
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Q306: No metadata is an auto-no. Pass. #500queries