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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Q345: WF. Do not rep. #500queries
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Q344: ⅓ as short as it needs to be. Pass. #500queries
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Q343: MG. A little too bitchy for me, I think. Pass. #500queries
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Q342: YA F. Not quite hook-y enough to grab me! #500queries
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Q341: Romance query that didn’t tell me ANYTHING about the romance! Pass #500queries
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Q340: Already self-pubbed. Pass. #500queries
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Q339: Superhero. Pass. #500queries
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Q338: YA that’s kind of meh. Pass. #500queries
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Q337: Finished the query and knew very little about the book. Pass. #500queries
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Q336: Author equated to feminism with man-hating. PASSSSSS. #500queries
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Q335: Vamps. Cannot sell. Sorry guys! #500queries
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Q334: Meandering YA query. Just give me MC, what they want, how they get there. #500queries
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Q333: Not enough world building in this F query. Pass. #500queries
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Q332: Less-good version of a Neil Gaiman book. Pass. #500queries
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Q331: YA C. A bit to silly for me. Pass. #500queries
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Q330: I don’t rep “adventure” #500queries
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Q329: I don’t have a blanket no on celtic mythology in subs, but it has to be NEW. This wasn’t. #500queries
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Q328: WF. Do not rep. #500queries
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Q327: SF. Query and book were both too long. Pass. #500queries
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Q326: unmemorable para YA. These, especially, need a great hook! #500queries