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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Q445: Badly constructed synopsis masquerading as a query. Pass. #500queries
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Q444: Religious books aren’t my thing. Pass. #500queries
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Q443: Fantasy without enough info about MC or world. Pass. #500queries
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Q442: 100% about why the book was written. I would like plot please. #500queries
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Q441: Query way too long and not up my alley. Passss. #500queries
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Q440: skeptical about the execution, but the idea was too interesting to not look. #500queries
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Q439: mythology, but one that’s overused. Pass. #500queries
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Q438: one big, unskimmable paragraph. Pass. #500queries
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Q437: too short, no genre. Pass. #500queries
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Q436: very traditional UF. Needs a hook for me to be able to sell now. #500queries
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Q435: YA. Very muddled plot-wise. Pass. #500queries
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Q434: I hate queries written in the first person. #500queries
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Q433: I was chewing on this idea for a while, but it didn’t quite stick with me. Pass #500queries
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Q432: Not sure what genre it is, but I don’t think I rep it. #500queries
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Q431: SF. Close, but didn’t quite grab me enough to make me ask for more. #500queries
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Q430: “My book is unique and no one has ever written anything like this” is a lie. #500queries
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Q429: “I know you don’t like this, but here it is anyway just in case.” Pass. #500queries
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Q428: YA with para elements. Could go spectacularly wrong, but I’m intrigued. Request! #500queries
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Q427: Not quite enough of a twist for this romance novel. Pass. #500queries
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Q426: A story I’m interested in, but not from the right POV. Pass. #500queries