
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)

Literary Agent
Q226: SF YA. Awesome concept, 50k too long. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q225: Also officially sick of "teen moves from the city to the country and life is hard." #500queries

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Q224: Officially burnt out on superhero YA. #500queries

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#223: Query titled "Please respond ASAP." This one's not even getting a read. #500queries

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Q222: "The tagline flows thusly…" *headdesk* #500queries

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Q221: Different query for the same book, send the same day. What, did you think I wouldn't notice? #500queries

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Q220: Strike 1: Called Ms. Reed. Strike 2: Starts with hypothetical question. Strike 3: Boring love book. #500queries

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Q219: MG that's way too serious for me. Pass. #500queries

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Q218: SF with a query that reads like high fantasy. Confused. #500queries

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Q217: Meh apocalyptic SF. Not hooky enough. #500queries

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Q216: "Many agents have rejected our book but we will not give up." That happens to every author. You just wasted a log line. #500queries

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Q215: Zombies. Can't sell those right now #500queries

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Q214: book that's already self-pubbed. Pass. #500queries

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Q213: Epistolary is one thing. An entire novel in text is quite another. I love world building too much for that! #500queries

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Q211: 51k political SF. Too short, not my bag. #500queries

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Q209: Romantic suspense. Interesting premise, but it's not my sweet spot. Pass. #500queries

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Q207: ah. The elusive "quesry." It is nice to see you. #500queries

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Q206: I love that SF/F subs are saying they pass the Bechdel test. I don't love 1/6 of the query explaining WHY it passes. #500queries

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Q205: C R. Too many cliché puns. We get it. The book is about cars. #500queries

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Q204: Elf love triangle. No thanks. #500queries
