Laura Zats

Q340: A little too issue-y for me. C YA. Pass. #500queries

Q338: Mass query, did not read. Pass. #500queries

Q337: This YA is way too long and is a Chosen One story. Pass. #500queries

Q336: I appreciate a query that tells me a few elements from the book. I don’t like it when that’s all there is. Pass. #500queries

Q335: Greek gods. Pass. #500queries

Q334: UF. Hard sell, and this one being 50K too short means it’s a pass. #500queries

Q333: I like a good YA thriller. This one, however, didn’t grab me. Pass. #500queries

Q331: Personal novels are good. Trying to sell me a memoir as fiction is not good. Pass. #500queries

Q330: I got word vomit instead of a pitch. Pass. #500queries

Q329: I have a hard time with stories of assault--very often they go bad. This one is a pass for me. #500queries

Q328: Lots of plot in the SF, no context at all. Pass. #500queries

Q325: I can’t rep books already pubbed. Pass. #500queries

Q324: If you claim your book will appeal to everyone, what that really means is that it’ll appeal to no one. Pass. #500queries

Q323: WF pitched as romance. Pass. #500queries

Q322: Read the entire query. Didn’t tell me anything about the book. Pass #500queries

Q321: If you’re pitching your YA with the phrase ‘addresses this current issue” it’s a pass. #500queries

Q320: Yeah, I don’t need any cheeky-but-actually-anti-feminist romance. Pass. #500queries

Q319: Big Pharma thrillers aren’t my thing, Even in SF. Pass. #500queries

Q318: Yeah, if you tell me anything other than erotica has “erotic elements” in it, you get a pass from me. #500queries

Q317: Super vague “male scientist saves the world from corporations”. Pass. #500queries