Laura Zats

Q476: Please, PLEASE just tell me about the book. Not why you wrote it, or what it was like writing it. Pass. #500queries

Q475: YA F. No worldbuilding and it’s way too long. Pass. #500queries

Q474: WF. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Q473: Retelling in this C YA was a little too on the nose. Pass. #500queries

Q472: TFiOS is not a good comp for my list. Pass. #500queries

Q470: Short story. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Q471: F. No wordcount, but the query is WAY too long. Pass. #500queries

Q469: F. WAY too similar to one book I already rep. Pass. #500queries

Q468: F. No worldbuilding at all meant that I felt very, very lost during the summary. Pass. #500queries

Q467: This YA F was almost there, but in the summary I didn’t see it engage with the tropes it claimed to in the pitch. Pass. #500queries

Q466: Vague SpecFic. Way too short and too vague all around. Pass. #500queries

Q465: Apparently vampires are back, but this one didn’t have enough of a twist. Pass. #500queries

Q464: forwarded query, and it’s not in query format (and is 1K long). Pass. #500queries

Q463: F that doesn’t pass the Bechdel test. Pass. #500queries

Q462: I’m not sure if this is TERF-y, but it feels TERF-y. Either way, it’s WF, which I don’t rep. Pass. #500queries

Q461: This one is hard. The idea is very cool, but the pitch is totally off. ALWAYS answer who your MC is, what they want, and what’s standing in their way/how they’re going to get it. Pass. #500queries

Q460: Honestly, I didn’t even read this one. It wasn’t in query format. Pass. #500queries

Q459: C F, I made it through the whole query and have no idea what the tone or the plot of the book is. Pass. #500queries

Q458: As a rule, never, EVER pitch your book as “unique.” Especially if that’s pretty much all you have to say about it. Pass. #500queries

Q457: As I read this query, I just kept wanting it to be Red Rising, but it wasn’t as good. Pass. #500queries