Laura Zats

Q24: C YA. Too much like something I already rep. Pass. #500queries

Q23: C YA. A bit too short, and the query was a synopsis instead of a pitch. Pass. #500queries

Q22: F. The query consisted of All The Big Plot Points and almost nothing about who the MC is. The biggest battle in the world isn’t exciting if I don’t have someone’s eyes to see through and give it context. Pass. #500queries

Q21: SF. There’s nothing wrong with this one, I just wasn’t interested. Pass. #500queries

Q20: I loved the idea of the SF, but I found the writing in the query difficult to parse, which makes me worried about what the book would read like. Pass. #500queries

Q19: Superheroes are a really hard sell for me these days. Pass. #500queries

Q17: There’s not quite enough story in this YA query, so I can’t be sure if I’d be interested. Pass. #500queries

Q16: I’m also very uninterested in any sort of victim-blaming. Pass. #500queries

Q15: YA F. Probably pretty fine, but I lost interest halfway through the concept. I think because I didn’t get enough context to care about the politics. #500queries

Q13: By all rights, I should have loved this C YA, but the query was missing some life. I wasn’t connected enough to the stakes. Pass. #500queries

Q11: Chapter book. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Q10: I think this romance author is actually writing WF. Pass. #500queries

Q9: The thing about romance is that it requires the work to be trope-based. This book is not. Pass. #500queries

Q8: YA of indeterminate genre. Honestly, I always turn down books where too many superlatives about the writing and/or character are used. Pass. #500queries

Q7: Romance. Didn’t really have anything of the hero in this pitch, though, so it didn’t come across as very swoon-y. Pass. #500queries

Q6: SF. Nothing was terrible about this query, but nothing grabbed me. I think because the specific quirks of the book were just listed at the end, not integrated with the story. Pass. #500queries

Q5: SF. Twice as long as it should be, and the query was made up entirely of proper nouns I couldn’t follow. Pass. #500queries

Q4: Women’s fiction. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Q2: YA F. Query was a synopsis, and it didn’t have any specifics. Just a ton of tropes strung together. Pass. #500queries

Q499: I like stories that deal with mental health. I do not like stories that are ONLY about mental health. Pass. #500queries