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)
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Q330: I don’t want to see excerpts in a query. Ever. Pass. #500queries
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Q329: I liked the story, but this F query was super repetitive, which makes me worry about what reading this book is going to look like. Pass. #500queries
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Q328: Only one paragraph and ALSO not addressed to me. Pass. #500queries
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Q327: Not addressed to me. Pass. #500queries
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Q326: This F was a little too close in pitch to an already-pubbed series. Pass. #500queries
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Q325: genfic. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries
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Q324: F. Too short, and the query didn’t grab me. Pass. #500queries
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Q323: Litfic. Do not rep! Pass. #500queries
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Q322: lit fic. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries
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Q321: huge chunk of text; not addressed to me; pass #500queries
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Q320: At first, I was confused. Then, I got bored. Pass. #500queries
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Q319: Angel/demon stuff has never really been my thing. Pass. #500queries
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Q317: So here’s a me-thing: I don’t really like VR stuff all that much. Pass. #500queries
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Q314: Excerpts do not count as a query! Pass. #500queries
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Q313: This YA felt very dated. Pass. #500queries
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Q311: YA C. Don’t love the idea and my dislike for the comps backed me up. Not for me! Pass. #500queries
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Q310: Query letter was attached. Did not read. Pass. #500queries
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Q309: I just couldn’t wrap my head around this para rom concept. Maybe it was mispitched to me? Unsure. Pass. #500queries
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Q308: F. Thoroughly meh. Pass. #500queries
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Q306: Not addressed to me. Pass. #500queries