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!
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Q372: I like a romance in my YA, but I need there to be more to the plot than that. Pass. #500queries
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Q370: I was on the fence with this one, came back to it, and was still on the fence, so It’s a pass from me. #500queries
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Q369: YA needs to have a POV of a teen. Not an entire family that has some teens in it. Pass. #500queries
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Q368: thriller. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries
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Q367: this had potential; I just wish I had learned more about the actual plot. Pass. #500queries
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Q366: this hist wasn’t speculative enough for me. Pass. #500queries
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Q365: Another erotic memoir! Pass. #500queries
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Q364: another devil/angel book. Pass. #500queries
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Q363: I’m not into this particular combination of fantasy and realism. Pass. #500queries
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Q362: YA dystopian without a fresh spin. Pass. #500queries
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Q361: YA C. Not at all my type of book. Pass. #500queries
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Q360: I am not the right person for books that are only about SV. Pass. #500queries
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Q359: I didn’t like or feel connected to the MC in this YA. Pass. #500queries
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Q358: I’ve never been, and likely will never be, a “romance through the ages” person. Pass. #500queries
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Q357: I might have really loved this YA, but I didn’t learn enough about it in the query. Pass. #500queries
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Q356: A book with romance does not make it a romance. Pass. #500queries
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Q355: This is WF with speculative elements, not spec-fic, which means it’s out of my categories. Pass. #500queries
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Q354: This C Rom was a little Lifetime for me. The characters didn’t feel real enough. Pass #500queries
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Q353: I lost track of the MC in this SF plot halfway through. Pass. #500queries
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Q352: Not enough worldbuilding in this F. Pass. #500queries