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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- #askagent (149)
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Q399: A quote, then a small bio, and then the prologue of your book does not equal a query. Pass. #500queries
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Q398: This YA F was a little too on the soapy side with drama for drama’s sake only. Pass. #500queries
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Q396: This YA C is so in my wheelhouse, I actually repped and sold a version of this book a few years ago! Pass. #500queries
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Q395: I just sort of checked out halfway through here. Pass. #500queries
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Q394: I don’t rep straight-up historicals. Pass. #500queries
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Q392: I couldn’t wrap my head around this YA, conceptually. Pass. #500queries
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Q390: Way too many proper nouns in this SF. Pass. #500queries
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Q389: I can’t stress enough that I really, really need to get to know your MC in a query. Pass. #500queries
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Q388: This email is not a query. Pass. #500queries
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Q387: Only query me with one book at a time, and don’t requery! Pass. #500queries
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Q386: YA whose subject matter doesn’t interest me. Pass. #500queries
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Q383: This romance edges a little too thriller for me. Pass. #500queries
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Q382: This thriller isn’t SF enough for me to rep it. Pass. #500queries
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Q381: I can’t rep an already-pubbed book. Pass. #500queries
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Q379: Not addressed to me. Pass. #500queries
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Q377: I like the idea of this contemporary fantasy, but really disliked the tone of the query, so pass. #500queries
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Q376: perfectly fine query, if a little long, but this SF didn’t grab me. Pass. #500queries
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Q375: I liked the pitch of this YA F, but was missing the world. Pass. #500queries
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Q374: This is litfic with a speculative bent, not SFF. It’s also meh. Pass. #500queries
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Q373: This might sound harsh, but I don’t want your novels you wrote for you own therapy. I want novels you wrote for other people. Pass. #500queries