Laura Zats

Q4: It's totally a pet peeve of mine, but I auto-reject any query that begins w/ hypothetical questions. They're lazy loglines. #500queries

Q1: pubbed author, but wrote serious WF, which is not my bag. Pass. #500queries

Q499: gen fic. Not in my categories #500queries

Q498: A completely incoherent cover letter and a sample chapter. Nope. #500queries

Q497: I don't know what category this book is in, but it's not in mine. #500queries

Q496: Fairly unremarkable romance. I need to see tension and quirk! #500queries

Q495: Dystopian thriller. No thanks! #500queries

Q493: "Hey, here's a synopsis of my book" is a terrible query letter. #500queries

Q492: Pasting your entire book in an email does not a query letter make. #500queries

Q491: NA Para. Good idea, but I was feeling ZERO tension from the query letter. Pass. #500queries

Q490: Business parable. #lolwhut? #500queries

Q489: YA. War. Demons. Etc. I'm seeing lots of fantasy clichés and these just don't excite me. #500queries

Q488: MG time travel with historic characters. Time travel is a very, very hard sell for me. This didn't make the cut. #500queries

Q487: YA. Chosen one. Elementals. Meh. #500queries

Q486: MG ninjas vs pirates. Seems sellable, but I'm just not excited by it. #500queries

Q485: C NA. Interesting story, query was not well-written. Pass. #500queries

Q483: Robinhood retelling. For how many of those I've read & loved, I'm surprised I no longer lust for tales of the Merry Men #500queries

Q482: WF. Just not grabbing me. #500queries

Q481: Romantic suspense. just not grabbing me. #500queries

Q480: Steampunk is a hard sell for me, as few people in my mind can be as brilliant as @gailcarriger. Give me a NEW steampunk #500queries