
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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Q71: Very intriguing SF, but a titch too apocalyptic for my taste. #500queries

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Q70: #pubtip: Novels CANNOT be non-fiction. They are, by definition, longform fiction. #500queries

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Q69: Totally normal WF is good for some agents, but isn't the right fit for me. #500queries

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Q68: OMG people from Asia are not "orientals" *blech* #500queries

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Q67: Vamp book, no query letter, only synopsis. Pass. #500queries

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Q66: NF about pro football. Um, no. Extra no with a cherry on top #500queries

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Q65: Diverse by didactic MG. Pass. #500queries

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Q64: Memoir. No in at the Sofa does these. #500queries

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Q62: I love UF a lot, but it needs to be really, really innovative to grab me. #500queries

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Q60: SF that is masquerading as a treatise for pro-lifers is def not my jam #500queries

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Q59: YA F with a Tolkienesque world. Not my jam. #500queries

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Q58: If I wasn't constrained by the market, I would totally want this histfic with vamps. Alas, I must reject. #500queries

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Q57: YA thriller. Sounds good, but not nearly quirky enough for my list. #500queries

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Q56: "A true story tweaked only for dramatic purposes" isn't a novel. I only rep novels. #500queries

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Q54: NA empaths. Tired of these, too #500queries

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Q53: query that literally made no sense, written in that overdeveloped style people use when they don't understand the words #500queries

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Q52: my name is spelled wrong and there's nothing about the book in the query, just promotion plans. Crawl before walking #500queries

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Q51: A vague log line about "witty banter and hard lessons" does not make me want to keep reading #500queries

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Q50: 140k anything isn't getting a req from me, especially 140k MG #500queries

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Q49: Just as I want GLBT fic that's not about being GLBT, I want books with depression that aren't all about depression #500queries
