
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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Q114: A good title will take you a long way, but never all the way--it should be backed up with awesome content! #500queries

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Q113: "the MC's protagonist is constantly derailed by issues that challenge his personal resolve" OMG so vague it hurts #500queries

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Q112: The anthropologist in me gave a HUGE eyeroll when this query said people descended from apes. #500queries

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Q111: a 200k word MS will never work with me. Sorry. #500queries

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Q110: Memoir. Seriously, I don't think anyone has ever gotten an agent from ignoring representative categories. #500queries

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Q109:baseball NF. Nope #500queries

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Q108: Pitching a series will always be a bad idea. I need to like the first book before I care about Book 2 on. #500queries

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Q107: I can't help you start a magazine. Sorry. #500queries

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Q106: there are no words for how much I hate queries that begin with a question #500queries

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Q105: I know it's nitpicky, but if you send a synopsis instead of a summary in a query, I will pass. Rules are rules #500queries

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Q104: does it make me a bad girl to not be all that into horses? I much prefer goats. #500queries

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Q103: Lit fic isn't my jam (unless it belongs to @patricknathan) #500queries

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Q101: Sorry guys, but I hate treasure hunts. #500queries

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Q100: Addressing your letter "ma'am" is just a sly way of sending out bulk queries. I see through that. #500queries

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Q99: YA with a little too much stuff going on. When you keep throwing plot points in, i get really confused #500queries

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Q98: Just as I'm not interested in books where the heroine's main motivation is getting a guy, healing a guy also won't fly. #500queries

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Q97: Super well-written query, but werewolves. *shrugs* #500queries

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Q96: I've learned that I only like the dark, sexy, scary fairies. Not the Disney kind. #500queries

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Q95: Super kooky (in a bad way) superhero book. Pass #500queries

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Q94: self-pubbed 15k book about vampires. That's three strikes. #500queries
