
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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Q209: Super vague Chosen One YA. Pass. #500queries

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Q208: C Rom. I would love to see a heroine in one of these who doesn't have a perfect body and isn't consumed by losing weight #500queries

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Q207: Gigantic block of text in 8 pt font. Didn't even bother to read. #500queries

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Q206: Wizards, white dudes, and a Chosen One. Pass. #500queries

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Q205: erotica with a plot virtually identical to 50 SHADES. Y'all know how I feel about that book... #500queries

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Q203: Something for the nutter file, and I don't even have the energy/capability to explain or interpret the level of crazy #500queries

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Q202: NeVeR ThOuGhT I'd GeT a QuErY TyPeD LiKe ThIs #500queries

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Q201: PB and a query full of scare quotes. Pass. #500queries

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Q200: So many white dudes on quests #fantasy #500queries

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Q199: Another lesson I learned today: Talking animals in MG is not the way to my heart. #500queries

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Q198: YA. Angels and demons. *yawn* #500queries

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Q197: And if I had a nickel for every YA that's trying to be THE BREAKFAST CLUB... #500queries

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Q195: More Eason Ellis wannabees. Pass. #500queries

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193: "Please take a look at it. It’s very beautiful, and intimate, and simple, and really beautiful.
Ok. "
No. #500queries

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Q192: I think I'm officially over stories of kids in video games. #500queries

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Q191: Changing your name does not make your life story fiction #500queries

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Q190: "Every human emotion whether male or female will be elicited by this book." emotions have gender? #500queries

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Q187: Forwarded queries never get requests #500queries

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Q186: I've said it once, and I'll say it a thousand more, but erotica is a genre, not a word that means there's a sex scene. #500queries

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Q188: I'm detecting a theme—YA about reincarnations of religious figures. No thanks. #500queries
