
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)

Literary Agent
Q277: MG. Treasure hunt. I always find these disappointing. Pass #500queries #everyquery

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Q276: Screenplay. What? #500queries

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Q275: I can't do anything with a book that doesn't give genre, category, and wordcount. #pubtip #500queries

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Q274: YA SF. Sounds lovely, but too dystopian for the current market. Pass. #500queries

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Q273: When I talked about passing, I meant racially, not "on from the grave." A for effort, but didn't catch my fancy #500queries

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Q272: 260k romance. No. #500queries

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Q271: More YA with issues disguised as people. Pass #500queries

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Q268: Thriller. Again. Please tell me who sees my rep categories and thinks, "I know! I'll send her a thriller!" #500queries

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Q267: Memoir. No personalization. Attachments. Triple rejection. #500queries

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Q266: YA empaths. A better take on it than I've seen before, but I'm burnt out #500queries

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Q265: C Rom. Sounds good, but not enough of a hook for me. #500queries

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Q264: More 50 SHADES dreck. For BDSM, I need a books that depict it like it actually is. #500queries

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Q263: Straight up fantasy, but billed as SF. Know your genre, people. It makes you look like you know what you're doing. #500queries

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Q262: Anyone who can't figure out our sub guidelines gets an auto-pass. It really does say it right there. #500queries

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Q261: If your logline is "[Name] is a typical teenager" I'm already out. #500queries

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Q260: "Let's proposal a great nonfiction book to teenagers!" How about no. #500queries

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Q258: Angels AND demons. Still no. #500queries

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Q257: More YA about kids getting superpowers #500queries

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Q256: Angels. BLERGH. #500queries

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Q254: Super intriguing litfic. Unfortunately, I am not open to litfic queries #500queries
