
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
Q368: mass query. Reject. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q366: I secretly love it when I get a mass query--it means I get to auto-reject and address them as "writer" #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q365: "i'm in the middle of a massive fight with the Federal Government" is not a way to win my love #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q370: I hate queries that tell me in broad terms what a book is about thematically, but not about the PLOT. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q364: Oh yay. I've always wanted a book where the female protag is just meant to incite conflict between the menfolk #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q363: 400 words, not one about the content of the book (except for the assurance it's not DUNE). #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q362: cool, diverse MG, but it didn't grab me. Pass #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q361: Erotica that gives me the squicks. No thanks. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q360: Chosen one. Meh. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q359: more YA issues disguised as people. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q358: Career development book. What? #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q357: Pet peeves: shared email addresses, histfic that doesn't say when it is set #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q356: I have never requested a book that is described by the author as being "unique" #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q355: Started with "girls today are unbelievably athletic" Really? Is it unbelievable and new? Ugh. Pass. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q354: MG SF. Sounded great, but just didn't excite me. Pass. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q353: Rom suspense. Didn't grab me. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q352: Mermaids. Meh. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q351: Mass query. Reject #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q350: MG. Got bored, stopped 1/4 of the way through #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q349: YA. Chosen one. Snore. #500queries #everyquery
