
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
Q391: I'm kind of over MG fantasy about saving your parents' marriage. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q389: Promising that your large(ish) family can help sell your book does not make me confident in your platform-building skills #500queries

Literary Agent
Q388: "fiction novel" + hypothetical Qs as loglines. *headdesk* #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q387: genfic. Out of my categories and impossible vague. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q386: Mental illness-based YA, but a little too romance-y for me. Pass. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q385: YA too close to STAYING FAT FOR SARAH BYRNES. Pass. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q384: Query in comic sans. I can't support that. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q383: Dragons. Not as good as Anne's. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q381: angels. Must be a day I'm answering queries! #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q380: YA with ghosts. Didn't leave me wanting more. Pass. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q379: Pitched as YA, but is firmly in the A camp. I get nervous when category is that far off. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q378: Super interesting pitch, but I didn't get anything about the plot. Pass. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q377: YA F. Didn't grab me. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q376: Frankly, I'm sick of Greek Gods. Send me something new! #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q375: Oh, yay. A black chara that pulls an innocent white girl into a life of drugs and crime #sarcasm #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q374: uninspired YA F. Nope. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q373: Too much plot, not enough of an impression of what reading the book is going to be like. Pass. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q371: Suspense. I really don't rep this. Promise. #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q369: A query is not an excerpt. REPEAT: A QUERY IS NOT AN EXCERPT #500queries #everyquery

Literary Agent
Q367: A press release? Really? #500queries #everyquery
