Laura Zats

Q133:I worry YA set in the 60-80s are a result of the author only able to write abt their childhood. Gotta go hard to get a req #500queries

Q131: "My goal is to educate young people about XYZ." NO! Teens can sniff out you're trying to teach. Tell a good story! #500queries

Q130: I am so over those YA books that are just ALL about tough situation and suffering. I want the good to temper the bad. #500queries

Q129: MG with a lesson. Blech. #500queries

Q128: SF. At 150K, it was too long, plus the query lacked any sort of details to highlight the hook that would get me into it #500queries

Q127: Romance about demons. If I had a dollar... Pass. #500queries

Q126: No query, but attached first chapters. NO. #500queries

Q124: YA that just stank of adult. You NEVER want to be talking down to your audience in kidlit. #500queries

Q123: MG. Query has tons of typos. Pass. #500queries

Q122: Thriller masquerading as Romance. Pass. #500queries

Q121: A query letter that is about the query letter and writing rather than the book. Pass. #500queries

Q120: women's fic. Not on my rep list. Pass. #500queries

Q119: Litfic. Is not in rep categories. Pass. #500queries

Q118: Who do I have to pay to stop having authors send me adult thrillers and mysteries? #500queries

Q117: clueless query about a transperson that is actually quite transphobic. Pass. #500queries

Q115: Super fun LGBT book about superheroes, but I already have one on my list and am tapped out. #500queries

Q114: first 300 words of query about the author writing the book, not the book itself. Pass. #500queries

Q113: Note: a romance is NOT any book with a romance in it. It has specific parameters. #500queries

Q111: Mermaids. Pass! #500queries

Q110: 14K book author isn't done writing. No. #500queries