
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
Q245: Romance that again does not follow genre conventions. Pass. #500queries

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Q244: Paranormal version of a C MG I LOVED. This version doesn’t sound quite as good #500queries

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Q243: If a story is primarily about a romance, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s Romance (genre) #500queries

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Q242: Straightforward YA love story. Pass. #500queries

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Q241: MG with an animal MC. I don’t like this. #500queries

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Q240: C Rom. I am really not into heroines who need a man to feel complete #500queries

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Q238: YA very much in line with something I already have. Pass. #500queries

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Q237: Just because a MS might have futuristic elements doesn’t mean it’s SF. #500queries

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Q236: Gen fic. Pass. #500queries

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Q235: Great concept, but is sold as YA and the MC is 23/24. Pass. #500queries

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Q234: YA aliens. Super picky about these and I just wasn’t loving this one. #500queries

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Q233: I’m not entirely convinced this query wasn’t 30% gibberish #500queries

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Q232: YA that sounds WAYYYY too much like a book already pubbed (and bestselling) #500queries

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Q231: A SF. Makes no sense. Pass. #500queries

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Q230: YA f. Too traditional for me #500queries

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Q229: It’s super great you won a Kirkus Indie award for this book, but it’s ALREADY PUBBED #500queries

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Q228: Werewolves. No. #500queries

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Q227: YA F. Solid Meh. Nothing else to add. #500queries

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Q226: I’m all for plot twists, but if I can guess the twist from the first two lines of the query, you’re doing it wrong #500queries

Literary Agent
Q225: Of COURSE I’m going to look at your MS you told me NOTHING ABOUT #500queries
