
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!
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- #100Queries (1)
- #100partials (20)
- #500queries (3011)
- #querytip (22)
- #pubtip (140)
- #askagent (149)
- #askprintrun (27)

Literary Agent
Q28: Odd, male gaze-y SF. Nope. #500queries

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Q27: F. Drops too name terms, which speaks to clumsy worldbuilding. Pass. #500queries

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Q26: Romance. Good idea, but the query was clumsily written, which turned me off. Pass. #500queries

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Q25: If I never see another Peter Pan or King Arthur retelling, it would be too soon. #500queries

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Q24: C YA. I was into the idea UNTIL the query dropped a super racist line. Pass. #500queries

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Q23: Super un-memorable bizarro fiction. Pass #500queries

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Q22: Not quite genre enough for what it wants to be, and comes across as muddled. Pass. #500queries

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Q21: MG F—cute, but too close to something already on my list. #500queries

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Q19: less well-pitched version of a favorite SF book from 2015. Pass. #500queries

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Q18: too short YA where the Big Problem is divorce. Pass. #500queries

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Q16: Mass email. Did not read. #500queries

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Q15: query in attachment. Did not read. #500queries

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Q12: SF, a little short, lots of repetition in the query. Pass. #500queries

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Q11: WF. Don’t rep. Pass. #500queries

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Q10: 58K for SF is NOT ENOUGH. Pass. #500queries

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Q9: I will never understand why I get so many political thrillers. Pass. #500queries

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Q8: YA F. Really good credits for the author, but the idea is meh to me. Pass. #500queries

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Q7: C YA. Call me crazy, but I’m not sure we need another CATCHER IN THE RYE. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q6: memoir sub that begins with “I HAVE HAD THREE BOOK DEALS FALL APART.” Pass #500queries

Literary Agent
Q5: Something I just learned about myself: I am not the person to go to for horse books #500queries
