
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)

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Q301: Requery of exact same query. Nope. #500queries

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Q299: Vamps. Pass. #500queries

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Q297: Oh joy. YA with a lesson. Pass. #500queries

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Q296: Love the comps but there’s not enough of an edge to make it feel fresh. Pass. #500queries

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Q295: SF YA with no world. Pass. #500queries

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Q294: Pretty sure this was an episode of Doctor Who … Pass. #500queries

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Q292: Angels. No. #500queries

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Q291: WF--don’t rep. Pass. #500queries

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Q290: YA F. Kind of “meh” #500queries

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Q289: No metadata, and no story to be found. Pass. #500queries

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Q286: I love the idea but the query is 2X too long and there’s no metadata. Pass. #500queries

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Q285: Gods and devils. Pass. #500queries

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Q284: Talking animals aren’t my thing. #500queries

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Q283: ugh. More dream stuff. Pass. #500queries

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Q282: totally thrown by the comps and the names thrown at me. Pass. #500queries

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Q281: I love retellings, but I have a good number in my list that a new one has to knock it out of the park. This one didn’t. #500queries

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Q280: Good-sounding SF, but not quite up my alley. Pass. #500queries

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Q279: I can deal with being “Ms Zat” but “Ms Yats” is right out. #500queries

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Q278: No MC present in this SF pitch. #500queries

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Q277: MG query. Way too long! Pass. #500queries
