
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
Q410: SF that’s a bit too goofy for me. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q409: no metadata. Too long. Definite pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q408: NA. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q407: Query is way too long, didn’t finish. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q406: It is so, so obvious when a writer does not read other books in their genre. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q405: Not enough attraction in this romance query. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q404: mass query, already pubbed. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q403: non-fic. Do not rep. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q401: 0% about the book. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q400: Ugh demons. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q399: romance. It’s not super well-written. Meh. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q398: query for a movie. No. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q397: Says it’s YA. Is not YA. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q395: SF. Query too long and boring. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q394: YA F that’s a bit too goofy for my taste. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q393: WF. Do not rep. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q392: Too much explanation of why the book’s hook is what it is, and not enough plot #500queries

Literary Agent
Q391: YA. Good story, but one not for me. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q390: YA. Plot is good, but the characters don’t stick. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q389: I think the idea is spectacular, but the query isn’t all that exciting, so pass. #500queries
