
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
Q434: I hate queries written in the first person. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q433: I was chewing on this idea for a while, but it didn’t quite stick with me. Pass #500queries

Literary Agent
Q432: Not sure what genre it is, but I don’t think I rep it. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q431: SF. Close, but didn’t quite grab me enough to make me ask for more. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q429: “I know you don’t like this, but here it is anyway just in case.” Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q427: Not quite enough of a twist for this romance novel. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q426: A story I’m interested in, but not from the right POV. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q425: PB. Do not rep. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q424: retelling that’s not super fresh-feeling. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q422: 70% query talking about why they wrote the book. That # should be 0%. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q421: query 4x the length it should be. Didn’t finish! Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q420: Mass query. DNR #500queries

Literary Agent
Q419: MG. Too much summary. Not enough hook. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q418: YA para. Doesn’t feel super fresh. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q417: It’s never a good idea to waste space explaining why your MC is boring. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q416: One word: grosssssssss #500queries

Literary Agent
Q415: YA, without enough info about the MC so it was hard to get hooked. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q414: too male-gaze-y. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q412: Book doesn’t know what genre it is. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q411: YA that felt too much like it was written by an adult. Pass. #500queries
