Laura Zats

Q73: This SF left me with more questions, but didn’t pique my interest. Pass. #500queries

Q72: I desperately want an alien book. This is not the one I mean. Pass. #500queries

Q71:Just as I can’t rep books already published, I can’t rep an unpublished sequel in a series that’s already partially been pubbed. Pass. #500queries

Q70: I liked the characters in this YA SF, but the world just didn’t make any sense. Pass. #500queries

Q69: I have a good number of retellings in my list, and so one has to be really, really strong to get a request. This one didn’t get there. Pass. #500queries

Q68: Didactic narratives are not at all for me. Pass. #500queries

Q67: F, but the tone of the query felt off and oddly juvenile. Pass. #500queries

Q65: Talking animals + comps of books I don’t like. Clearly not for me! Pass. #500queries

Q64: Portal fantasies are a hard sell for me. This one didn’t do it. Pass. #500queries

Q63: Please don’t lecture agents on the purpose of a particular genre. Just tell us about the story. Pass. #500queries

Q62: ONLY QUERY ONE BOOK AT A TIME! Pass. #500queries

Q61: SFF authors work really hard to build worlds, but please don’t try to squish it all into a query. It confuses me and means I won’t read the book. Pass. #500queries

Q60: Just the vaguest MC in the vaguest world. I got bored two paragraphs in. Pass. #500queries

Q59: Geek girls! Yes! But the story is entirely about them going after one another rather taking over the spaces that don’t make them feel welcome. Boo. Pass. #500queries

Q58: This C YA is totally up my alley. So much so that I already rep something almost exactly like it! Pass. #500queries

Q57: Inspiration porn masquerading as YA. Pass. #500queries

Q55: I have 0 patience for stories completely centered around female competition. I’d love to see supportive women being friends with one another! Pass. #500queries

Q54: You might think you’ll never get your query right, but queries like this don’t even resemble a standard query. I promise, you’re ahead of the pack. Pass. #500queries

Q53: Suspense. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Q52: There’s a huge difference between WF and romance. If you’re writing either, learn it! Pass. #500queries