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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Q203: If your comp is THE DRESDEN FILES, I have HIGH expectations. Query wasn't nearly funny enough for that! #500queries
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Q202: Pit bull fighting rings. NOOOOOOPE. #ilovemypittie #500queries
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Q201: F. Well-written query, but too thriller-y for my taste. #500queries
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Q199: I do not like it when men are described as "crippled by lust." It takes away the agency of both partners. #500queries
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Q198: Sans serif gigantic block of text. MY EYES! tl;dr PASS. Be kind, help us avoid eye strain. We all wear glasses already. #500queries
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Q197: "Here's something a little different. Instead of trying to explain, I'll just show you." NO! NO! ABORT! ABORRRRTTTTT! #500queries
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Q196: A 10k Christmas classic addressed to "Agent"? SIGN ME UP. Dude. Even Santa knows my name. #500queries
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Q195: A parenting guide. I do all fiction. This does not follow. #500queries.
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Q194: Vampires AND demons. In YA. Nope. Nope nope nope. #500queries
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Q193: A mystery/thriller. I rep neither. #500queries
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Q192: I'm still convinced that the only person who can do succubi right is Louisa Burton. #500queries
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Q191: More YA about dreams and the people who control them. Not a twist in sight. #500queries
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Q190: It's finally happened. I'm getting queries that aren't good fits just so authors can see me tweet about them on #500queries.
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Q189: MG where adults are the bad guys. Adult = villain isn't exciting enough for me. Give me something more complicated! #500queries
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Q188: "I have allowed 6 people to read the MS." No. You're LUCKY they beta'd. If they didn't rip it apart, you need to have more #500queries
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Q187: Any character named anything close to Illyria will just make me sad that Fred died, and I get distracted and don't req. #500queries
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Q186: Unless you can deliver Tom Hiddleston to me, I'm not terribly interested in books with Loki and Thor at the moment. #500queries
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Q185: Litfic about how tough it is to be a privileged while male. There's a lot of that out there, and it's not for me. #500queries
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Q184: SF. Too many proper nouns. Got bored then confused. #500queries
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Q183: Erotica with characters with cool jobs. Unfortunately, I'm not drawn to the characters themselves. #500queries