Laura Zats

Q152: If it’s 200,000+ words, I’m going to quit reading the query. Pass. #500queries

Q151: Sexual assault as the focus of a plot is really, REALLY difficult to sell me. I’m sure it’s a good, important book, but I just can’t do it. Pass. #500queries

Q150: Fantasy writers: please, please don’t settle for vague Tolkien descriptions of your story. Make it seem fresh and new! Pass. #500queries

Q148: I get a lot of literary classic retellings in space. This one didn’t grab me. Pass. #500queries

Q147: General fiction. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Q146: Ugh Greek mythology. Pass. #500queries

Q145: YA F. I didn’t like the world here. It didn’t seem like it made a ton of sense. Pass. #500queries

Q144: I love works in translation. I do not love works translated by google. Pass. #500queries

Q143: WF do not rep. Pass. #500queries

Q142: DO NOT RESUB A BOOK THAT AN AGENT HAS ALREADY PASSED ON. Pass. Again. #500queries

Q141: being feminist does not mean you have to excise all romance from your book *headdesk* pass. #500queries

Q140: SF. No context, too many terms. Pass. #500queries

Q139: Offering money to have your book published is not how querying an agent works. Pass. #500queries

Q138: Erotica is a genre. Not a book with lots of sex. Pass. #500queries

Q137: literally 20 comps named. None are by women. Pass. #500queries

Q136: UF is a really crowded market, and this one didn’t quite grab me enough for me to take a chance. Pass. #500queries

Q135: F. WAY too many terms bandied about and I got confused. Pass. #500queries

Q134: C Rom. I need to feel the sizzle, even in the query! This has none. Pass. #500queries

Q133: Would have req’ed this, but I have something similar in my list already. Pass. #500queries

Q131: Just the vaguest fantasy pitch that has ever been pitched. My kingdom for a hint of world! Pass. #500queries