
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)

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Q243: Hist YA is a hard sell for me, and this time period doesn’t quite land. Pass. #500queries

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Q242: HUNGER GAMES copy. Pass. #500queries

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Q241: I just flipped tabs to write about this YA and literally forgot what it was about. Pass. #500queries

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Q240: Short stories. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

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Q238: Query not addressed to me in a category I don’t rep. Pass. #500queries

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Q237: I’m super over books about women fighting with other women. Pass. #500queries

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Q236: F. Sounds good to read, but not a good fit for my list. Pass #500queries

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Q235: F. All synopsis, no pitch, and no context for names and concepts. Pass #500queries

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Q234: Ugh. Demons. Pass. #500queries

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Q233: If you’re writing romance, I need to see some attraction in the pitch. No matter the subgenre. Pass. #500queries

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Q232: SF that just willfully ignores my trope requests. Pass. #500queries

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Q231: I really am not the right person for elves. Pass. #500queries

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Q228: Poetry. Do not rep. Pass. #500queries

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Q227: MG. Too cute. Pass. #500queries

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Q226: C R. The tropes are there, but I just didn’t feel the connection between the two MCs. Pass. #500queries

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Q225: C YA romance. Good setting, but it feels a little issue-book-y. Pass. #500queries

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Q224: Not a bad premise for this C YA, but I’m missing a WHY--why is this character going on this adventure? Pass. #500queries

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Q223: WF (which I don’t rep) that’s a thinly veiled memoir. Pass. #500queries

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Q222: If your book isn’t finished, don’t query. Pass. #500queries

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Q221: I like SF with multiple MCs, but these two just dance around each other, never interacting. Pass. #500queries
