Laura Zats

@LZats

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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· 18 Oct 2016

Laura Zats @LZats

First thing: open up your contract. There is a clause in there about what happens if the publisher closes/force majeure happens #pubtip

Replying to @LZats

ALSO look for the clause that talks about your ability to purchase copies. #pubtip

· 18 Oct 2016

Laura Zats @LZats

Now that we have the warm fuzzies for small presses out of the way, let's talk about the options for (unagented) JFP authors #pubtip

Replying to @LZats

First thing: open up your contract. There is a clause in there about what happens if the publisher closes/force majeure happens #pubtip

· 27 Aug 2016

Twitter, I love you, but please don't tell me about your books via twitter UNLESS there's a pitch contest going on. Queries only! #pubtip

· 12 Aug 2016

#pubtip #writetip The only way to get me to stop reading at the first line of your partial?

"MC awoke..."

· 26 Jul 2016

Did you know that a character with a destiny to fulfill is part of the Chosen One trope? I'm not a fan of either #pubtip

· 19 Jul 2016

PSA: Bemused = confused. IT DOES NOT MEAN AMUSED. DO NOT USE IT TO MEAN AMUSED. #pubtip #writetip

· 29 Jun 2016

P.S.—Putting a note or a P.S. at the end of your query is never good. #pubtip

· 7 Jun 2016

I will never understand why SO MANY writers I don't know think it's a good idea to connect with me on LinkedIn. #pubtip

· 6 Jun 2016

Does your book have a info reveal? A revelation? How does that change your MC? Reflect on it #pubtip #writetip

· 2 Jun 2016

Nicole Frail @nfrail17

And here ends a 13.5-hour day at the office. Productive AF, but still didn't manage to edit a single page. #editinglife #metadatamadness

This is typical, kids. That's why it takes so long for people acquiring to read books! #pubtip twitter.com/nfrail17/statu…

· 25 May 2016

Sending chapters I didn't request is tricksy, but not smart. You can't fool me! #queries #PubTip

· 16 May 2016

But what that can mean, for genres typically ready by women, is that you are tied to tired tropes/gender roles #pubrant #pubtip 3/?

· 16 May 2016

As a fiction author, you play god. You get to mess with your character's lives like GRRM is going out of style #pubrant #pubtip 2/?

· 16 May 2016

Let's talk about sexism in fiction for women, by women #pubrant #pubtip 1/?

· 9 May 2016

Are you giving her a fair shake, allowing her to have agency in the story regardless of what your readers might think? 18/? #pubtip #pubrant

· 9 May 2016

Are you looking at her as a human first, woman second? Is she interesting even if she isn't perfect? 17/? #pubtip #pubrant

· 9 May 2016

OF COURSE she is mean. Do you know who isn't slammed for being mean? Ben (Benedict). Because he's a boy. 12/? #pubtip #pubrant

· 9 May 2016

.@ms_lilyanderson's new book has some DNF on goodreads. BC Trixie is mean. Hell yeah she is. it's a Much Ado retelling 11/? #pubtip #pubrant

· 9 May 2016

I want to see a mean girl MC who learns that the only way to survive is to cut others down. Then learn she's wrong 9/? #pubtip #pubrant

· 9 May 2016

We should NOT have to force ourselves/our kids to have female role models who are always going to be better than we are 8/? #pubtip #pubrant