Saritza Hernandez

If you’re querying a RomCom, your query should probably have some humor in it. #querytip #CLAQueries

Don’t just throw in a diverse character into your query in order to “qualify” it for my list. #QueryFail #PubTip #CLAQueries

Ditto on the tweet and its corresponding GIF. #CLAQueries twitter.com/lzats/status/7…

Please don’t send me your “sexual memoir”. #CLAQueries #NoMemoirs #EspciallyThose

Please don’t use words like “moist” or “wet” in your YA query. Just… don’t. #CLAQueries

Q12: If you can’t pick between #E, #ER, #H, you don’t just call it a mash-up to query me with it. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q11: #QueerFiction dealing w/ identity but sample pages fall flat for me. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q10: Pitched as #ER but is really just porn w/ mention of young girls masturbating. Nope! #Pass #CLAQueries

Q9: #LGBTYA, queer christian fiction. Yes please! #Partial #CLAQueries

Q8: #LGBTRomance w/ great, quirky query but too much time spent on describing MC in sample. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q7: #E labeled as semi-autobiographical w/ words like “penis like clitoris protruding between the labia” #Pass #CLAQueries #KillItWithFire

Q6: #SFF w/ #diverse cast. Strong pages, good premise but I didn’t fall in love w/ it like I should. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q5: #ER w/ potential but needs a bit of work that I just don’t have time to devote to right now. #ReluctantPass #CLAQueries

Q4. #HR with repetitive phrasing in #query leads me to think sample pages are same. Yep. They are. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q3. Cute geek culture piece. Good #query. Didn’t connect w/ sample pages. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q2: I think this one is genre fiction but not sure if it’s romance. Can’t tell from synopsis or sample pages. #Pass #CLAQueries

Q1: Intriguing SF/F but got lost during world-building in sample pages. #Pass #CLAQueries