Alec Shane

Q2:First sentence uses "breath" instead of "breathe." One of my pet peeves, and also a sign that the author didn't workshop this.#tenqueries

Q1: Thriller, 178K words. That's just too long. Even if I love it, I'd need to find a way to trim almost 100K words off. Pass #tenqueries

Q10: NF about whether our current educational system is now set up in a way that places boys at a disadvantage. I'll read this. #tenqueries

Q9: Horror about a monster/demon terrorizing a town. Great plot for a slasher flick from the 80s, but a tough sell as a novel. #tenqueries

Q8: Was only mildly surprised to get this query for probably the 4th time. If I reject you 3 times, I'll likely reject you a 4th #tenqueries

Q7: NF baseball proposal. Would probably work better as a magazine article/online slide show than a full-fledged book. #tenqueries

Q6: YA romance trying to pass off as a sports book because protag is a basketball player. I do sports, but I don't do YA romance.#tenqueries

Q5: NF about Breaking Bad. I may be the only person on Earth who watched all 5 seasons of BB and didn't think it was that good. #tenqueries

Q4: Thriller about a South American drug cartel using illegal immigrants to traffic their product. A bit generic for me. #tenqueries

Q3: MG sci-fi that takes place in outer space. Good writing, but aliens and distant planets just don't do it for me. Never have. #tenqueries

Q2: NF about the Civil War that I really wanted to like, but read too much like a textbook. #tenqueries

Q1: Horror, opened with a graphic sex scene designed to draw the reader in rather than establish a character/storyline. Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: YA romance. Don't do a lot of YA, and don't really do any romance, so this author queried the wrong agent for this project #tenqueries

Q9: 2/2 if you want to empower your female protag, great! I'm all for it. But don't do it at the expense of males. #tenqueries

Q9: Opens w a boy getting humiliated by a girl for exhibiting what looked to me like very normal, healthy boy behaviors. #tenqueries 1/2

Q8: Noir mystery. Writing is good, but not blown away by the opening. Still, willing to read a bit more. Will request a partial. #tenqueries

Q7: NF about the tanks of WWII. A little dry for me, reads a bit like a textbook to me. #tenqueries

Q6: Horror novel that relies on trying to gross me out instead of scare me. A common mistake that horror authors make. #tenqueries

Q5: Just a letter, no pages. Tough to judge based on query alone and I get too many emails to give you the benefit of the doubt #tenqueries

Q4: MG fantasy that is cute and well-written, but a little too girl-centric for me. My MG list is geared more towards boys. #tenqueries