Alec Shane

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

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

Q3: Author divulged that he initially self published and the book hasn't done well at all. Not the best sales pitch. #tenqueries

Q2: The first word of the MS was "Ugh!" You know what makes me say "Ugh!"? The word "ugh", followed by an exclamation point. #tenqueries

Q1: Mystery novel, opens with a cop getting drunk at a bar over the loss of his partner. A little too generic for me. #tenqueries

Q8: Relationship advice/humor book from a multiple divorcee. While I can always use dating advice, this one didn't grab me. #tenqueries

Q7: Thriller about a former special op w/ a drinking problem. I could walk into B&N blindfolded and bump into 10 of these books #tenqueries

Q5: Horror novel, opens with character getting chased through the woods by a monster. That opening has been done to death. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: Travel Memoir. I see a lot of these, and all of them are very similar. Nothing on this one made it stand out. Pass. #tenqueries