Alec Shane

Q10: Thriller. Nothing overly bad about it, but nothing overly great about it either. Just kind of meh on the writing and story #tenqueries

Q9: NF about the Revolutionary War. Reads a bit like a textbook. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: YA romantic suspense that takes place in the 1800s. I get these a lot because I like historical... but I don't like romance. #tenqueries

Q6: Historical that reads very modern, tries to rely on setting/props to date it. Good HF captures the time period via writing #tenqueries

Q4: MG. I'm glad that moms still call upstairs for their kids to come eat breakfast before school, but there are better openings #tenqueries

Q3: Adult mystery. Couldn't figure out in pages or synopsis what the protag's motivation for solving the mystery was. No stakes. #tenqueries

Q2: I have never once groaned and thrown my alarm across the room upon waking. The number of protags that do it is mind-boggling #tenqueries

Q1: MG Fantasy. I'm not much for stories that take place in kingdoms. But that's just a personal preference. #tenqueries

Q10: I read this query letter twice and I don't even know what it is. Don't know what it's about or what the genre is. Pass #tenqueries

Q9:MG series about a group of kid detectives.I would LOVE to find a series like this, a la 3 Investigators, but this MS isn't it #tenqueries

Q8: "I am a published author." Where? What did you publish? Why just that one descriptor? This makes me think it's a self-pub #tenqueries

Q7: Horror novel. Werewolves and vampires. Seen it before, and personally, I'm not overly excited to dive back into it. #tenqueries

Q6: Debut thriller series featuring a hard-nosed cop. Take a number and get in line. #tenqueries

Q5: MG sports mystery. Right up my alley, but the writing isn't there. #tenqueries

Q4: I asked to see a novel set inside an insane asylum in my #MSWL, so I guess it's my fault that I got a YA Romance set in one. #tenqueries

Q3: "I recently self-published through CreateSpace, and my total lack of sales leads me to believe I need an agent." No thanks. #tenqueries

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

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