Alec Shane

Q6: A NF book on leadership from a successful high school coach. For books like this, platform is EVERYTHING, and I don't see it #tenqueries

Q5: Get the feeling that the author made the protag gay just for the hell of it. A character's sexuality isn't a plot device. #tenqueries

Q4: Biography of a relative who fought in the Civil War. These are usually great stories, but sadly have little national appeal. #tenqueries

Q3: Query letter written in the POV of the protag. Somewhere, someone told authors that this was a good idea and was very wrong. #tenqueries

Q2: Query opens with three pages of straight dialogue. By the end I had completely lost track of who was saying what. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: Political thriller. If Twitter had a "mute all political opinions" button, I couldn't press it enough. Unfortunate timing. #tenqueries

Q10: Classic mistake-sees what's selling now, trying to write to the trend. If something is trending, the trend is already over. #tenqueries

Q9: Nonfiction, memoir about life, travels, and experiences. Everyone has life, travel, and experience stories. Nothing unique. #tenqueries

Q8: MG, finished reading 10 pages...didn't hate it, but wasn't clamoring for more. In these cases, I usually tend to pass. #tenqueries

Q7:MC wakes up, in new house, from a dream in which she was running away from her mom's funeral. It's a cliche opening Voltron! #tenqueries

Q6: If there's a contest for who can fit the most exclamation points into one paragraph, this woman just won. #tenqueries

Q5:Alcoholic PI, estranged from family, seeks redemption by finding missing girl. There’s a chance this has been done before. #tenqueries

Q4:This is one of those times that makes me wonder if I might be doing the author a favor by just telling him he’s a bad writer. #tenqueries

Q2: Horror, demon is the main bad guy. Does anyone hear the word “demon” and get creeped out anymore? I don’t, personally. #tenqueries

Q1:SUCH A COOL CONCEPT! But it was self-pubbed in 2012 and has under 5K lifetime sales. Not sure what I’d be able to do with it. #tenqueries

Q10: I never watched the show, but I'm pretty sure this author wrote the novelization of an episode of Friends. #tenqueries

Q9: Military biography, grandson found out about his grandfather's time in WWIIand wants to tell his story. A very tough sell. #tenqueries

Q7: Horror novel, the pitch involves wolves - or wulves, to be exact. Moving on. #tenqueries

Q6: Read the whole query and I have no clue what this book is about. But glad to hear that your husband is feeling better! #tenqueries

Q5: Travel memoir. I personally find these to be very boring. I never liked looking at vacation photos either. But that's me. #tenqueries