Caitie Flum

Q1: MG steampunk. This is a really hard genre, but the writing is great, it's really creative & comps are fantastic. Request. #tenqueries

Q10: YA Romance. This query has 9 named characters and is very unfocused. Too bad, it had a good hook. Pass #tenqueries

Q9: Contemp YA. The query has three sentences about the manuscript and three paragraphs about the writer. Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: Romantic Suspense. Sounds great until author says it is being self published in a couple weeks. Why did they query it? Pass #tenqueries

Q7: Literary fiction. Not interested in this story of the sad white dude who blames his bad life on women. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: A COZY!! This sounds absolutely delightful. Love the little details about the main character. Request full. #tenqueries

Q5: Historical mystery. Sounds fun, but there it sounds too much like something i have read many, many times. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: Adult mystery. Query was VERY short and told me nothing. Included pages (against my guidelines) that didn't grab me. Pass #tenqueries

Q3: Adult lit fic/mystery. Hits two things on my #MSWL, has amazing comps, but may be too literary. Still intrigued. Request #tenqueries

Q2: Adult historical fic. This query is very confusing. I'm not sure what the main story is and got a lost in paragraph 2. Pass #tenqueries

Q1: MG historical fiction set in pre-WWII. Story sounds riveting and the writing in the query is great. Request 50 pages. #tenqueries

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Q10: Romance. I am looking for romance, but not inspirational romance. Sounds good, but not for me. Pass #tenqueries

Q9: Humor/WF. Decent query, great idea. My gut tells me it could be amazing and it did make me laugh. Request. #tenqueries

Q8: Literary fiction. It sounds a little too literary/great american novel for me. I am usually not the right person for these #tenqueries

Q7: Upmarket fiction. Has already been self published, doesn't include any sales numbers. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: Historical fiction. This query has 8 mispelled words. One or two typos is okay, but this is too many. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: Women's fiction. Looking at this story, this query should be funny, but it isn't. #tenqueries

Q4: Contemporary MG. So funny, great comp, and the story is really creative. Request & will look at pages immediately #tenqueries

Q3: Historical fiction. Set in a point of history we don't often see, but I have no idea what the book is about. Pass. #tenqueries