Caitie Flum

Literary Agent

Liza Dawson Associates

Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

Thanks for joining me for the #tenqueries. Hope it was useful.

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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

Caitie Flum
@caitief
Literary Agent
Associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates. Thoughts are my own. Huge nerd, musical theater lover
79 MSWL
49 AskAgent
62 Queries
27 Tips

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