Connor Goldsmith

Q26: Gay romance with a premise I just don't quite get. Gay male voices are not authentic. Pass. #millionqueries

Q23: Historical Fantasy. I, um. I don't know, man. It's not badly written but... it just feels kind of racist to me. Pass. #millionqueries

Q22: YA LGBT contemp. I do not rep YA, but a good query. Nice pass. #millionqueries

Q21: Self-pub without any sales numbers provided. Does not follow sub guidelines. Pass. #millionqueries

Q20: YA Sci-Fi. I do not rep YA. Pass. #millionqueries

Q19: Memoir without a platform. It says in my bio on the Foreword website that I don't want unsolicited memoir queries. Pass #millionqueries

Q18: Unclear genre. No word count provided. Writing doesn't move me. Pass. #millionqueries

Q17: YA Fantasy. I do not rep YA. Pass. #millionqueries

Q16: Epic Fantasy. Prologues, always dicey. Opens w/weather twice (prol. and ch1). Portal fantasy which isn't my fav. Pass. #millionqueries

Q15: Fantasy. Pitched as adult but feels YA, which I don't do. Writing sample didn't do it for me. Pass. #millionqueries

Q14: Thriller. Plot hinges on a daughter in the fridge. I'm over this story unless she gets page time in her own right. Pass #millionqueries

Q13: Aggressively atheist polemic. I'm an atheist myself, but this kind of Dawkins-style superiority turns me off. Pass. #millionqueries

Q12: No letter, just 30 unsolicited pages. Pass. #millionqueries

Q10: Thriller. Despite NaNo rules, 50k words is not novel-length except sometimes in romance. Def not in thriller. Pass. #millionqueries

Q9: Thriller. 'A transgender' used as a noun, then misgendering throughout the query. Big turnoff for me. Pass. #millionqueries

Q8: Adult SF. Opens with an expository sequence like the Star Wars crawl. Querier spells my name wrong. Pass. #millionqueries

Q7: Doesn't follow sub guidelines. Pass. #millionqueries

Q6: Adult SF. Too much exposition. Show, don't tell. Pass. #millionqueries

Q5: Adult Horror. The premise is interesting but writing sample just doesn't grab me. 2much vague dialogue for page 1. Pass. #millionqueries

Next #millionqueries is a fun non-fic proposal, but the author has no platform. Nice pass w/request for platform details if I missed them.