Eva Scalzo

Literary Agent

Speilburg Literary Agency

a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q4: YA Sci-FI: Another time travel story, this one for the YA market. While the time travel in this story functions a little differently than the norm, I'm still wary about the market for this. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q3: Adult Sci-Fi: This is actually a time travel romance, and while there are things that appeal about the pitch, there's just not a market for this kind of story at the moment. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q2: YA Contemporary: I can't quite grasp the conflict or stakes from the query--it mostly has me doubting the main character has any agency--and the opening pages don't grab me the way I want. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q1: Contemporary Romance: While I'm looking for Latinx stories, I really want #OwnVoices & this isn't that. Especially since there is also a deportation/migrant worker storyline that I'm not sure works within the space, especially without the #OwnVoices element. Pass. #tenqueries