Eva Scalzo

Q2: YA Fantasy: Here the story begins as if it were a story within a story but I think this distances the reader in a way that doesn't quite work for the kind of story this is meant to be. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: YA Fantasy: I like the setting and the background mythology but these opening pages don't grab me the way I would like in order to keep reading. Regretfully it's a Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: Fantasy: Again this query doesn't give me enough to go on. I don't really have a sense of what is motivating the characters and what the real conflicts are. Pass. #tenqueries

Q9: Memoir: I am afraid I do not represent memoir so I must pass on this one. Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: YA Fantasy: The opening pages on this one lack some grounding and worldbuilding I think. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: Romantic Suspense: The law enforcement aspects here make it hard to know what to do with this in the current landscape. There are some good elements here, but the overall framework is tough. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: Science Fiction: I also don't really know what is happening in this story based off of the query. Queries need to include the characters and their GMC to be effective. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: Romance: This falls more into upmarket women's fiction than what I generally represent. What I'm looking for in women's fiction is really specific in an impossible way to articulate, so I'm not generally open to the genre. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: YA Contemporary: The pitch promises something, but the opening pages don't really deliver. :( Which is to bad, because there were elements here I liked. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: Fantasy: This query is written almost like it's a haiku. I don't really have a sense of what this story is about at all. The only reason I know the genre is because you're forced to select it on the form. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: Thriller: This doesn't feel as tightly plotted as I think it needs to be to truly work as a thriller. The MC's motivations are also a bit hazy. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: YA Fantasy: This is a Peter Pan retelling, but doesn't pick up on the elements I find interesting about the original and doesn't seem to have a unique twist on the story. Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: Thriller: Legal/Courtroom thrillers are really my thing so this is a pass from me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q9: Fiction: This is semi-autobiographical and generally speaking I’m not a great fit for those types of stories. Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: Fiction: Native American issues are tackled in this story by a non-Native American. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: YA Fiction: This story has a more literary feel in topic and tone and isn’t the best fit for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: Science Fiction: I felt like I spent the opening pages head hopping and it didn’t quite work for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: Science Fiction: This one is still active with another SLA agent and they had it first. SLA policy is that we respond to all queries and that you query us 1 at a time. If you have an active query withdraw it first before querying someone else at the agency. Pass #tenqueries

Q4: Science Fiction: There’s something about this one that invokes too many religious elements and I’m just not the right agent for it. Pass #tenqueries

Q3: Contemporary Romance: There’s something the MC does in the opening pages that I found so incredibly off-putting that I just couldn’t get past it. Pass #tenqueries