Eva Scalzo

Q10: Fantasy: This Arthurian-inspired fantasy isn't doing enough to distinguish itself from the many King Arthur retellings in my inbox. Pass. #tenqueries 11/

Q9: YA Fantasy: For some reason the interplay between the characters here isn't working for me. Pass. #tenqueries 10/

Q8: YA Fantasy: Portal fantasies are not my jam, unfortunately. Pass #tenqueries 9/

Q7: Romance: This queer romance is very appealing, but it is also missing the high concept hook to knock it out of the park. I have so much contemporary romance on my list that I need to be extremely selective, even if I want all of it. Pass. #tenqueries 8/

Q6: Fantasy: This has some interesting elements, but feels more epic than I am comfortable handling. Pass. #tenqueries 7/

Q5: Middle Grade: There's a lot I like about this pitch, but reading the opening pages I just have this gut feeling that this story isn't starting in the right place. Pass. #tenqueries 6/

Q4: YA Fantasy: This contemporary fantasy is hard to pass on because it has a lot of things I like, but has one element that really doesn't work for me. Pass. #tenqueries 5/

Q3: Romance: This one has been previously published, and I'm afraid I am not looking for previously published material. Pass. #tenqueries 4/

Q2: YA Contemporary: There's nothing wrong with this pitch, it just doesn't speak to me. It's impossible to spark with everything but I feel so much guilt when I don't. Pass. #tenqueries 3/

Q1: Science Fiction: Listen I know sometimes you all think I'm too stringent on my word counts for SFF, but this one is over 500K words and as impressed that I am that someone found that many words to write, that's way too many words. Pass. #tenqueries 2/

Q10: YA Horror: This takes some thematic turns that I'm not sure I want to follow. Pass. #tenqueries 11/

Q9: Science Fiction: This story has themes that aren't quite right for me. Pass. #tenqueries 10/

Q8: Romance: I wish writers didn't feel the need to bash the genre they're querying me on. It's not a good look. Pass. #tenqueries 9/

Q7: Contemporary Romance: This one is way under word count range for this type of story. So I think it needs some additonal work. Pass. #tenqueries 8/

Q6: Romance: I think this one suffers from timing more than anything else, I'm just not in the right mood to read stories that romanticize the British Royal family, even fake versions of it. Pass. #tenqueries 7/

Q5: YA Epistolary: I like the idea of epistolary stories, but the voice has to be really, really strong and I am just not as grabbed here by this one. Pass. #tenqueries 6/

Q4: Women's Fiction: This has a lot of elements I like, but I think the current embodiment of the story needs some reimagining. Not sure I would share the same vision as the author. Pass. #tenqueries 5/

Q3: YA Fantasy: This is the kind of epic that doesn't really appeal to me. It comps ATLA and other things that I have never seen so I am not the best agent for. Pass. #tenqueries 4/

Q2: YA Dystopian: This is really no different from any other YA dystopian that is already out there. Pass. #tenqueries 3/

Q1: Women's Fiction: Solid concept and writing but it's missing the hook required to break out of the crowded field. Pass. #tenqueries 2/