Eva Scalzo

Q4: YA Urban Fantasy. This one is about 30-40K over the standard word count for this genre. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: YA Fantasy. Reading the query this felt like MG even though the characters and word count fit into YA. It's one of those I wasn't quite sure what to do with it things. Pass. #tenquereies

Q2: Memoir. I don't rep memoir, so this isn't a good fit. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: Fiction. This LGBTQ story tackles some important mental health/chronic disease concerns, but it's structured in a dual timeline because it spans a decade and I am just not the best fit for it. Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: Contemporary Romance: I have a problem, you guys, & I probably shouldn't admit it. I'm a total sucker for hockey player romance heroes. I don't know why, bc I get horrible shin splints when I skate, & I don't watch ANY hockey AT ALL. But oh well. Full Request. #tenqueries

Q9: Fiction: I guess this is fiction, but it feels more like narrative nonfiction from the query and is dealing with a topic that probably fits the NF market better (at least as currently pitched and presented). Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: YA Fantasy: I am still not feeling the fantasy today. :( I don't know, this one seems to have a really great voice, but the premise isn't one that I find terribly appealing. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: Contemporary Romance: This is allegedly contemporary romance, but it's near-contemporary AND there's an adulterous love triangle that kind of excludes it from being a genre romance. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: Literary Fiction: I am not a good fit for literary fiction, and to explain this I must go back to the fiction workshop class I had at Emerson with Don Lee. It was the literal WORST and cemented my hatred of lit fic for an eternity. It's very much a ME thing. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: Fantasy: I don't know what it is with me and fantasy today, but these queries aren't speaking to me. I want something that will somehow cover new ground and I don't get the sense of that from this. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: General Fiction: This is too literary for my tastes, though I do think epistolary novels are fun, I just am not sure about the market for them. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: YA Fantasy: I don't know what it is about this one that isn't working. In some ways, it feels like it's such a run-of-the-mill fantasy story that I'm not seeing what makes it unique. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: LGBTQ Romance: This story is set in the nineties, which is not a good fit for me. I am not a fan of stories that are near-contemporary unless there is a very specific reason. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: YA Contemporary: This isn't YA. I think it's probably general fiction, especially since the author says they didn't write this with a genre in mind and you can tell. Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: YA Historical. This is a Civil War-era YA, and the pitch was light on details, but my sense is that this isn't the story we need about this era right now. Pass. #tenqueries

Q9: Science Fiction. This one has a post-modern literary voice that is just not a good fit for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: Speculative. The protagonist is a Jesus-like figure meant to be figuring out his life I think. I am not the right fit for stories like this. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: YA Fantasy. Other than giving me the characters' names this query tells me nothing about what this story is actually about. I need something to go on. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: Historical Fiction. This is a World War II narrative and I feel like at this point this time period is pretty saturated, especially from a white European standpoint. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: YA (maybe Fantasy?). This pitch is really confusing. I'm not actually sure what this book is about, but I do know that there are some unrealistic expectations about the publishing industry here and this won't be a good fit. Pass. #tenqueries