Q3. A 118k thriller based on the author's real life experience. Too tell-y in the opening pages. #tenqueries

Q2. A 100k contemp YA with a talking dog protag. I've always wanted an animal-protag novel but this isn't the one. #tenqueries

Q1. SF YA taking place on another planet. The market is soft for SF YA and this one isn't convincing enough. #tenqueries

Q871 new adult, not bad but not me. pass. #1000queries

Q870 Women's fic, query is really dense, hard to decipher. Pass. #1000queries

Q869 fun women's fiction from a writer I <3 from Twitter. REQUEST. #1000queries

Q868 mystery, light-hearted, cool angle. Like the voice. Request. #1000queries

Q867 political fiction, not really interesting to me. pass. #1000queries

Q866 thriller, search for an artifact. I've seen a lot of these & they don't really excite me. Pass. #1000queries

Q865 retelling of classic literature, but it felt less lively and more old-fashioned than I'd hoped. pass. #1000queries

Q864 erotica/romance. Don't rep them. Pass. #1000queries

Q863 suspense. Can't figure out what's going on nor why I should want to. Pass. #1000queries

Q862 historical, I think it's romance or romantic suspense. Query doesn't give me much info. Pass. #1000queries

Q861 mystery I'd seen a few yrs ago, better than it had been but a bit quiet for me. Pass. #1000queries

Q860 police procedural, a bit too quiet and verbose. Pass. #1000queries

Q859 mystery in translation. no sample, synopsis didn't grab my attention. pass. #1000queries

Q858 literary fic, intersecting relationships. opening was more about surroundings than characters. pass. #1000queries

I asked for 2 manuscripts today from people I/a colleague met at a conference. So conferences do help. #1000queries

So my policy is not to include conference-goers in my #1000queries. But I don't want people to think I'm passing on everything.

Q857 a delicious murder mystery, request. #1000queries