Q20: Can someone please provide me with a likable and down-to-earth romantic heroine who ISN'T clumsy? #500queries

Q19: I love diverse books. I don't love when they're meant to be didactic or to represent and/or inspire diverse people #500queries

Q18: Ghost story, which I love, but this one doesn't have enough of a hook. Pass. #500queries

Q45: "I've already obtained copyrights to my fiction novel" all this means is it's written. Knowing the pub world is important #500queries

Q17: Also think long and hard about formatting your query without line breaks. I will not read a gigantic chunk of text. #500queries

Q16: #pubtip: Think long and hard (heh) about naming your book after a euphemism for genitalia. Especially for YA. #500queries

Q15: Spam from an indie author. No, sending me updates about your book will not make me want to rep it. #500queries

Q14: YA. Chosen one. Powers. Not interested. #500queries

Q13: NA about a love triangle. I was never a huge fan of those. #500queries

Q10: adult fantasy. Opening with a battle isn't bad, but watch the pacing. This one goes on FAR too long. Pass. #tenqueries

Q9: adult SF. This reads somewhat like a parody, but only halfway. Parodies are tricky: you have to fully commit! Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: Screenplay. We don't represent screenplays. Always research agents before you query! #tenqueries

Q7: YA historical. Tries to hard with the prose; excessive description and big words do not a historical novel make. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: YA SF. Great pitch, I wanted to love this one. But the voice was overwrought & I couldn't quite make it work for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: MG contemporary. I don't work with as much MG and this one opens with more tropes that I dislike. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: YA fantasy. Also heavily romance with some tropes I'm not keen on. The dialogue reads very stilted. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: adult SF. The pitch isn't anything I haven't seen before, same from the prose. Pass. Writers, I want to be surprised! #tenqueries

Q2: YA fantasy. Premise is cute but not compelling, and the voice didn't grab me enough to overcome that. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: Adult horror. I like the synopsis, but the writing moves too quickly. Also the emphasis is heavier on the romance than I prefer.

Q12: Alien YA. Super vague—no real hook, and no indication that the alien culture is well thought-out. Pass. #500queries