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Q61: Referral from my BFF's dad. This is one of those times where I look and advise no matter what. #500queries
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Q60: SF that is masquerading as a treatise for pro-lifers is def not my jam #500queries
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Q59: YA F with a Tolkienesque world. Not my jam. #500queries
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Q58: If I wasn't constrained by the market, I would totally want this histfic with vamps. Alas, I must reject. #500queries
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Q57: YA thriller. Sounds good, but not nearly quirky enough for my list. #500queries
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Q56: "A true story tweaked only for dramatic purposes" isn't a novel. I only rep novels. #500queries
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Q55: I'm a sucker for spec-fic with old people. So in. #500queries
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Q54: NA empaths. Tired of these, too #500queries
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Q53: query that literally made no sense, written in that overdeveloped style people use when they don't understand the words #500queries
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Q52: my name is spelled wrong and there's nothing about the book in the query, just promotion plans. Crawl before walking #500queries
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Q51: A vague log line about "witty banter and hard lessons" does not make me want to keep reading #500queries
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Q50: 140k anything isn't getting a req from me, especially 140k MG #500queries
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Q49: Just as I want GLBT fic that's not about being GLBT, I want books with depression that aren't all about depression #500queries
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Q48: Superhero MG. Sorry, I'm tapped out on those #500queries
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Q47: Anything resembling THE DRESDEN FILES has to be outstanding, because the comp material is so, so good. This one wasn't #500queries
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Q46: Not great query, but the setting and characters seems AMAZING. Need to look (this is the first time this has happened). #500queries
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Q44: Someone please tell me where it says I rep thrillers. Seriously. I get 2/day and have NEVER said I wanted them! #500queries
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Q43: storytelling gimmicks only work if there's underlying substance. This didn't have it #500queries
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Q42: Book about depression, but in a cool SF form. I'm in! #500queries
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Q41: telling me what other agent has your MS will not make me want it more. Just focus on selling the content #500queries