Q9: GREAT idea - boy discovers his local dog rescue is a front for dog fighting, seeks to stop it - but the writing isn't there. #tenqueries

Q8: Mystery. Dead girl in a ditch, police tape, two cops standing over the body, aka every opening of Law and Order ever. #tenqueries

Q7: Hey, a CIA operative with a drug problem! What a new idea! I hope there's a sexy love interest and a massive conspiracy too #tenqueries

Q6: Author acknowledged that I don't want terrorist thrillers, then queried me with his terrorist thriller. My eye is twitching. #tenqueries

Q5: Horror. First pages are teens drinking at the beach. Raise your hand if you've seen this movie before, probably in the 80s. #tenqueries

Q3: Opens with two pages of straight dialogue, none of which is distinguishing or lets me get to know the characters. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3:A totally blank email body with the query letter and 10 pages as a Word attachment. Why do so many authors do this? WHY???? #tenqueries

Q2: NF proposal about the Confederacy in the Civil War. I'm looking for Civil War stuff, but this was a bit dry. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: MG, kid in class, getting harassed by a bully, realizes he has superpowers. Not blown away, and it's been done before. Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: MG fantasy. I had trouble believing certain things that happened, so it was a little off-putting. Pass. #tenqueries

Q9: MG/YA contemporary or fantasy I'm not sure. I didn't connect with the voice. Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: YA contemp. I was a little put off by the description in the query; wasn't my cup of tea. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: Historical Western Romance. This one wasn't really my cup of tea. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: Historical Rom. The way the accent was written was distracting and took away from the story. It was too over the top. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: Adult Fiction. I'm not really looking for political thrillers at this time. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: PB. Query doesn't offer much information, and there are no sample pages. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: Author sent about half a dozen queries for different projects. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: YA Fantasy. I didn't really connect with the characters. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: Query requests help selling film rights. #tenqueries PASS.

Q10 Getting lots of "the only flawed designer baby in a uniform dystopia" YA books, this one is not standing out from the pack. #tenqueries