Q2: MG/YA Fantasy. MC transported to other world / Chosen One theme. Somewhat compelling, but writing sample lacked oomph. #tenqueries

Q1: YA Fantasy. Dragon-slaying & magic (ok), very high word count (not ok), not unique enough to stand out from comp titles. #tenqueries

Q43: Witch book, but know nothing about it—query was 6 lines long and had no plot. #500queries

Q42: MG w/ folktale and magical realism elements. A bit short, but I'll still take a look. #500queries

Q41: YA romance. Meh. I need a hook in there! #500queries

Q40: Punk vampires! Still a no. #500queries

Q39: Vampires. *sighs wistfully* someday... #500queries

Q38: C R, but felt like all formula and no spark. Pass. #500queries

Q37: Author has great credentials, sent a query with 0% about the book. *headdesk* #500queries

Q36: Demons, magical schoo—snore. None of these catch my fancy any more, I've had so many. #500queries

Q35: Over 35% of query was WHY author wrote book, rather than telling me about the book. Pass. #500queries

Q34: Don't get me wrong, I love me some vampire books. But I'm not req-ing, because I can't sell them. Pass. #500queries

Q33: Spec fic whose MC was 1) buried in the query 2) feels very much like a Mary Sue. Pass. #500queries

Q32: Witch book, but a little too special-snowflake for my taste. Pass. #500queries

Q31: Spec-fic. Author has great credentials, but the story wasn't for me. #500queries

Q30: YA from #pitmad. Concept was okay, but I got disoriented by the sheer mass of elements in the query. Pass. #500queries

Q29: Superhero book. Unfortunately, I am not accepting any of these. Pass. #500queries

Q28: MG. About witches, but didn't excite me. #500queries

Q27: I also do not accept queries sent by a third party, especially shady business companies. #500queries

Q26: YA w/ school shootings are popping up b/c it's been happening a lot. I can't bring myself to read about it in fic too #500queries