Q4: Fantasy. The opening pages didn't give much context, so it was diffcult to become invested in the characters/story. Pass. #tenqueries

Q#: SF. Premise felt like it was added on, and didn't really persuade me to read further. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: PB. Intersting premise, unfortunatley, it looks like the formatting got messed up or the author forgot to send MS. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: Genre? Pages were difficult to follow, and seemed to be all over the place. Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: A SF. Query was strong, even tho the topic wasn't for me. Unfortunately, no sample provided (submission guidelines!). Pass. #tenqueries

Q9: MG Mystery. Contains humor, detective work, even some JACKABY paranormal vibes. Partial. #tenqueries #querywin

Q8: A Fantasy. Novella. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: YA Contemp. Shakespeare incorporated rather than retelling, FANGIRL vibes, family/friendship dynamics. Partial. #tenqueries #querywin

Q6: YA Fantasy. Query contained graphics (gifs, tables, graphs, lists), 2 paragraphs on story, 4 on author. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: YA Fantasy. 30K. Not quite a novel yet...Keep writing, keep receiving feedback and critiques. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: A .zip file attachment. Nope. Pass. #tenqueries

To fully understand this deeply subjective pass, look at my pub rant: twitter.com/LECrockett/sta… #tenqueries #pubrant

Q3: A Fantasy. Female MC is tortured, abused, raped, etc & finds self w help of male hero. Pass for 1) triggers & 2) feminism. #tenqueries

Q2: YA Fantasy. 1st book already self-pub'd. Query pitched books 1 & 2. Pitch one book at a time, & not a self-pub'd one. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: YA Fantasy. Query explained themes/topics covered w/o telling me about the story. Queries are like jacket summaries. Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: Classic mistake-sees what's selling now, trying to write to the trend. If something is trending, the trend is already over. #tenqueries

Q9: Nonfiction, memoir about life, travels, and experiences. Everyone has life, travel, and experience stories. Nothing unique. #tenqueries

Q8: MG, finished reading 10 pages...didn't hate it, but wasn't clamoring for more. In these cases, I usually tend to pass. #tenqueries

Q7:MC wakes up, in new house, from a dream in which she was running away from her mom's funeral. It's a cliche opening Voltron! #tenqueries

Q6: If there's a contest for who can fit the most exclamation points into one paragraph, this woman just won. #tenqueries