
Literary Agent
Q8: Creepy eyes. Pass. #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q7: Nope. I don't like the tone of this query. You may think you're joking, but it came off condescending. Hard pass. #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q6: Picture book that feels more like a novelty book and not one I would want to re-read, so pass. #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q5: I'm not a good fit for religious texts. Not my thing. Picture book pass. #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q4: the writing does not mesh with my vision for my MG list. MG Contemporary. Pass #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q3: Prologues can totally cut your tension. Also, this is Adult, not YA . Pass #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q2: Epistolary novels are hard. With letters and diaries, it can be easy to slip into telling, and the best don't. Pass #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q1: YA Fantasy. Hard time connecting to boy narrators because the voice needs to be authentic and this is not. Pass #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q460: Idea was good but the query was too long and I got bored. Pass. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q459: Good humor in this YA, but the plot was a little Feminism 101 and I’m looking for more complexity #500queries

Literary Agent
Q458: SF with a novel premise and a query that follows convention. REQUEST! #500queries

Literary Agent
Q457: Erotica YA. No. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q456: too short, no plot. #500queries

Literary Agent
Q10: Please know your market. YA i s popular, but that doesn't mean your book is a YA. Really it's MG. Pass. #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q9: MG fantasy. Just not feeling it. Pass #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Natascha Morris on Vacation @SoCalledYALife
Q8: MG Fantasy. Even in fantasy, if you are writing outside of your culture or abilities, please research. Editors will ask, so I ask.Do yourself a favor and put that information in your query. It can only help you as far as I am concerned. Pass #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q7: I have a hard time connecting to animal narrators. Also, I tend to think animal narrators=MG so a YA one feels off. Pass. #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q6: I'm extremely picky on MG. And if your protag is 13, it's YA. Again, goes back to knowing your market. Pass. #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q5: What did I just read? Too much going on and I am not into the writing. Pass! YA #tenqueries

Literary Agent
Q4: "is being written". SO it's not done and it is 85K words already????? YA Nonfiction. Pass. #tenqueries
