Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q10: Hmmm. Diverse YA Contemporary Romance. I'm intrigued by the pages. Request. #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q9: Interesting, but I'm not sure how I feel. Setting aside. YA Fantasy #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q8: Writing is good, and I do love mermaids. YA Urban Fantasy Request #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q7: Writing is different. Not sure how I feel about it. Setting aside this YA fantasy. #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q6: Man, do I want this. BUT if you give your character's backstory as the first 2 paragraphs, the writing is not ready. NA Pass #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q5: I love the movie Sky High and the show Powerless, but this ms is not right for me. YA Sci-fi pass #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q4: Interesting concept, but I'm not feeling the writing. I've seen this before and better so Pass on this YA Contemporary #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q3: Interesting writing. A bit dark and the age of the protag is wrong, but let's see where it goes. YA Fantasy Requested. #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q2: Not a fan of this writing. It reads too simplistic. YA Contemporary Pass #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q1: This is probably better for an adult fantasy market. YA Fantasy pass. #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q10: This is not up my alley. PB Pass. #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q9: This writing has the potential to be really good, but there is too much to work needed on my end, YA Fantasy R&R #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q8: The writing is good. World building is non-existent. Query was confusing. What to do? On the hold pile. YA Fantasy. #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q7: Meh. The concept is interesting, and the writing is decent. I'm just not in love. It happens. YA Urban Fantasy. Pass #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q6: Well this sounds awesome. Too bad it didn't live up. Some basic mistakes were made in the first paragraphs. YA Fantasy Pass. #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q5: Love the concept, but 1) word count is WAY under where it should be & 2) writing is talking down to the reader. MG. Pass. #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q4: I'm intrigued by the writing, but I'm concerned about the author based on the query. This one is on hold. YA Sci-Fi #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q3: Hmmm. I like the voice and the beginning is promising. Let's see where this goes. Request MG Contemporary. #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q2: The pitch made this sound like a different novel entirely and the writing is not strong enough to keep me engaged. YA. Pass #tenqueries

Natascha Morris
@SoCalledYALife
Literary Agent
Senior Literary Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency.
1012 MSWL
31 AskAgent
194 Queries
46 Tips

Q1: Okay this is not the novel I thought it was going to be. And the writing makes it hard to care. YA contemporary. Pass #tenqueries