Q10: MG Myst. Diversity meets traditional detective fiction with a twist. Writing sample right voice for MG. Partial #tenqueries #querywin

Q9: YA Contemp. A bit unoriginal/played out. Writing not strong enough to make it fresh/original. Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: WF or Literary (?), no genre/word count. Run-on sentences. Interesting concept but writing unfortunately very messy. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: Thriller (no). Full of blurbs. Defensive. Pub’d under author’s imprint. Lots of traditional-publishing hate thrown. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: YA F. Carbon copy of LotR. Time to branch out and seek originality in creatures and plots. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: NF (I do not rep NF). All about how Moron Who Shall Not Be Named is amazing. Definitely not for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: YA HF F. Fun, cheeky, made me think of a comedic version of A GREAT & TERRIBLE BEAUTY. Partial #tenqueries #querywin

Q3: F. Paragraphs of self-doubt followed by a few sentences of story pitch. Pass #tenqueries

Be brave! Don’t let us see your doubt/fear!

Q2: F. Pitch floundered. Fantasy is hard (so much happens, want to share it all!), but we need a plot thread to follow. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: YA, tho query read like politically intense WF. Word count far too low for either audience. Writing sample sloppy. Pass #tenqueries

Q10: Book introduces the conflict on the 1st page and the voice is solid. I’m worried for character immediately. Request full. #10queries

Q9: Author says her book features 10 of my #MSWL requests when the book has nothing to do with any of them. Pass. #10queries

Q8: Instead of launching into the plot, author mansplains the topic of my college minor. Pass. #10queries

Q7: Query is a super long subject line describing the book & a photo of the author. Not sure what to do w/ this. Pass. #10queries

Q6: Opens w/ dialogue w/o any grounding in the characters or setting. I can’t care about a character if I don’t know him. Pass. #10queries

Q5: This is the 3rd time I’ve received this query in the past 3 yrs. Each time it’s w/ a new title, but it’s the same book. Pass. #10queries

Q4: Under platform, the author cites the total number of people on LinkedIn, not the number of connections she has. Pass. #10queries

Q3: I really want to like this one, cuz I love the setting & concept, but the writing is info dumpy & stilted. Pass. #10queries

Q2: A lulling sadness and yearning in the voice pulls me in even though I’m not sure what the story’s about. Request full. #10queries

Q1: Tries to evoke a sense of place w/o any vivid, visceral details, so I can’t picture it. Pass. #10queries