Q286: C Rom with a chef. I’m a huge foodie, so I’ll give it a try. Request #500queries

Q285: MG. Feels very much like the book I was saddest to have missed out on last year. REQUEST #500queries

Q284: SF that’s 30K too short. Pass. #500queries

Q283: SF. Not a bad concept, but I don’t think it’s a story right for this author. Pass. #500queries

Q282: C Rom. LOVED the concept, but it’s 50K too long, and I didn’t learn about the hero. Pass. #500queries

Q281: C Romance. Query was a bit long, but the addition of a forced proximity plot made this rote story seem a bit fresh, so I’ll give it a few pages. Request. #500queries

Q280: YA F. I was left very confused about what the world is, and what the MC is fighting for. Be clear, concise, and to the point. Pass. #500queries

My #TenQueries:

Query 1 - 10: This whole process is very hard and incredibly subjective. Don't give up, you can do it.

Q279: A book with no genre is a book with no agent. Pass. #500queries

Q278: Super queer historical fantasy. Request! #500queries

Q277: This query could be streamlined some, but I’m intrigued by the concept of this C YA. Sorta like Dumplin’! Request #500queries

Q10: I am not really into fiction that takes place during the 50s, 60s,70s unless it's taking place in a country other than the US or the main characters are PoC or LGBTQIA+. I'm not looking for a coming of age story from those time periods from a white cishet POV. Pass.

Q9: YA with a writing voice that is trying to be too conversational and with the youths. Pass.

Q8: I'm not the right age range for this women's fiction. Pass.

Q7: Internet famous dogs and the humans that manage them? I am so incredibly intrigued! Considering!

Q6: LGBTQIA: Yes!. YA Contemporary: Yes! but I just can't get into the writing voice, it doesn't entice me in the least. Pass.

Q5: I'm always on the look out for Women's fiction and anything that could be a great book club pick. The writing is there but I'm not just emotionally connect to the novel's concept. Pass.

Q5: I am incredibly selective of any PB I want to work with and this one doesn't have a hook that I'm drawn to. Pass.

Q4: The writing has potential but I'm just not interested in superheros unfortunately. Pass.

Q276: I will never, NEVER request a MS where a teen girl is described as “not like all the other (mean) girls”. Pass #500queries