Q143: I just sort of...got bored while reading this one. Pass. #500queries

Q142: I thought this sounded like a sweet, quiet coming-of-age story, so I’ll take a peek! Request. #500queries

Q141: This F is, I’m sure, a fun story, but the tension was bled out of the query. Pass. #500queries

Q140: I’m also a tough sell for evil pharmaceutical corporations. Pass. #500queries

Q139: I’m a tough sell for solving generations-old crimes. This one didn’t make the cut. Pass. #500queries

Q138: I’m not sure what genre this book is, but it’s definitely not in my strictly defined categories. Pass. #500queries

Q137: I am absolute trash for books comp’ed to THE HATING GAME. Request. #500queries

Q10: This author has won a ton of awards and I haven't heard of a single one of them. This author also apparently emailed every agent in publishing at once, because there must be at least 100 email addresses in the recipients bar, including several of my WH colleagues #tenqueries

Q9: DAMMIT! Was really, really excited about this premise (MG suspense/survival thriller), but the writing and delivery didn't work. These are the worst. #tenqueries

Q8: Very obscure sports biography. Sports books are a hard enough sell as it is, and I don't think enough people will care about this particular figure to take a flyer on it. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: MG where the narrator is addressing the reader directly, complete with dialogue between narrator and reader in which we only know what the narrator is saying. I've never been a fan of this motif personally. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: Horror about an ancient demon. Been there, done that. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: WWII memoir proposal, submitted by grandchild about his grandfather. I get these a lot as well. 2 million men served in Europe during WWII. I'm sure each story is amazing, but they aren't all meant to be books. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: Novella. I've been getting a ton of novella submissions lately. Did I miss a meeting? Are major publishers looking for novellas now? I enjoy reading them, but have never had luck selling them. #tenqueries

Q3: First paragraph is just a series of questions, questions that I'm guessing the book will answer. Struggled to establish, then maintain, tension, and thus lost my interest. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: 90K MG novel. That's about twice as long as a debut MG should be. Would be a very hard sell. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: The font is really, really small. Not a dealbreaker unto itself (writing not up to par on this one), but be careful of your formatting. Agents shouldn't have to do extra work to read what you wrote. #tenqueries

Q136: MG. Do not rep! #500queries

Q135: If it’s not addressed to me, I don’t request pages. Pass. #500queries

Q134: This romance pitch absolutely smolders and I’m so in. Request! #500queries