My current query turnaround time is 1-5 days. Sample page turn around time is 1-4 weeks. FYI #agenting #10queriesIn10tweets

#10 = contemporary YA. Compelling story, but writing is very weak. darn. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#9 = contemporary romance. Plot revolves around an easily-solvable-on-Page-1 misunderstanding. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#8 = fantasy MG. Complex world building isn't compelling - it's so complex as to be no longer engaging. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#7 = contemporary YA. Conflict feels angsty instead of emotionally complex. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#6 = contemporary romance. Wow. Speechless. Pitched as "not like those other stupid romance novels." PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#5 = science fiction. Interesting world building, but plot feels generic and too shallow for a full novel. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#4 = historical romance. Writing is weak (run-on sentences, etc) and conflict feels trite. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#3 = fantasy. Wordy and unclear world building with no strong inciting incident or pitch. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#1 = contemporary romance. Hook and world feel generic to me. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#2 = pitched as a contemporary romance. No happy ending though and not a romance trope, so wrong genre. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

btw, yes - I read all the queries myself. If something is addressed to Kristin, then I vet and move it to her inbox. #10queriesIn10tweets

Q70: Book 2 of a trilogy. I'm looking for new ideas, not the continuation of old ones. Pass #500queries

Q69: YA historical. Super interesting setting and high stakes, and kick-ass female lead. Intrigued. Request. #500queries

Q68: One book per query. If you pitch several, it's an auto pass #500queries

Q67: It's been only a few weeks of the empath trend in YA and I'm already tired of it. Does this make me a hipster? #500queries

Q10. Dystopian = instant hard sell. Too many linking verbs & adverbs = stilted tone = pass. #tenqueries

Q80 psych thriller w/aspects of urban fantasy. not for me, though suggested he try colleague #1000queries

Q79 query starts w/lots of questions. mystery. speculative, not for me. #1000queries

Q9. Rhyming PB with everything as it should be. Well-paced, well arced, good twist. But do I love it? No. Encouraging pass. #tenqueries