Q1: Fiction. This LGBTQ story tackles some important mental health/chronic disease concerns, but it's structured in a dual timeline because it spans a decade and I am just not the best fit for it. Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: Contemporary Romance: I have a problem, you guys, & I probably shouldn't admit it. I'm a total sucker for hockey player romance heroes. I don't know why, bc I get horrible shin splints when I skate, & I don't watch ANY hockey AT ALL. But oh well. Full Request. #tenqueries

Q9: Fiction: I guess this is fiction, but it feels more like narrative nonfiction from the query and is dealing with a topic that probably fits the NF market better (at least as currently pitched and presented). Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: YA Fantasy: I am still not feeling the fantasy today. :( I don't know, this one seems to have a really great voice, but the premise isn't one that I find terribly appealing. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: Contemporary Romance: This is allegedly contemporary romance, but it's near-contemporary AND there's an adulterous love triangle that kind of excludes it from being a genre romance. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: Literary Fiction: I am not a good fit for literary fiction, and to explain this I must go back to the fiction workshop class I had at Emerson with Don Lee. It was the literal WORST and cemented my hatred of lit fic for an eternity. It's very much a ME thing. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: Fantasy: I don't know what it is with me and fantasy today, but these queries aren't speaking to me. I want something that will somehow cover new ground and I don't get the sense of that from this. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: General Fiction: This is too literary for my tastes, though I do think epistolary novels are fun, I just am not sure about the market for them. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: YA Fantasy: I don't know what it is about this one that isn't working. In some ways, it feels like it's such a run-of-the-mill fantasy story that I'm not seeing what makes it unique. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: LGBTQ Romance: This story is set in the nineties, which is not a good fit for me. I am not a fan of stories that are near-contemporary unless there is a very specific reason. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: YA Contemporary: This isn't YA. I think it's probably general fiction, especially since the author says they didn't write this with a genre in mind and you can tell. Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: YA Historical. This is a Civil War-era YA, and the pitch was light on details, but my sense is that this isn't the story we need about this era right now. Pass. #tenqueries

Q9: Science Fiction. This one has a post-modern literary voice that is just not a good fit for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: Speculative. The protagonist is a Jesus-like figure meant to be figuring out his life I think. I am not the right fit for stories like this. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: YA Fantasy. Other than giving me the characters' names this query tells me nothing about what this story is actually about. I need something to go on. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: Historical Fiction. This is a World War II narrative and I feel like at this point this time period is pretty saturated, especially from a white European standpoint. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: YA (maybe Fantasy?). This pitch is really confusing. I'm not actually sure what this book is about, but I do know that there are some unrealistic expectations about the publishing industry here and this won't be a good fit. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: Urban Fantasy. This one is aimed at the New Adult market, and I'm not looking for manuscripts in this space at the moment. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: Fantasy. So the main POV characters in this one all have different racial and ethnic backgrounds that the author does not seem to share. Which is just difficult at this moment in time. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: Urban Fantasy. I wish I could pinpoint why these pitches are leaving me kind of cold. There's nothing *wrong* with them, but I'm just not *excited* about them either. You want your agent to be ALL-IN, and I'm just not here. Pass. #tenqueries