Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q1: YA Mystery: This one feels like it should be fantasy but it's not, which makes the setting is really confusing to me for some reason. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q10: Fantasy: This is the kind of epic fantasy that isn’t a good fit for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q9: Fantasy: There’s a lot going on here but it veered into no instead of yes for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q8: Science Fiction: This is like BattleBots and I’m just not a good fit for reading a lot of battle scenes. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q7: YA Sci-if: This story blends superheroes and fandom and I am interested to see where it goes. Full Request. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q6: Romantic Suspense: I’m having a hard time with the law enforcement aspects of these types of stories. This isn’t cops but still feels like them. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q5: Paranormal Romance: this starts off like a nice contemporary and then take a turn for bonkers that I don’t really feel like following. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q4: Romance: This #Latinx dance inspired story is right up my alley. Full Request. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q3: YA Sci-fi: This is book 2 to a self-published story which is a bit of a nonstarter in the traditional space. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q2: Science Fiction: I just don’t find the protagonists compelling in this one. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q1: Fantasy: There is no hook in this blurb. It sounds like every other fantasy story with a quest element to solve a mystery. Pass. #temqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q10: Fantasy: This historical fantasy is intriguing, the characters are complex and morally gray, and the opening pages leave me interested to see where this is going. Full Request. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q9: Fantasy: There is a lot of going on in this pitch, and I'm not entirely sure about the conflict, but there's like three too many POVs for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q8: YA Fantasy: This is the first book in a series, and is actually Middle Grade, which is not a genre I currently represent. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q7: YA Fantasy: I do love lesbian pirates, but I already have some on my list and I'm not in a place where I think it makes sense to add more. Pass, regretfully. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q6: SFF: It's an interesting concept, but there's a lot of time-hopping in addition to multiple POVs and I just don't see this working for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q5: Sci-Fi: This just doesn't feel like a high-concept hook, it's the plot of every other SF query in my inbox. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q4: Fantasy: This query has a word count that is hovering at too high and a pitch that tells me nothing about what the story is about. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q3: YA Fantasy: The way this is pitched it sounds like a middle grade. Pass. #tenqueries

Eva Scalzo
@evascalzo
Literary Agent
a boricua🇵🇷 who has never met a tangent she wouldn’t follow | lit agent @ Speilburg Literary | AALA & SCBWI | she/her/ella/ms. | links in bio
89 MSWL
444 Queries
39 Tips

Q2: YA Fantasy: This is set in a dreamworld and I'm just not the biggest fan of these kinds of stories. Pass. #tenqueries