Q15: YA Contemporary: This feels a little too close to sad than to happy for what I'm looking to read these days. Pass. #tenqueries #bonusquery 16/

Q14: YA SFF: This manuscript needs some more time to develop, as it reads way too young to me. Pass. #tenqueries #bonusquery 15/

Q13: Science Fiction: This query has no actual information about the story being pitched. Not a lot I can do with that. Pass. #tenqueries #bonusquery 14/

Q12: YA Contemporary: This has some elements that I love, but overall this pitch is not working for me. Pass. #tenqueries #bonusquery 13/

Q11: Middle Grade: Some of these are just not what I'm looking for, but articulating what that is, is difficult. Because it's more I'll know it when I see it. Pass. #tenqueries #bonusquery 12/

Q10: Fantasy: This Arthurian-inspired fantasy isn't doing enough to distinguish itself from the many King Arthur retellings in my inbox. Pass. #tenqueries 11/

Q9: YA Fantasy: For some reason the interplay between the characters here isn't working for me. Pass. #tenqueries 10/

Q8: YA Fantasy: Portal fantasies are not my jam, unfortunately. Pass #tenqueries 9/

Q7: Romance: This queer romance is very appealing, but it is also missing the high concept hook to knock it out of the park. I have so much contemporary romance on my list that I need to be extremely selective, even if I want all of it. Pass. #tenqueries 8/

Q6: Fantasy: This has some interesting elements, but feels more epic than I am comfortable handling. Pass. #tenqueries 7/

Q5: Middle Grade: There's a lot I like about this pitch, but reading the opening pages I just have this gut feeling that this story isn't starting in the right place. Pass. #tenqueries 6/

Q4: YA Fantasy: This contemporary fantasy is hard to pass on because it has a lot of things I like, but has one element that really doesn't work for me. Pass. #tenqueries 5/

Q3: Romance: This one has been previously published, and I'm afraid I am not looking for previously published material. Pass. #tenqueries 4/

Q2: YA Contemporary: There's nothing wrong with this pitch, it just doesn't speak to me. It's impossible to spark with everything but I feel so much guilt when I don't. Pass. #tenqueries 3/

Q1: Science Fiction: Listen I know sometimes you all think I'm too stringent on my word counts for SFF, but this one is over 500K words and as impressed that I am that someone found that many words to write, that's way too many words. Pass. #tenqueries 2/

Q10: YA Horror: This takes some thematic turns that I'm not sure I want to follow. Pass. #tenqueries 11/

Q9: Science Fiction: This story has themes that aren't quite right for me. Pass. #tenqueries 10/

Q8: Romance: I wish writers didn't feel the need to bash the genre they're querying me on. It's not a good look. Pass. #tenqueries 9/

Q7: Contemporary Romance: This one is way under word count range for this type of story. So I think it needs some additonal work. Pass. #tenqueries 8/

Q6: Romance: I think this one suffers from timing more than anything else, I'm just not in the right mood to read stories that romanticize the British Royal family, even fake versions of it. Pass. #tenqueries 7/