Well that was kind of depressing. Sorry guys. :/ I'll have to do another #tenqueries soon. Off to work on another 50 queries for today.

Q10: Adult Fantasy addressed to another agent & w/some weird personalization to me. Premise doesn't interest me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q9: YA Horror Premise got me excited, but the writing didn't pull me in. So close. Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: YA SF Difficult query to follow. Riddled with clichés. Not the strongest writing. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: Adult SF An interesting cautionary tale. Not fully polished/completed. What a shame. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: Adult horror. Haunted house trope. Not really my thing. Also MC is kind of mean. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: YA fantasy Premise is convoluted and pages are dense with backstory. I have no character to care about. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: NA that isn't actually NA (again). Starts right in the action and loses me completely in a confusing sequence. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: NA fantasy that is actually best suited for YA. Query not specific enough to excite me. Weak writing. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: Adult SF Unfinished manuscript. Plot sacrificed for morality lesson. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: Contemporary YA with adult voice and themes. Not what I do and length is very short. Pass. #tenqueries

#tenqueries complete. Keep your queries focused & treat the writing as you would any: it is storytelling in miniature. #askagent in 10mins!

Q10: YA Contemp. Pass. Started sample pages & the sentence rhythm—a lot of “I [verb]…” constructions—made the voice a bit flat. #tenqueries

Q9: Pass. YA fantasy. Not best fit for me. Also your GAME OF THRONES-esque fantasy better stand out--there's been a lot recently #tenqueries

Q8: YA contemporary with a favorite movie used as a comp title. Query is a tad unfocused, but will look at sample pages. #tenqueries

Q7: A YA (I think? Actually unclear) at 150k words. WAY too long. Pass. Also, says it's currently untitled—query with a title. #tenqueries

Q6: Pass. Another futuristic sci-fi YA that would likely be grouped in with dystopian—not able to sell it.

Q5: Pass. YA thriller. Interesting premise, but not right for me. No real sense of the characters in the query, just the plot.

Q4: Pass. Query opens with a very long rhetorical question & author keeps repeating same words within sentences. Not promising.

Q3: Pass. Futuristic sci-fi YA—even if it's great, I just can't sell this right now.