Please double space. PLEASE! #tenqueries #myeyeshurt

8- YA thriller, but this feels way older than YA. Know your genre, know your voice. Pass #tenqueries

7- YA, but again, it feels like middle grade. Voice doesn't feel authentic. Pass #tenqueries

6- Author calls it contemporary romance. Starts off strong and draws me right in. I like it! Request! #tenqueries

5- Maybe it's historical fiction, I'm not sure. I don't get it. Pass #tenqueries

3- NA Contemp, Word count is WAY too long pages didn't draw me in. Pass. #tenqueries

#3 Author says this is YA but feels more like Middle Grade, which we don't represent. Do your research, know your genre.

#2 YA Thriller, I liked the premise but writing just not strong enough. Pass.

#1, NA, I didn't love the query but I always read the pages. Writing not bad but feels like it started in the wrong place. I'm lost. Pass

Q10: YA romance. Don't do a lot of YA, and don't really do any romance, so this author queried the wrong agent for this project #tenqueries

Q9: 2/2 if you want to empower your female protag, great! I'm all for it. But don't do it at the expense of males. #tenqueries

Q9: Opens w a boy getting humiliated by a girl for exhibiting what looked to me like very normal, healthy boy behaviors. #tenqueries 1/2

Q8: Noir mystery. Writing is good, but not blown away by the opening. Still, willing to read a bit more. Will request a partial. #tenqueries

Q7: NF about the tanks of WWII. A little dry for me, reads a bit like a textbook to me. #tenqueries

Q6: Horror novel that relies on trying to gross me out instead of scare me. A common mistake that horror authors make. #tenqueries

Q5: Just a letter, no pages. Tough to judge based on query alone and I get too many emails to give you the benefit of the doubt #tenqueries

Q4: MG fantasy that is cute and well-written, but a little too girl-centric for me. My MG list is geared more towards boys. #tenqueries

Q3: Author divulged that he initially self published and the book hasn't done well at all. Not the best sales pitch. #tenqueries

Q2: The first word of the MS was "Ugh!" You know what makes me say "Ugh!"? The word "ugh", followed by an exclamation point. #tenqueries

Q1: Mystery novel, opens with a cop getting drunk at a bar over the loss of his partner. A little too generic for me. #tenqueries