Q5: NF about Breaking Bad. I may be the only person on Earth who watched all 5 seasons of BB and didn't think it was that good. #tenqueries

Q4: Thriller about a South American drug cartel using illegal immigrants to traffic their product. A bit generic for me. #tenqueries

Q3: MG sci-fi that takes place in outer space. Good writing, but aliens and distant planets just don't do it for me. Never have. #tenqueries

Q2: NF about the Civil War that I really wanted to like, but read too much like a textbook. #tenqueries

Q1: Horror, opened with a graphic sex scene designed to draw the reader in rather than establish a character/storyline. Pass. #tenqueries

My current query turnaround time is 1-5 days. Sample page turn around time is 1-4 weeks. FYI #agenting #10queriesIn10tweets

#10 = contemporary YA. Compelling story, but writing is very weak. darn. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#9 = contemporary romance. Plot revolves around an easily-solvable-on-Page-1 misunderstanding. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#8 = fantasy MG. Complex world building isn't compelling - it's so complex as to be no longer engaging. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#7 = contemporary YA. Conflict feels angsty instead of emotionally complex. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#6 = contemporary romance. Wow. Speechless. Pitched as "not like those other stupid romance novels." PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#5 = science fiction. Interesting world building, but plot feels generic and too shallow for a full novel. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#4 = historical romance. Writing is weak (run-on sentences, etc) and conflict feels trite. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#3 = fantasy. Wordy and unclear world building with no strong inciting incident or pitch. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#1 = contemporary romance. Hook and world feel generic to me. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#2 = pitched as a contemporary romance. No happy ending though and not a romance trope, so wrong genre. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

btw, yes - I read all the queries myself. If something is addressed to Kristin, then I vet and move it to her inbox. #10queriesIn10tweets

Q10. Dystopian = instant hard sell. Too many linking verbs & adverbs = stilted tone = pass. #tenqueries

Q9. Rhyming PB with everything as it should be. Well-paced, well arced, good twist. But do I love it? No. Encouraging pass. #tenqueries

Q8 continued. Wow. Everything about this is nonstandard, confusing, and not in tune with the market. :( Pass. #tenqueries