Q3: NF PB. Cute, heart-warming story, choppily told. Pass #tenqueries #pubtip

Q2: YA Thriller. Premise not shabby, but beginning disorienting and the plot arcs too slowly. Pass. #tenqueries #pubtip

Q1: Memoir (always tough sells). Too many generalities, vague prose. Paint me a pic; show me why I should care. #tenqueries #querytip

Q10: Book of essays about a college student's experiences coming from an evangelical Xtian background. Cool idea, but not for me #tenqueries

Q9: Query letter starts with "Dear Ms. Feinman." We've all done it, but be careful not to get your wires crossed when querying #tenqueries

Q8: Thriller told in the third person present tense. That's really, really hard to pull off, and it isn't quite working here #tenqueries

Q7: Letter consists of "Hi!" followed by a generic synopsis and the 1st pages as an attachment. Clearly an email blast. Pass #tenqueries

Q6: Author managed to incorporate lyrics to "Ice Ice Baby" into her query for what she's pitching as an MG "8 Mile". Awesome #tenqueries

Q5: MG fantasy. I get a lot of these, as I'm looking for boy books, but I'm not a good fit for swords, wizards, and kingdoms #tenqueries

Q4: Mentions my #MSWL for a thriller w a protag who has a family: "my hero has a family that he's estranged from." So no family #tenqueries

Q3: Haunted house story. LOVE these kind of books, but the writing isn't really there. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: MG about superheroes. There are so many books that offer a unique twist on superheroes that it's becoming oversaturated.Pass #tenqueries

Q1: Pitched as a thriller, but it's really more romantic suspense. This isn't quite my thing. Pass. #tenqueries

Going to try and close out the week with a #tenqueries, provided nothing catastrophic happens in the next few hours

Q10: Rhyming PB. Zombies - yeah! (For PBs, not above) Gruesomeness - excessive. Stiff grammar to keep meter -- yup. Alas, pass. #tenqueries.

Q9: PB. Spends WAY too many words on description (hello, illustrations!) and MCs don't get to solve their own problem. #tenqueries #pubtip

Q8: Another PB ms that doesn't adhere to word count and has weak stakes and poor arc. Sigh. Pass. #tenqueries #querytip

Q7: Great #WeNeedDiverseBooks topic, but the voice didn't stand out *quite* enough and the story arc felt wobbly. Pass. Sniff. #tenqueries

Q6: 1000+ word PB; writing not tight enough. Pass. Know your genre/age group conventions! #tenqueries #writingtips

Q5: Scifi/fantasy mashup. Fun premise, but the voice and pacing need some work. Pass. #tenqueries #amwriting #querytip