Q6: YA fantasy. Rich family, secret society, girls with swords. Good writing sample, but needs to stand out amongst others. Pass #tenqueries

Q5: A thriller. Terrorism. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: A fantasy. Passive/submissive female MC, aggressive/dominating male love interest. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: A hist fantasy. Great time period & genre blend, good comp titles, a scattered query, poor opening paragraph in sample. Pass #tenqueries

Q2: A histfic. Neat topic & time period, reminds me a bit of Byatt. Writing sample provided executed telling, not showing. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: A fantasy. Typical urban fantasy tropes (includes vamps/weres), nothing quite standing out or grabbing my attention. Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: YA contemp/A fiction? Very woe-is-me. Give me a reason to root for MC. Pass #tenqueries

Q9: YA contemp. Multiple POVs, typical suburban high school drama. A bit too much going on, needs direction & purpose. Pass #tenqueries

Q8: A thriller. Scattered query/summary, difficult to follow. I'm not the agent with Triada to send this genre anyway. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: YA contemp. LOVED the comparable titles. Answered a mswl. Amazing voice in the writing sample. Clearly researched. Partial. #tenqueries

Q6: A women's fic. One sad thing piled on top of another, little reason to find hope or redemption. Less woe-is-me, please! Pass #tenqueries

Q5: A fant. Comparable titles/shows were excellent & spot on in the query, but writing sample provided was not compelling. Pass #tenqueries

Q4: YA fantasy. MC transported thru dreams. Loads of these come to my inbox -- needs to be unique outside of dream aspect. Pass #tenqueries

Q3: YA fantasy. MC is half human, half fairy. Must save the world but doesn't want to/know how to. Plot needs to be unique. Pass #tenqueries

Q2: A histfic. Addressed to different agent at different agency. Continued reading query, but topic still not for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: ?. Age is YA, content/tone feels MG. Diverse (a plus), but no plot is given, everything is rainbows & sunshine. Pass. #tenqueries

OK, that's my #tenqueries. Going to dive back into the slush pile now - have a great weekend!

Q10: Self pubbed thriller, author isn't pleased with sales, wants me to somehow re-sell it and make it big. Not gonna happen. #tenqueries

Q9: Memoir from a 30 y/o male about recovering from porn addiction. A growing problem that few take seriously; I'll take a look #tenqueries

Q8: Mystery, sounded intriguing, but the author included 10 pages of chapter 7. ALWAYS include the 1st pages w/ your submission. #tenqueries