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Q3: YA fantasy. I was a little confused by the query. Pages didn't really help clarify. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q2: MG/YA There is a lot going on in the story and it seems a little jumbled. The voice doesn't match audience. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q1: Romance. Didn't really sound like a romance from the query. Not my cup of tea. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q10: Urban Fantasy. Cool concept, but the Q suggests humor/self-awareness that the sample doesn't offer. Bummer! Pass. #tenqueries #agentry
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Q9: Contemporary MG. Cute, voicy protagonist, but I can't find a plot in here. Pass. #tenqueries #agentry
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Q8: Suspense? Literary? Interesting concept, but the genre/direction is unclear. 3rd-person present tense (meh). Pass. #tenqueries #agentry
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Q7: An email re: my #MSWL tweet about a heist novel, from an author I'd previously rejected in multiple genres. No. #tenqueries #agentry
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Q6: High Fantasy. I'll admit now that traditional HF just doesn't appeal to me. Overwritten and too long. Pass. #tenqueries #agentry
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Q5: Upper MG. The concepts skew VERY YA; the writing should reflect the sophistication. Reads simple, moves slow. Pass. #tenqueries #agentry
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Q4: MG. Sports-centric, which doesn't snag my interest, and the stakes aren't high enough. Pass. #tenqueries #agentry
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Q3: Fantasy/Dystopia. The time for dystopia has passed; this is cluttered with characters, concepts, & cliches. Pass. #tenqueries #agentry
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Q2: Satire. The first in a series of 12(!) books. Too dialogue-heavy and the subject is distasteful. Pass. #tenqueries #agentry
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Q1: MG Fantasy calling itself Magical Realism. There's a big difference, folks! VERY tropey and familiar. Pass. #tenqueries #agentry
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Q10: Fantasy. I didn't care for the voice. The narrator is talking to the reader, which was distracting from the story. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q9: Genre not specified. Query doesn't sound like my cup of tea. Pages sent as attachment. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q8: genre(fantasy?). Query/sample pages are not for the first book in a series. Plz query first book. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q7: PB. The premise is kind of cute, but the writing didn't really seem like it would fit a PB. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q6: MG contemporary (?) The premise doesn't really seem like it's my cup of tea. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q5: YA fantasy. The voice didn't feel YA to me, and the first few pages were slow & didn't keep my attention. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q4: Fantasy. The first couple of pages were a bit confusing and felt a little cliché. Pass. #tenqueries