Notes from the Armchair: The Best Query-Writing Trick Ever
By Laura Zats Queries suck. I know this. Agents look at them for somewhere between 5 and 30 seconds and decide immediately if they’re interested…
Notes from the Armchair: Why Writing is Political
By Laura Zats Are you a human being who comes into contact with women? Do you, as a writer, write characters who are also women?…
Notes from the Armchair: The Best Interview You’ll Ever Have
By Laura Zats We’ve all been waiting for The Call. Agents. Writers. We’re looking for that perfect match for our career. All it takes is one…
Notes from the Armchair : On R+Rs*
By Laura Zats I am an editor. Since 2011, I have (officially, for money) been taking other people’s writing, restructuring it, and making it better. More…
Notes from the Armchair: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Behind
By Laura Zats Let’s get this out of the way: I’m Type A. Like, very, very Type A. I never lose my car keys,…
Why Talking about Diversity Doesn’t Mean Much: Notes from the Armchair #10
By Laura Zats I don’t know if you know this, but I’m super into representing, reading, and advocating for diverse books. It may be the…
Sex Scenes and Consent: Notes from the Armchair #9
By Laura Zats So here’s the thing, readers. I’m a literary agent. I rep romance and erotica. I even read it in my spare time. I…
Notes from the Armchair #8: The Neil Gaiman Effect
By Laura Zats This past week, #MSWL was trending on Twitter. Although #MSWL tweets are made throughout the year, semi-annually, there is a designated day where…
Notes from the Armchair #7
By Laura Zats Literary agents have a lot of mottos. Fight for your author, no matter what. Beer makes everything better. But the most prevalent, and…
Notes from the Armchair #6
By Laura Zats Twenty years ago, any author who wrote for teens or middle grade wouldn’t have been considered “serious” writers. Even now, there’s still an…
