Laura Zats
@lzats.bsky.social
Founder & Agent, Headwater Literary Management. Host of the award-winning Print Run Podcast. AALA Member. Treasurer for Literary Agents of Change. Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Closed to queries till 2026!
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Laura Zats
@lzats.bsky.social
· Mar 17
After a long few months, I'm now officially back open to queries! I've slightly updated my MSWL here: www.headwaterliterary.com/agents
I'm open to adult SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mysteries, Thrillers, Romance, Literary Speculative Fiction, & some select historical and contemporary fiction. And all YA!
I'm open to adult SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mysteries, Thrillers, Romance, Literary Speculative Fiction, & some select historical and contemporary fiction. And all YA!
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I am no more lonely than the loon on the pond that laughs so loud.
February 19, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I am no more lonely than the loon on the pond that laughs so loud.
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Gonna have a lot of “Lord, I see what you do for others…” in the timeline today but just remember that God helps those who help themselves so let’s hippity-hop to the chippity-chop.
February 19, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Gonna have a lot of “Lord, I see what you do for others…” in the timeline today but just remember that God helps those who help themselves so let’s hippity-hop to the chippity-chop.
It’s blizzarding. I just finished feeding 80 families sheltering in place. I just watched a dude in a jean jacket push a car out of a ditch. Fuck yeah, Minnesota.
February 18, 2026 at 11:35 PM
It’s blizzarding. I just finished feeding 80 families sheltering in place. I just watched a dude in a jean jacket push a car out of a ditch. Fuck yeah, Minnesota.
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If they do leave soon, that will mean one more month of countless people sheltering at home, one more month of rent and utilities and food and medical care that needs to be raised. That's millions of dollars of emergency funds just to keep people fed and housed. Do not look away.
February 12, 2026 at 11:21 PM
If they do leave soon, that will mean one more month of countless people sheltering at home, one more month of rent and utilities and food and medical care that needs to be raised. That's millions of dollars of emergency funds just to keep people fed and housed. Do not look away.
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It’s not a withdrawal until ICE is abolished.
I have neighbors everywhere.
I have neighbors everywhere.
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
It’s not a withdrawal until ICE is abolished.
I have neighbors everywhere.
I have neighbors everywhere.
I know I'm "supposed to" feel triumphant in this moment, but I'm mostly sad and cannot stop thinking about how in DV situations, the most dangerous time is right before and as someone leaves their abuser. This week is not the week to get complacent, and I'm scared about it.
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I know I'm "supposed to" feel triumphant in this moment, but I'm mostly sad and cannot stop thinking about how in DV situations, the most dangerous time is right before and as someone leaves their abuser. This week is not the week to get complacent, and I'm scared about it.
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Now it’s:
-RETURN our neighbors
-REPARATIONS for inflicting terror
-ROT in The Hague
-RETURN our neighbors
-REPARATIONS for inflicting terror
-ROT in The Hague
February 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Now it’s:
-RETURN our neighbors
-REPARATIONS for inflicting terror
-ROT in The Hague
-RETURN our neighbors
-REPARATIONS for inflicting terror
-ROT in The Hague
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It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag
My local community hub/food distro spot is selling handmade cards for Valentine’s Day
February 11, 2026 at 12:26 AM
My local community hub/food distro spot is selling handmade cards for Valentine’s Day
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As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.
Amy Klobuchar’s Record on Trump Is Shameful - Racket
As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.
racketmn.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.
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while our politicians twiddle and twaddle, neighborhoods are being devastated. this GFM is for seven families in St. Paul that will be evicted TOMORROW without rent.
I've never posted a GoFundMe before (seriously, not once) but I'll personally vouch for this one. It's a little neighborhood group trying to keep seven Minnesotan families from getting evicted tomorrow. If you can help, please help; if you can share, please share. www.gofundme.com/f/support-sa...
Donate to Support Saint Paul Families Facing ICE Threats, organized by LM Neal
We love Saint Paul. We love it's poetry on random sidewalks, the way every lawn… LM Neal needs your support for Support Saint Paul Families Facing ICE Threats
www.gofundme.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
while our politicians twiddle and twaddle, neighborhoods are being devastated. this GFM is for seven families in St. Paul that will be evicted TOMORROW without rent.
It’s as bad as it’s ever been here. Local volunteers are wearing bulletproof vests to pack groceries for their neighbors.
Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 1:53 AM
It’s as bad as it’s ever been here. Local volunteers are wearing bulletproof vests to pack groceries for their neighbors.
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Danez Smith wrote something really worthwhile about being out here.
jewishcurrents.org/minnesota-go...
jewishcurrents.org/minnesota-go...
Minnesota Goddam
In the Twin Cities, the hand of a polluted country reaches to choke the future out of us.
jewishcurrents.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Danez Smith wrote something really worthwhile about being out here.
jewishcurrents.org/minnesota-go...
jewishcurrents.org/minnesota-go...
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
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I keep wondering what the communication networks out here are gonna talk about once ICE leaves. Probably this
Hey, the common loon called. Yeah, it was hauntingly beautiful
February 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I keep wondering what the communication networks out here are gonna talk about once ICE leaves. Probably this
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
In case you’d like a quick break from The Horrors, behold: a cronching, sun-drenched Betty
January 27, 2026 at 6:22 PM
In case you’d like a quick break from The Horrors, behold: a cronching, sun-drenched Betty
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
This read is worth your time
I wrote a short essay for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome To Hell World about Minneapolis' opposition to ICE.
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:39 PM
This read is worth your time
“I’m not mad at you.”
“Are you okay?”
These are the final words of the Minnesotans murdered by ICE in the past two weeks.
Please reflect on their kindness, humanity, and grace in the days and weeks and months to come. These people were the best of us.
“Are you okay?”
These are the final words of the Minnesotans murdered by ICE in the past two weeks.
Please reflect on their kindness, humanity, and grace in the days and weeks and months to come. These people were the best of us.
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
“I’m not mad at you.”
“Are you okay?”
These are the final words of the Minnesotans murdered by ICE in the past two weeks.
Please reflect on their kindness, humanity, and grace in the days and weeks and months to come. These people were the best of us.
“Are you okay?”
These are the final words of the Minnesotans murdered by ICE in the past two weeks.
Please reflect on their kindness, humanity, and grace in the days and weeks and months to come. These people were the best of us.
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years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
January 24, 2026 at 8:31 PM
years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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ICE agents killed a man and are disappearing the witnesses.
The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:50 PM
ICE agents killed a man and are disappearing the witnesses.