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Post by HopeAnnSchmidt on Mar 29, 2016 6:43:45 GMT -5
If you have a story and you're looking for someone to read it and give you honest corrections, this is the place to post.  |
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Post by HopeAnnSchmidt on Mar 29, 2016 6:48:00 GMT -5
Speaking of Beta reading, I'll have the first readable draft of Song of the Sword ready this weekend. It's around 28,000 words long and is a retelling of Rapunzel. For this round, I just want thoughts on the theme of the story and the plot, as well as comments on bits a reader would find confusing. If anyone is interested, you can contact me here: writinginthelightpublishing.com/contact-me-2/ and that way I'll have your e-mail address and can e-mail you a copy when it is ready.  |
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Post by ivyrose on Apr 6, 2016 19:14:38 GMT -5
I need beta readers!!!! (Thanks for making this a topic, Hope!!!) I managed to get myself into a lovely situation of forgetting what month it was (don’t ask how) and forgetting that my intended release date for my first book is coming up VERY QUICKLY. In my mind, I had 4 more months to get this book ready instead of the actual 2 1/2. *PANIC* Therefore, I find myself in dire need of a few more beta readers. If any of you lovely people are willing/interested to beta read my book, I would give you a bunch of cyber hugs and would shower you with thanks. Unfortunately, I haven’t had time to write a cover blurb yet, but here is a blog post from a few weeks ago that tells a little about the story. lakesidepublications.com/130-years-ago-today/In short, The Old River Road is historical fiction (late 1800’s pioneering), based on the lives of my great-great grandparents. It’s about 90,000 words, which is approximately 35 chapters. This is short notice (and I’m so sorry!), so I would need everything back by the end of April. Format wise, I prefer to send it via google docs, but I can also do it as a word doc if necessary. You can contact me through the fourm here or via my blog. Thanks so much! |
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Post by Anne of Lothlorien on Apr 6, 2016 22:07:15 GMT -5
I'm looking for ONE beta reader for my recently-finished-first-draft-halfway-into-second-draft-novella, Dawn. I decided to go for something a little more interesting and set up a challenge under writing challenges. The winner of the challenge will be my beta reader. She will give me her address and I will mail her a copy. Any one on here can try as long as they are willing to give their address and their absolutely honest opinion.
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Post by Anne of Lothlorien on Apr 7, 2016 22:58:36 GMT -5
IF YOU ARE HESITANT ABOUT GIVING OUT YOUR ADDRESS IF YOU WIN:
You can email it to Hope and she will give it to me (same church) so it will remain private and not public.
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Post by Anne of Lothlorien on Apr 13, 2016 13:56:31 GMT -5
Hey Hope. Where do you want me to put comments on Song of the Sword? Here, email, print them and give them to you at church...?
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Post by HopeAnnSchmidt on Apr 13, 2016 17:11:29 GMT -5
Anne, you could either put them in the document itself (have you ever used Word's comment tool? It's really useful for beta reading) and e-mail it back. That would the the easiest, I think, if you do use Microsoft Word. Otherwise you could print it and write on there, but that would take longer on your part. But I don't really mind...whatever is easiest for you.
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Post by Anne of Lothlorien on Apr 18, 2016 9:59:58 GMT -5
I think I'll just print out my suggestions and give them to you at church. I can't imagine how long it took you to come up with all the rules for realm jumping and the songs and stuff. Awesome. Half way through the second full reading.
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Post by HopeAnnSchmidt on Apr 19, 2016 6:24:41 GMT -5
Sounds good. The realms were a little confusing at first, but I was able to figure that out pretty quickly. The hard part was the climax...how to write it without killing the characters I wanted to keep alive. |
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