I'm brand new, but I'd give beta-ing a shot if anyone is interested
About Me
I'm 22 and I live in the UK. I really like dinosaurs and really hate zombies. What else do you want to know?
Happy To Beta ...
YA
Fantasy (urban fantasy, low fantasy set in any era, fantasy in invented worlds but more plainly written and not focused on an epic quest -- I prefer all of these to quest/epic fantasy right now)
Sci-Fi
Magical Realism, even though I'm not sure exactly what counts as that
I'll give anything else a chance, as long as it's not in my next list.
Not looking to Beta ...
Erotica (I don't mind books with sex scenes, but I am terrible at writing sex, so I don't think I could critique a book where that is a large part of the point)
Westerns. I don't mean to offend anyone, I just have an irrational dislike. It's not you, it's me. However, I love
Firefly, so if you're only pretending your book is a Western and it actually has space travel, we can talk
Anything about Zombies. Even if you call them something else. Other kinds of undead are fine, but if you have contagious human-eating undead in a post-apocalypic world I cannot deal and I will have nightmares, I promise
Experience
I'm only about 50k words into my first ever novel and I've never critiqued a novel-length work, so don't come to me if you're looking for an expert. Consider me like an especially nitpicky and irritating reader, not as an editor
Other Stuff You Should Know
I like everyone to know where they stand, so I'll probably want to talk about expectations before I begin reading, and I'll probably want to read and review a few chapters so I can get an idea of your writing, and you can get an idea of how I critique, and then we can both decide whether we want to continue.
I think methodically and systematically, so you'll probably get something weird and over the top like an annotated PDF/DOCX, coupled with a 'further thoughts' sheet, and I'll probably make my own forms to fill in. I apologise in advance.
I have empathy for thin-skinned people, because I am one myself! So if you want me to handle you carefully, just let me know. I'm not necessarily the most diplomatic of people, but I will try my very best. If you say to be brutal, I will take that at face value.
I will pick up grammar and spelling mistakes where I can, but if that's what you really need, I'm probably not the person for the job, honestly.
If You're Interested ...
PM me to let me know the genre, length and title of the work, and give me a brief description of it (without spoilers, please, I like to be surprised). If you've got stuff in SYW, even if its not of the work you want me to beta, send me a link so I can see your writing. We can talk expectations through PM and then swap emails.
Availability:
Unavailable for now.