Hi! *waves* This is kind of nerve-wracking!
Okay, so. I am looking for a beta reader or two for my just under 60k YA Urban Fantasy. I kind of took a writing hiatus for a while because of reasons no one cares about, but I've been trying to get back in the swing of things.
I used to have a pitch around here somewhere... wow, organization is not my best skill set... Ah! I should, like, type this and put it somewhere so I don't lose it again...
Okay, so, here's a pitchy-type thing:
I'm not really looking for line editing right now so much as the deeper stuff. I really just need some fresh eyes to really rip it apart and tell me all the things that suck, you know?
And obviously we would do the "send the first chapter and see if you like it/we work together well" thing.
I'm willing to trade betas (with some genre restrictions) and I would like to have a partnership where this would be a long-term thing.
THIS GOT LONG. Um. So PM or comment if you're interested?
Okay, so. I am looking for a beta reader or two for my just under 60k YA Urban Fantasy. I kind of took a writing hiatus for a while because of reasons no one cares about, but I've been trying to get back in the swing of things.
I used to have a pitch around here somewhere... wow, organization is not my best skill set... Ah! I should, like, type this and put it somewhere so I don't lose it again...
Okay, so, here's a pitchy-type thing:
Lennie Ryans would like three things for her 16th birthday:
1. To fit into the dress her mother insists on having custom made.
2. A gift card to her favourite bookstore.
3. Not to be murdered by the serial killer stalking her.
Mostly the serial killer thing, though.
See, lately Lennie has been going on these midnight walks. Walks that take her to houses where people are dying. Or, in some cases, being murdered. Lennie already has her hands full with her neurotic mother, a budding romance that is totally confusing, and trying not to fail Chemistry. She has no interest in playing Nancy Drew.
Somehow, she doesn’t think she has much of a choice.
1. To fit into the dress her mother insists on having custom made.
2. A gift card to her favourite bookstore.
3. Not to be murdered by the serial killer stalking her.
Mostly the serial killer thing, though.
See, lately Lennie has been going on these midnight walks. Walks that take her to houses where people are dying. Or, in some cases, being murdered. Lennie already has her hands full with her neurotic mother, a budding romance that is totally confusing, and trying not to fail Chemistry. She has no interest in playing Nancy Drew.
Somehow, she doesn’t think she has much of a choice.
I'm not really looking for line editing right now so much as the deeper stuff. I really just need some fresh eyes to really rip it apart and tell me all the things that suck, you know?
And obviously we would do the "send the first chapter and see if you like it/we work together well" thing.I'm willing to trade betas (with some genre restrictions) and I would like to have a partnership where this would be a long-term thing.
THIS GOT LONG. Um. So PM or comment if you're interested?