Hi, all. I'm seeking a beta for an 81k contemporary fantasy (blurb below). The book is second in a series but almost all the characters are new, and there are shifts in narration and setting which make it comprehensible as a stand-alone. I can provide a summary of the first book for context.
I read and critique fast, usually within one week, though I don’t expect the same—anything within three weeks is fine. I’ve done 26 complete beta reads for AWers since 2014. I prefer doing straight swaps, but I know schedules don't always align, so don’t let that stop you.
Your WIP should be complete. Almost any genre is fine, as long as your work is great
. My favorite is fantasy, but any genre fiction is possible. Not a fan of inspirational, erotica, gory violence/horror, or lit-fic where nothing actually happens. I’ll read YA or adult levels of genre fiction, but I prefer my YA with real consequences. Character deaths are fine; I've always assumed “kill your precious darlings” should be taken literally!
PM me if interested and we can swap sample chapters. Thanks!
Blurb(ish):
SPANGLES
All her life, Ella has seen the spangles: lead-colored snowflakes that drift across her vision, invisible to everyone else. But after realizing they are not harmless distractions but signs of foreordained death, she lives in constant fear. In time, she learns she has control over the spangles, but cannot decide if she is cursed to cause suffering, or blessed by the means to stop it.
Three thousand miles away, a woman named Perpetua discovers she can see how long people will live. Depressed and confused, she contemplates suicide once she learns she can save multiple people from their deaths by sacrificing another life. Appalled at her ability and the cost it requires, she resists using it until a stranger offers her a proposition and she realizes she can do more than cause pain.
Ella chooses to run from her fate, Perpetua embraces it, yet these opposite decisions bring both to a crucial nexus which will determine not only their own future, but that of hundreds of innocents. Can they both come to terms with their talents to defeat a supernatural threat whose twisted sense of justice will seek them out for reasons of its own?
I read and critique fast, usually within one week, though I don’t expect the same—anything within three weeks is fine. I’ve done 26 complete beta reads for AWers since 2014. I prefer doing straight swaps, but I know schedules don't always align, so don’t let that stop you.
Your WIP should be complete. Almost any genre is fine, as long as your work is great
. My favorite is fantasy, but any genre fiction is possible. Not a fan of inspirational, erotica, gory violence/horror, or lit-fic where nothing actually happens. I’ll read YA or adult levels of genre fiction, but I prefer my YA with real consequences. Character deaths are fine; I've always assumed “kill your precious darlings” should be taken literally!PM me if interested and we can swap sample chapters. Thanks!
Blurb(ish):
SPANGLES
All her life, Ella has seen the spangles: lead-colored snowflakes that drift across her vision, invisible to everyone else. But after realizing they are not harmless distractions but signs of foreordained death, she lives in constant fear. In time, she learns she has control over the spangles, but cannot decide if she is cursed to cause suffering, or blessed by the means to stop it.
Three thousand miles away, a woman named Perpetua discovers she can see how long people will live. Depressed and confused, she contemplates suicide once she learns she can save multiple people from their deaths by sacrificing another life. Appalled at her ability and the cost it requires, she resists using it until a stranger offers her a proposition and she realizes she can do more than cause pain.
Ella chooses to run from her fate, Perpetua embraces it, yet these opposite decisions bring both to a crucial nexus which will determine not only their own future, but that of hundreds of innocents. Can they both come to terms with their talents to defeat a supernatural threat whose twisted sense of justice will seek them out for reasons of its own?
