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Hi I need a beta reader for my children's anthropormorphic animal story. An agent has said
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Reviews wouldn’t persuade me. I always go with my own reaction to what I read. I couldn’t help but think of Watership Down as I read your book because that story is about a war in their world. But I didn’t see enough in the way of characterization at this point to work on a rewrite with you; action scenes aren’t enough to draw me in. If you do a rewrite with a writing workshop, I would be happy to consider a new version of the ms.[/FONT]
So I need to look at developing characterisation so I can re-submit.
Just so you know, this was published in 1998 with British rights in UK only but was only marketed in book fairs. That contract has now expired and I am looking to polish the ms to submit to a new publisher/ agent, possibly overseas as first British rights have already gone.
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Reviews wouldn’t persuade me. I always go with my own reaction to what I read. I couldn’t help but think of Watership Down as I read your book because that story is about a war in their world. But I didn’t see enough in the way of characterization at this point to work on a rewrite with you; action scenes aren’t enough to draw me in. If you do a rewrite with a writing workshop, I would be happy to consider a new version of the ms.[/FONT]
So I need to look at developing characterisation so I can re-submit.
Just so you know, this was published in 1998 with British rights in UK only but was only marketed in book fairs. That contract has now expired and I am looking to polish the ms to submit to a new publisher/ agent, possibly overseas as first British rights have already gone.