Hello all. First let me say that I've been lurking for some time and have found the volumes of advice here extremely helpful. Thanks!
I've just finished the first draft of a SF novel (80,500 by the old 250 x page standard and closer to 70,000 by my computers count) and would love to find a beta reader or two. As it's a first draft, I don't need anything more than a simple read through and a list of problems/questions you have with the plot and characters. I generally save grammar and typos until I have what I consider to be a completely finished product.
A bit about the novel:
The Widow
Chapel Ward has agreed to be a mail order bride and travels to an illegal colony at the far reaches of human space only to find upon arrival that her prospective husband is already dead. Her new hosts keep her sequestered and she suspects there is more going on than simply a failing colony's efforts to bolster their gene pool but they aren't the only ones with secrets and she quickly proves herself to be much more than the colony bargained for.
Sheesh. I did much better with the novel than I just did with the synopsis, or at least I hope I did
Anyway, if anyone is interested I'd be more than happy to reciprocate. I'm a voracious reader of everything from young adult to non-fiction.
I've just finished the first draft of a SF novel (80,500 by the old 250 x page standard and closer to 70,000 by my computers count) and would love to find a beta reader or two. As it's a first draft, I don't need anything more than a simple read through and a list of problems/questions you have with the plot and characters. I generally save grammar and typos until I have what I consider to be a completely finished product.
A bit about the novel:
The Widow
Chapel Ward has agreed to be a mail order bride and travels to an illegal colony at the far reaches of human space only to find upon arrival that her prospective husband is already dead. Her new hosts keep her sequestered and she suspects there is more going on than simply a failing colony's efforts to bolster their gene pool but they aren't the only ones with secrets and she quickly proves herself to be much more than the colony bargained for.
Sheesh. I did much better with the novel than I just did with the synopsis, or at least I hope I did
Anyway, if anyone is interested I'd be more than happy to reciprocate. I'm a voracious reader of everything from young adult to non-fiction.
