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Hey, I'm searching for someone to swap manuscripts with 
My novel is science fiction, but I'd also be willing to look at fantasy, mainstream/literary, action/adventure, or any kind of YA. It'd be awesome if our partnership could continue in the future with other manuscripts! (My WIP is a similar genre - sci-fi/action/adventure, but I have a finished YA fantasy that may go somewhere.)
Right now, the manuscript I'm looking for beta readers for is THE SECOND GENERATION. It's 111,000 words and definitely soft science-fiction. Its subgenre is probably action/adventure. Here's a short synopsis:
Forty-five years after a devastating attack on Earth, Natalie is traveling with her best friend to Thatcher, a refugee city for alien-human hybrids. They meet two seemingly carefree boys with a dark history at a campground, and the four decide to travel together.
When they get involved in a mob fight trying to defend a young part-alien, it’s just the beginning of their problems. One of the boys is soon kidnapped, leading Natalie to decide whether she cares about her new friends enough to search for him. After a dangerous rescue, they flee to Thatcher, only to be pulled into a power struggle between the city’s leaders and an ambitious group of part-aliens. While the group prepares for a violent secession from the nation, Natalie struggles to trust her new friends, fight for their survival, and find her freedom.
I haven't posted it on SYW yet because I'm working up to 50 posts, but if you're a member of Critique Circle, you can see chapter 1 and 2 here.
It's been through one thorough edit, but other than the first few chapters, no one has looked at it yet. I'd like feedback on basically anything that sticks out to you, but I'm concerned about the realism of the enemies, the pacing, character development, and the occasional strange sentence that doesn't make sense to anyone but me.
As for my style of beta-ing/critiquing/whatever you want to call it, I do some line editing as well as looking at the story as a whole. I'll write up a page or two about what I liked and what I personally think you could improve and I'll leave comments throughout the text. Right now, I'm looking at one other manuscript, so I'll be able to get back to you in 1-2 months.
If you're interested, post here, PM me, or e-mail me at emilyannward [at] yahoo.com. Thanks in advance!
My novel is science fiction, but I'd also be willing to look at fantasy, mainstream/literary, action/adventure, or any kind of YA. It'd be awesome if our partnership could continue in the future with other manuscripts! (My WIP is a similar genre - sci-fi/action/adventure, but I have a finished YA fantasy that may go somewhere.)Right now, the manuscript I'm looking for beta readers for is THE SECOND GENERATION. It's 111,000 words and definitely soft science-fiction. Its subgenre is probably action/adventure. Here's a short synopsis:
Forty-five years after a devastating attack on Earth, Natalie is traveling with her best friend to Thatcher, a refugee city for alien-human hybrids. They meet two seemingly carefree boys with a dark history at a campground, and the four decide to travel together.
When they get involved in a mob fight trying to defend a young part-alien, it’s just the beginning of their problems. One of the boys is soon kidnapped, leading Natalie to decide whether she cares about her new friends enough to search for him. After a dangerous rescue, they flee to Thatcher, only to be pulled into a power struggle between the city’s leaders and an ambitious group of part-aliens. While the group prepares for a violent secession from the nation, Natalie struggles to trust her new friends, fight for their survival, and find her freedom.
I haven't posted it on SYW yet because I'm working up to 50 posts, but if you're a member of Critique Circle, you can see chapter 1 and 2 here.
It's been through one thorough edit, but other than the first few chapters, no one has looked at it yet. I'd like feedback on basically anything that sticks out to you, but I'm concerned about the realism of the enemies, the pacing, character development, and the occasional strange sentence that doesn't make sense to anyone but me.
As for my style of beta-ing/critiquing/whatever you want to call it, I do some line editing as well as looking at the story as a whole. I'll write up a page or two about what I liked and what I personally think you could improve and I'll leave comments throughout the text. Right now, I'm looking at one other manuscript, so I'll be able to get back to you in 1-2 months.
If you're interested, post here, PM me, or e-mail me at emilyannward [at] yahoo.com. Thanks in advance!
