Hi everyone! I'm currently revising my book (working title: In the Midst of Monsters, hence the thread title), which is a YA-crossover fantasy, and am hoping to find a good crit partner/beta to read it. Here is the summary:
"The last thing the notorious pirate Alek Stryder expected was a girl marooned on the same isle as he in the middle of the Bitter Seas. After she reveals the story behind the strange brand she bears on her wrist, he decides to recruit her in his hunt for the legendary beast that destroyed both their lives. But as they battle across isles haunted with strange and beautiful monsters, his one too many mistakes threaten to catch up with him.
The runaway Kaia Threed is determined to bring vengeance to the beast that killed her shield-sisters. So when the cocky swashbuckler who saved her proposes a partnership in piracy, she decides to take matters into her own hands. But as their hunt for the beast takes a turn for the worse, the secret of her lineage may be the only thing that can save them.
Traitors arise, blood spills, and curses unfold on the Bitter Seas. Swarms of serpents and sea dragons prevent even the strongest from returning to the ashen Lone Empire. And in the dark hollows of Ethlinok, a legend begins to unravel."
I'm especially looking for betas/crit partners who are close to querying their own books. It'd be helpful if they were in the same genre but it is in no way necessary. I'm what some might call a Grammar Nazi, so what I'm more interested in (in terms of what type of edits you provide me) are characterization and plot/pacing. I'd be more than willing to be a beta in return. In fact, that would be remarkably fun. I'd love to form a good friendship with any and all of you! One can never have too many friends.
My book is currently in its third draft, and I hope to start querying sometime in September. Lovely to meet you all!
"The last thing the notorious pirate Alek Stryder expected was a girl marooned on the same isle as he in the middle of the Bitter Seas. After she reveals the story behind the strange brand she bears on her wrist, he decides to recruit her in his hunt for the legendary beast that destroyed both their lives. But as they battle across isles haunted with strange and beautiful monsters, his one too many mistakes threaten to catch up with him.
The runaway Kaia Threed is determined to bring vengeance to the beast that killed her shield-sisters. So when the cocky swashbuckler who saved her proposes a partnership in piracy, she decides to take matters into her own hands. But as their hunt for the beast takes a turn for the worse, the secret of her lineage may be the only thing that can save them.
Traitors arise, blood spills, and curses unfold on the Bitter Seas. Swarms of serpents and sea dragons prevent even the strongest from returning to the ashen Lone Empire. And in the dark hollows of Ethlinok, a legend begins to unravel."
I'm especially looking for betas/crit partners who are close to querying their own books. It'd be helpful if they were in the same genre but it is in no way necessary. I'm what some might call a Grammar Nazi, so what I'm more interested in (in terms of what type of edits you provide me) are characterization and plot/pacing. I'd be more than willing to be a beta in return. In fact, that would be remarkably fun. I'd love to form a good friendship with any and all of you! One can never have too many friends.
My book is currently in its third draft, and I hope to start querying sometime in September. Lovely to meet you all!
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