Hi, all. Looking for a beta reader for my 55k YA novel. It's contemporary magic realism in a small-city setting.
I'm happy to swap if you have a mss. I would prefer a reader who is familiar with YA or is writing YA him/herself.
Here's a synopsis of SLIP:
When Samuel Conroy trips over a witch at the local swimming hole, the retaliatory spell she casts on him binds both of them with a rebounding curse. However, both Sam and the witch soon find that the curse has taken on a life of its own. While Sam becomes clumsier, falling in exponentially increasing incidents each day, the witch weakens physically. With both parties soon incapacitated, only the witch’s cat-familiar, Victor, can act to sever the toxic connection between them. Victor races against time to save his companion, but his task is made all the harder once Sam learns the witch is to blame, as he refuses to help. After Sam's symptoms increase to the point where he can no longer endure them, the two agree to cooperate to save the witch and remove the curse, freeing both from its negative effects. Sam discovers that the aftereffects mean he now is able to cast it himself. As the witch confesses to him later, the entire episode occurred because of Sam's inherent magical abilities, which he did not know he possessed. When a mysterious magician named Peter Vens arrives in town and offers to train him, Sam must decide what sort of magician he will be, who will teach him, and how he will use his new power.
Drop me a PM if you're interested, and I'll send you the first two chapters so you can get a sense of it.
Thanks.
I'm happy to swap if you have a mss. I would prefer a reader who is familiar with YA or is writing YA him/herself.
Here's a synopsis of SLIP:
When Samuel Conroy trips over a witch at the local swimming hole, the retaliatory spell she casts on him binds both of them with a rebounding curse. However, both Sam and the witch soon find that the curse has taken on a life of its own. While Sam becomes clumsier, falling in exponentially increasing incidents each day, the witch weakens physically. With both parties soon incapacitated, only the witch’s cat-familiar, Victor, can act to sever the toxic connection between them. Victor races against time to save his companion, but his task is made all the harder once Sam learns the witch is to blame, as he refuses to help. After Sam's symptoms increase to the point where he can no longer endure them, the two agree to cooperate to save the witch and remove the curse, freeing both from its negative effects. Sam discovers that the aftereffects mean he now is able to cast it himself. As the witch confesses to him later, the entire episode occurred because of Sam's inherent magical abilities, which he did not know he possessed. When a mysterious magician named Peter Vens arrives in town and offers to train him, Sam must decide what sort of magician he will be, who will teach him, and how he will use his new power.
Drop me a PM if you're interested, and I'll send you the first two chapters so you can get a sense of it.
Thanks.
