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Thurmadir, it might be easier to find a beta if you wait until you have 50 posts on here, then you can submit a short sample of your writing on SYW. A 187,000 word commitment is quite a bit to ask of people when they have no idea of your writing abilities, particularly coming from someone with so few posts. Just a suggestion. Good Luck!!!
I'd echo Tinman, and also wonder why 187k is one book? Sounds like two 90ks would be more palatable, and not just to betas. I've done a dozen or so betas at AW, and none clocked in over 102k. On the word count alone I'd hesitate. Maybe you have a tetralogy instead of a trilogy....
A hundred and eighty-seven thousand words?
You might try the lifetime beta area. It's the one next to Sisyphus rolling the rock uphill.
You might try the lifetime beta area. It's the one next to Sisyphus rolling the rock uphill.
C'mon, peeps. Play nice.
There are other people with long books. Thurmadir, I would suggest offering rough word count parity. Like two of their 90k novels for your one.
Although you never know. There might be someone waiting who has a long novel and is too reticent to post, for fear of ridicule.
There are other people with long books. Thurmadir, I would suggest offering rough word count parity. Like two of their 90k novels for your one.
Although you never know. There might be someone waiting who has a long novel and is too reticent to post, for fear of ridicule.
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Sorry about the 50 post thing. I should have paid closer attention. Until then, I'll ask a mod to close the thread.
Kind regards.
Kind regards.
Welcome to AW, where everyone gets it wrong sometimes 
(except Haggis)
ETA: Am I the only person who can never, ever, ever walk past a thread deletion?
(except Haggis)
ETA: Am I the only person who can never, ever, ever walk past a thread deletion?
Thurmadir, PM me, and I'll crit your chapter one if you like.
You don't have to wait for fifty posts to put up a beta ad. I'll be happy to give you some tips on how to cut. All my manuscripts started out around 180k.
I have other beta commitments, so I can't take on another novel right now. But you don't have to retract your ad.
You don't have to wait for fifty posts to put up a beta ad. I'll be happy to give you some tips on how to cut. All my manuscripts started out around 180k.
I have other beta commitments, so I can't take on another novel right now. But you don't have to retract your ad.
Thurmadir, I hope I didn't give the impression you need 50 posts to ask for a beta reader. I feel bad that you did a retraction. You did nothing wrong. It's just hard to find someone who'll beta read 187,000 words, though there may be a few like Cathleen who'll volunteer to read a few chapters. You should leave the thread up; it can't hurt anything.
The 50 posts is for ShareYourWork; although, even there it might be a suggestion more than a rule, I don't know
Good Luck!!!
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