Taking the entire day to go over suggestions from all my lovely beta readers and begin making some serious changes to the book. Sections will be swapped. Things will be cut! All this is in preparation for the next round of manuscript submissions in September.
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This beta reading thing, btw, is still open. I’ve gained some lovely new followers in the last month and a half and if you want to help me out as I edit my novel, I’d love more readers. However, last time I opened this up, some people volunteered and then, once I sent them the book, never said another word to me. If you want to read it, then read it and let me know! Good or bad! Not letting me know if you ever got beyond the first page kind of shreds my poor heart to bits with worry. I have an overactive imagination (a bonus to a writer) and when I hear nothing, I imagine the absolute worst.
However, while some people finished it by the end of June, some people are still working their way through the book, and one is just as lovely as the other. So there’s definitely room for more readers since we have a lot of reading paces. All that matters is feedback. If I eventually get it by the third week of August, then I’m a happy camper.
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Anyway… that being said, I’m off to the yard, thoroughly sunscreened-up with my big floppy hat, a cup of coffee and my manuscript.
