I am hoping for some volunteer test readers of my novel manuscript to provide me feedback.

Info on the book:

  • ~100k words (about 330 novel pages)
  • Fantasy novel set in modern settler-colonial nation
  • Pretty gay
  • Follows a minority family living through a time of political crisis
  • Main themes are settler-colonialism, gender and sexuality, the necessity of political violence, ACAB, and the struggle for identity and purpose under capitalism
  • Has bears
  • More concerned with character than plot
  • Relatively soft magic system basically ripped from Jack Vance
  • Currently very much a first draft

What a test reader would do:

  • Read the book
  • Provide feedback on broad stuff - character arcs, pacing, structure, themes; basically, does the book work?
  • Not worry about editing for the many typos and other extremely "first-draft" sort of stuff

This is a totally volunteer thing. I'm a first time author. I am not asking for an editor. You just get a first draft of a book to read and then give me your feedback. When the book is finished and published (I am aiming for traditional but will self-publish if that's a dead end) I will credit you in the acknowledgements however you would like.

Thank you!

  • redthebaron [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Like i am on summer vacation until late January so I could do this, like most my writing knowledge comes from writing poetry in portuguese so there is this caveat

    • jack [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      That's ok, you don't need to edit my writing at all. I have a friend who's going to help me with editing for spelling, grammar, consistency, that sort of thing. I just want people to read and tell me if what's there is the basis for a good book and how to make it better.