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!
If that's the case, please let me know. My main fear with test readers is getting ghosted.
Absolutely, I get it! I'll let you know if I feel I can't deliver for whatever reason