Sign-Up to Beta-Read My Novel - Faithless

  I'm pretty excited about this, guys. I've been working on the second draft of this originally very messy, very convoluted, very rushed, very all-over-the-place story since the fall and now I'm finally ready to share it with more people! Are you excited?? Get excited cause it's gonna be awesome! It's been ages since I had beta readers on The Sorceress and the Squid and it's just so so fun to have people reading through your book and getting to see firsthand how they feel about it. It's also a tiny bit terrifying, especially with a book that's still as much of a mess as Faithless is, but I'm really looking forward to it a lot. If you are a somebody who is potentially interested in being part of the beta-reading team for this story, read on for the synopsis and more info regarding the process.



Katarian refugee and dignitary, Sagaar Remus, is reunited after seven years with her husband, Damien Sparr, a convicted war criminal in the Outer Reach whose coup destroyed her country, city, home and family. After years of separation she meets him in his prison cell, aghast by the atrocities he has committed in the name of his people. With her husband facing the executioner's block and conspiracy swimming around her, Saagar must learn what it means to love someone that you cannot trust.  

  I have a hard time placing this book in terms of genre. I call it something like a dystipian AU but it's not really dystopian or a typical alternate universe setting so I have no idea. Maybe you can help me figure something out? It's running about 50,000 words right now with the potential to probably be longer rather than shorter and it's VERY different than my previous novel, The Sorceress and the Squid, or any book I've done before really. It's much darker, much more serious and adult in tone, much more gritty. It's definitely a more mature book than TSatS. Tbh, it's more along the lines of what I usually write. TSatS was a deviation into the realm of middle-grade fantasy that I don't often work in, but I like writing multiple varieties of things, and hopefully you like reading them too and won't be too turned off by how different it is than my previous book. 

  Below I have posted the sign-up sheet, which will be circulating to the end of January. I will be sending out the manuscript through Google Drive on February 1st and closing up the sign-up at that time. I am looking to give people from February 1st to May 1st to read and let me know what they think, but if more or less time is needed, please feel free to take that time as I will not be getting into editing again until the fall most likely. However, I would really appreciate if the novel could be read by May 1st, if you feel like this won't be enough time for you but you'd still like to read it, just let me know and that shouldn't be a problem. 

  Thank you so much for your participation! Hope to see you on the beta-reading team February 1st! :DD


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  1. *grumbles profusely bc I'm too busy with other beta-reads to sign up*

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    1. Ahhh, much sadness! I would totally look forward to what you had to say!

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  2. "Faithless" sounds really interesting! And, of course, I signed up. ;) Can't wait to read it! :D

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    1. Yay! I cheered aloud when I saw that you had! I'm super looking forward to what you're going to say!

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  3. Wow this is super exciting!! I hope it all goes well! The publishing process is so fun! <3

    ~Ivie
    iviewrites.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you so much! I'm pretty excited to do it again. :DD

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  4. This book sounds so interesting! It's great being able to write in multiple genres, so that's awesome this one is different than your previous story. I still need to read The Sorceress and the Squid!

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    1. Thank you! I love writing in genres all across the board, probably because I love reading in genres all across the board. XD Do you have a preferred genre to write in?
      I'd love it if you did read it! :D

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    2. Definitely action/adventure or science fiction! But I'm trying to branch out and try a few other genres :)

      I just bought it - can't wait ahh!

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    3. Those genres are up there for me as well, but fantasy is my go-to. It's always nice to work in new things though, especially when you can mix things up.
      That's so awesome!!! I hope you enjoy it!

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  5. Ahh this is so exciting! I love betaing for people: it's so fun seeing how peoples' writing change throughout the drafts!

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    1. Thank you very much! Me too! I'm really quite excited to see how this story changes as it's honestly such a mess. XD

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  6. This looks like a fascinating story, Emily! I'd love to beta-read, but unfortunately I don't know that I'd have the time I'd need to dedicate to it. (I'm currently beta-reading for the first time ever, and I have discovered that I'm so intense it's quite time-consuming...)

    I hope everything goes well with it, though!
    - Jem Jones

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    1. I would have loved to have heard your insights! Good luck on your first beta-reading venture, it can be more work than you bargain for but it's also really cool to read stories that no one else has yet.

      Thanks so much!

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