Comments on: Field Guide to the North American Beta Reader https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/08/beta-field-guide/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Top Picks Thursday! For Writers & Readers 08-30-2018 | The Author Chronicles https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/08/beta-field-guide/#comment-97408 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:01:48 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=25274#comment-97408 […] is where we polish our story to the highest degree. Cait Reynolds gives us a field guide to the North American beta reader, James Scott Bell explains how to put some snap in your style, and Andrea Merrell reminds us […]

]]> By: Earnest Painter https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/08/beta-field-guide/#comment-97273 Sat, 25 Aug 2018 19:20:00 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=25274#comment-97273 In reply to Cait Reynolds.

I was in a class that Cait crashed, and if she’s half that enthusiastic as a teacher it’s bound to be a blast.

]]> By: Earnest Painter https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/08/beta-field-guide/#comment-97272 Sat, 25 Aug 2018 19:17:20 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=25274#comment-97272 I’m getting to the point that I need a beta reader. I’m wondering what kind of beta reader I would be. I fancy myself the unicorn, but I’ve known me for a long time and I doubt that’s true.

]]> By: Cait Reynolds https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/08/beta-field-guide/#comment-97117 Wed, 22 Aug 2018 02:43:11 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=25274#comment-97117 In reply to Helia Rethmann.

Hi Helia! Thank you so much. I don’t have immediate plans to repeat the class right now, but if there is enough demand, I may offer it again before winter. I’ll make sure to let you know if I do repeat it, and in the meantime, I would definitely consider the recording at least. Thanks again – I love hearing that we made you laugh!

]]> By: Helia Rethmann https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/08/beta-field-guide/#comment-97116 Wed, 22 Aug 2018 02:24:04 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=25274#comment-97116 Kristen and Cait,
I always enjoy your informative posts but this one had me weep with laughter and recognition. I hope that commending your superior acting skills doesn’t automatically qualify me as a ‘gusher’.
Anyway, I’d love to take the “Field guide” class but will be working during the time it’s on and would rather attend ‘in person’ than just having access to the recording. Will there be a repeat?
Gratefully,
Helia

]]> By: Deborah Makarios https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/08/beta-field-guide/#comment-97111 Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:24:11 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=25274#comment-97111 I was fortunate enough to encounter a fantastic beta-reader with my first novel. She told me what was working, what wasn’t working, and gave me an idea of why – which left me full of enthusiasm and raring to go on the rewrite.
But she’s not North American, which may be why the rest of you are having so much trouble locating her :-). Her name is Sara Litchfield of Right Ink on the Wall, and she’s available for hire as a developmental editor (as well as content-editing & proofreading).

]]> By: excessivelyperky https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/08/beta-field-guide/#comment-97104 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 21:42:59 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=25274#comment-97104 That reminds me, I have a manuscript to read from a friend who is my golden line critic. I need to buy her chocolate, too.

Flirting with being Over Committed, but trying really hard not to be…

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