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- September 18th, 2021, 8:56 pm
- Forum: Connect With a Critique Partner
- Topic: Seeking beta readers interested in family memoir
- Replies: 1
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Seeking beta readers interested in family memoir
Hello, My name is Maude and I have just completed a readable 99K-word draft of my family memoir, This Life That Binds. I am now seeking feedback from good, reliable beta readers drawn to first-person narratives. I'm interested in personal impressions about the book as a whole and in particular, (1) ...
- May 14th, 2020, 6:18 pm
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: The Introduction Thread
- Replies: 647
- Views: 413139
Re: The Introduction Thread
Hi, all. I’m overcoming my lurker tendencies (recovering journalist) in order to improve my first manuscript, a political thriller set in a mid-size American city. Or is it a crime novel with politics on top? Among the issues to be resolved. I covered politics, crime and culture as a writer and edi...
- May 14th, 2020, 5:22 pm
- Forum: Connect With a Critique Partner
- Topic: Looking for a citique partner
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4564
Looking for a citique partner
Hello! My name Maude and I seek writers to exchange sections from ongoing literary manuscripts. While my particular emphasis is creative nonfiction (I am finishing up the first draft of a family memoir), I am very open to working with people who do fiction as well. The most important thing is that a...
- May 14th, 2020, 5:20 pm
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: The Introduction Thread
- Replies: 647
- Views: 413139
Re: The Introduction Thread
Hi, I'm not Canadian, but I'm a fan. My name is Maude and I am a writer currently based in Austin. This is my first time on the site – I'm a memoirist with an almost finished first draft manuscript that I'm looking to get ripped by serious critics. No joke about the ripping. I have a couple of beta ...