Looking for UF/Paranormal fan to trade 1st 50 pgs
Posted: August 21st, 2012, 12:23 am
I'm ramping up to query time, and I'd like to swap the first 50 pages (roughly 15K-16K words) of my MS for critique with somebody who enjoys reading Urban Fantasy and/or Paranormal. I've already had positive feedback from two people on this section, but neither were fans of UF/Paranormal, so I'd really like to get input from somebody that reads in the genre. I'm specifically looking for how effective the first 5, 10, and 50 pages are (since these are the breakpoints requested by various agents), but I'd certainly take more detailed notes if you care to offer .
I'd like to do this on a fairly short turn-around (1-2 weeks). I'm a good editor with a background in technical/scientific writing and two bookshelves overflowing with door-stopper fantasy series, crime novels, and science/skeptic lit, and I can give pretty solid feedback on both wording/sentence construction and character/plotting. I may not be the best person for historical romance, inspirational, or kid/MG stuff, but I'd be willing to give it a try. My MS is pretty polished, but I'm happy to critique either a polished section or a 1st draft "in-progress." If you are interested, please drop a reply here or PM me. I read fast, so I can probably exchange with several people if there's interest.
Content warning: The story is fairly dark (esp. the beginning), with some violence, drug use, and a healthy dose of profanity. A teenager gets murdered off-page (inciting incident), and a bad guy gets killed on-page. Nothing beyond what you might see on an average episode of Criminal Minds or Sons of Anarchy (I didn't go all Takashi Miike or anything).
I'd like to do this on a fairly short turn-around (1-2 weeks). I'm a good editor with a background in technical/scientific writing and two bookshelves overflowing with door-stopper fantasy series, crime novels, and science/skeptic lit, and I can give pretty solid feedback on both wording/sentence construction and character/plotting. I may not be the best person for historical romance, inspirational, or kid/MG stuff, but I'd be willing to give it a try. My MS is pretty polished, but I'm happy to critique either a polished section or a 1st draft "in-progress." If you are interested, please drop a reply here or PM me. I read fast, so I can probably exchange with several people if there's interest.
Content warning: The story is fairly dark (esp. the beginning), with some violence, drug use, and a healthy dose of profanity. A teenager gets murdered off-page (inciting incident), and a bad guy gets killed on-page. Nothing beyond what you might see on an average episode of Criminal Minds or Sons of Anarchy (I didn't go all Takashi Miike or anything).