looking for critique partner for GLBT romance/murder mystery

[AMRiley]

Hi there,

I'm searching for a critique partner who doesn't mind and/or LIKES gay, lesbian or bisexual characters, and who critiques story flow and structure. I've written a couple of these and always get caught at the point I am now. The plot is tangled, everyone's motives are suspect and I don't know when to introduce one of the principal characters.

There are gay men falling in love in this book, and I also write lesbians falling in love. There can be erotic moments, but I don't need those critiqued, if it is a squicky issue for you. I usually don't write them until after the body of the book is finished anyway.

I'm looking for a 'long haul' critique partner. I'm detailed and very very honest in my critiques if need be. I'm a continuity freak and can tell you where the reader is likely to get lost in your world. I'm also good at pointing out what you've done RIGHT.

One note: It is important to me that I have a CP who won't 'borrow' my characters, scenarios or dialogue to use in her/his own books. I know that 'there is nothing new under the sun' but I've had a bad experience. If you write in another genre, that would be grand! I read absolutely everything.

A short synopsis of the book:

Eric Tack is a stockbroker whose assets went into the toilet in the crash of 2008. He's fighting to recover and keep his home, car and gorgeous if superficial boyfriend, when he gets a shocking phone call. The 'love of his life', Joe Shuemaker, the man who brought him out then tossed him aside, has been murdered. An old mutual friend tells Eric that Joe has left Eric a portion of his sizable estate. Drawn by the promise of money, Eric attends the memorial at Joe's estate deep in the Redwood National Forest.

Former boyfriends, jealous lovers, art collectors and curators, marijuana smugglers, plus an iconoclastic homicide detective spend a stormy weekend discovering who really killed Joe Shuemaker.