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Archives for August 2015

Bless You, Beta Readers

Lyn Hawks · August 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment

There's no motivation like real, red-blooded beta readers to make you dive back into a manuscript and rip it up. The beginning dragged, a couple readers said. I dispensed with the first chapter and wrote another. No one uses the word "frosh," said a couple others. I hit … [Read more...] about Bless You, Beta Readers

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: audience, beta reader, beta readers, contemporary YA, critique, critiques, editing, How Minerva Mae Christopoulos Set the Record Straight, How Minerva Mae Christopoulos Set the Record Straight, LGBT, Minerva Mae Christopoulos, revising, revision, YA

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Could I live without words, writing, story? Probably not. I love telling stories. I love teaching stories. I love helping other people find theirs. That’s my story. [READ MORE...]

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