#betareaders

✨ If you enjoy:

Gothic/dark fantasy

Complex characters

Family betrayal & power struggles

Atmospheric, historical settings

…you might enjoy reading this.

I’m mainly looking for:

What hooked you / what lost you

Which characters stood out

Any places where the story felt unclear or slow

If you’re interested, DM me and tell me a little about what you like to read. I’ll send you the first few chapters (PDF).

Thank you—it means the world to me to share this story outside my own head. 🖤

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I am looking for some queer/WLW/sapphic readers to read an excerpt for a novel I am potentially working on.

The excerpt is quite short, as I would like to know if I have semblance of skill/knack for writing before I commit further to writing.

The “book” has no title presently

BE AWARE

As it is just an excerpt (488 words) I am not looking for professional beta readers just yet. Just looking for a group of peers in my community to see if they enjoy it! So if you are a professional who charges for your service I thank you for your interest, but my work isn’t near such stages.

Context for story:

Genre: romance and mystery.

Themes: Vampire, gothic, Queer, WLW, Masc MC.

The excerpt you will read is from the POV of Daphne who works for a national trust house as a tour/information guide (those not in the UK, national trust homes are historical houses owned by the trust that are used almost like museums. People can enter these historical homes by buying tickets, look around and learn about the history of the house and those that lived there.)

In the year she has worked there, she has developed an attachment and obsession for a particular portrait in the home.

In this excerpt you will read her describing and seeing the portrait.

If you would be interesting in reading this short excerpt please let me know! I am looking for the following feedback but I also welcome all comments and critiques that you may have.

Let me know:

- Were you able to follow easily what was being described to you and build an image in your head?

- Did you want to read on and learn more by the end of the excerpt?

- Did the sentences flow? Or were you tripping up?

- Was there adequate description OR too much perhaps?

- Was tense and punctuation used well and or incorrectly?

Please message or comment here if you would be interested in reading! I will happily email it over.

And thanks so much in advance.

…but when you read it later, something just feels off?

Sometimes it’s not a big problem. Just a line that needs softening, a reaction that feels a bit too quick, or a moment that needs more space.

Most writers go through this.

If you need a beta reader, I'm available to help you Beta read.

You ever finish writing, close your doc… then open it again a few minutes later?

And suddenly you’re not reading it the same way anymore.

A line that felt strong now feels off. The emotion doesn’t hit like it did before. A character’s reaction feels slightly wrong… and you can’t ignore it.

That shift? That’s where your mistakes start showing themselves.

Every writer has that moment. The difference is who admits it.

If this happened to you today, don’t scroll past this.

You’ve been with me through the snippets, the fragments, the whispers of this story — and now the full draft of So now we're Homicides Together is ready. I’m looking for a few beta readers who’d like to dive into the whole thing and give me honest feedback.

If you’ve been curious about how it all comes together, now’s your chance to read it before anyone else. 🌙

Reply or message me if you’d like to join the beta team. 🖤

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