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How to Find a Rockstar Beta Reader

(reblogged from Caffeinated Press) Let’s begin with the cardinal rule of manuscript marketing: Never, never, never, under any circumstances ever, shop around a first draft. Publishers can spot them from the beginning of the first page, and if you get a response from the publisher at all, it’s likely to be … unpleasant. By “first draft,” I mean a version of your story that hasn’t yet been altered…

The One Where Amy Poehler is My Spirit Animal, and Why She Should Be Yours by Jessica Ann Booth

In the celebration of my adulthood, and my first story being published, I found myself being the usual Jessica that exists in my head. Spoiler, this means difficult. I was and still slightly am, avoiding something that is making me proud and really really happy. But with success comes fear. Fear that you really aren’t that great, and you’ve pulled a long con on someone. In a spark of genius, I’m…