My first plan is to push out some short stories which feature some of the prominent historical figures in Mandé. I was sincerely hoping to find beta reads who would give me open and honest feedback. What good is producing a novel at the end of the year if readers don’t want to read it?
Shouldn’t be hard to find beta readers, right? WRONG. Apparently, the book reviewers are all SWAMPED (emphasis on the -ED). Yes, they have pretty menu buttons at the top of their blogs stating things like, “How to get ARCs*,” “Review Policy”, “Policy(Work With Me?)”, “Review Requests,” but when you click through to these pages, they all say they are overwhelmed with review requests and cannot or will not do them.
Not knocking any of these sites as they do all this for free, and some don’t even want to read fantasy. They probably started out thinking this would be a cool thing to offer authors, but it exploded into something they don’t have time to accommodate. I’ve included links to their pages if you want to check out their sites, but please don’t knock them for being overwhelmed. Let them know you appreciate their efforts as they read and buy books thus supporting authors. Besides, it took me six hours to find them, so something good should come of it.
Regardless, I am now on the hunt for beta readers for my soon to be ready short stories, so if you know of ANYONE that is willing to give me honest feedback that will ensure I deliver an above MVP (marginally viable product) in December of this year, please message me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. My links for these sites are to the left <– over there or if you are on a mobile device up at the top on the right there are three lines surrounded by a square box. Touch there, and you’ll see the social media icons.
Comments below are always welcomed, but for some darned reason, this WordPress template has a bug in it where I can see the comment link, but no one else can. One day I’ll figure that out, but for right now… I need to write!
Layne
*ARC Advanced Reader Copy
Book Reviewer Links:
- thetattooedbookgeek.wordpress.com (this guy is hilarious!)
- wonderlandiansbooks.wordpress.com
- https://booksteacupnreviews.wordpress.com/
- https://cluesandreviews.wordpress.com/
- https://thegeekybibliophile.wordpress.com/
- https://welshiebooksandthoughts.com/ (had such high hopes, she’d be interested)
- https://noveldeelights.com/
- https://cover2covermom.wordpress.com/ (been enjoying her reviews on Goodreads)
- thebooknerddragon.wordpress.com (loved the name – but is on hiatus)
- https://twitter.com/whatpavanireads
- kirstysbookbuyingaddiction.home.blog
- …ffeeandkindlebookreviews.blogspot.com
- https://bbookinspector.wordpress.com/
- https://bucksbooksbeyond.wordpress.com/
- bookliterati.com (my very first follower on Twitter – at least under my Layne Henley alias that is)
- minimacreviews.wordpress.com
- melovebooks.wordpress.com
- novelgossip.com
- https://twitter.com/girlheartsbook?s=20
- https://twitter.com/mrscookesbooks
- shortbookandscribes.uk
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