Questions, Questions ...

     So, this post is largely a shout-out to all my lovely beta readers of Silver Rose. If you've sent me your feedback, (which many of you have), thank you sooo much! I really appreciate you volunteering to take on this project, and taking the time to go through it and edit & critique. Many thanks! ^_^

     To those who haven't gotten back to me yet. The end of this month is the deadline. If you aren't able to make that, just let me know! You can email me at: swordmaidenofthelight@gmail.com. If beta reading Silver Rose ended up being just too much for your schedule, just tell me, and I'll take you off the list! :) I would just like to know, so that I can began working on Silver Rose again as soon as I've heard back from everyone who's going to give me feedback anytime soon! :D Thanks!!

     Also, author and readers alike, I have a question. So my goal is to make Silver Rose my next published book. And it's supposed to have a sequel (will probably end up being a trilogy); however, I just haven't had any luck after writing the first 40/50 pages of Diamond Dark. No inspiration. No love for this story. 

     Instead, I'm hugely inspired to work on this random dystopian story that I started some time ago. I'm a few chapters in, and have all sorts of ideas.

     Would it be awful to publish a book, then instead of publishing it's sequel next, release a random stand-alone (or worse yet, random first book to a whole new trilogy)?? I'm just trying to think of the future here! :p Anyway, would love to hear your thoughts on that!

     Bookish news here: I'm part of a launch team for Nadine Brandes's coming release, A Time to Speak. (I recently reviewed the first book in the series, A Time to Die, in case you missed that.) So I will be having some posts concerning that in the near future! Book review for A Time to Speak. Talking about why I recommend this dystopian series. Author interview with Nadine Brandes ... Fun stuff like that! So keep on the look-out! :D

    Will also be helping with a cover reveal soon here. And spotlighting another book.

     Writerly Stuff. A Dream Not Imagined now has 25 ratings on Goodreads!! And 15 on Amazon! Wahoo! :D It's doing fairly well, I feel. If you would like to help me vote it up on Goodreads, here's a link to the lists it's featured on so far: 

http://www.goodreads.com/list/book/25618214

     And as always, I'm eager for more reviews! :) :)

     What has the month of September looked like for you? What fantastic books have you read? ^_^

Beta Readers Update + Some Book Cover!

     So I now have fourteen beta readers/potential beta readers for Silver Rose. Whew! I'm overwhelmed and excited by the response!! I certainly didn't expect to get that many!! :D

     That brings me onto another thing. While I'd really love for you all to beta-read my book . . . is there like a "proper" number of beta readers one should have??

     For those of you who emailed me: Would any of you rather advance read Silver Rose down the road instead of beta-reading? If you aren't experienced at beta-reading, maybe you'd just want to wait for advanced reader . . .  where you just read and worry about nothing else! -Except writing a review! :)

     And how soon could you finished a 190,000+ word (700-800 pg.) book?

     Well, anyway . . . I wouldn't mind having fourteen people look over my book, as long as no one advises me against it! :)

Now for some new book covers I've come across!! :)

Wanted: Beta Readers for Silver Rose

*Deep breath* Another big step for me!! Now that I officially published my novella, A Dream Not Imagined, in both kindle and paperback edition (the paperback will be up on Amazon.com in about 3-5 days), I feel it's time to search out beta readers for my full-length fantasy novel, Silver Rose!

(Mock cover for Silver Rose!)

I'm doing one last editing read-through before I plan to send it out to beta readers. I should probably be finished in a week or two... so, anyone up for reading a 190,000+ word novel? =D

     Beta reading would include: 

• Reading through the novel 
• Keeping an eye out for spelling/punctuation/grammar mistakes
• Noting any storywise errors (breaks in the flow of the story, flat characters, dragging on, etc.)
• Giving me an overview and your honest thoughts on the story

NOTE: And be gentle with me. If you tell me the story of my heart is a wretched, pathetic tale that doesn't deserve to see the light of day, I might cry. Okay, I will cry. *Ahem* That's the nervous writer in me talking.

In order to qualify for beta-reading, you should love to read (a.k.a., read a lot!) *smiles* And I would prefer that you enjoy fantasy/Christian allegories and don't mind long books!

I already have three people who volunteered to beta-read Silver Rose. I would love to have two or so more! So if you're interested, please email me at swordmaidenofthelight@gmail.com.

Also, if anyone can tell me how to convert Microsoft Word documents into e-reader compatible files, that would be great! :D

So that's that! Let me know soon if you're interested, or if you have any questions! :) :)

Blessings! <3