{"id":2095,"date":"2015-07-08T08:01:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T15:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lentari.com\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2015-07-09T10:00:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T17:00:06","slug":"who-wants-to-be-a-beta-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/?p=2095","title":{"rendered":"Who wants to be a Beta Reader?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, guys!<\/p>\n<p>Well, here I am, rapidly approaching the finish line to my 8th book. \u00a0Wizard in the Woods is a fun romp featuring Mikal and a few returning characters, along with a couple of new ones. \u00a0 My deadline to have everything done is\u00a0 August 21st, &#8217;cause that&#8217;s when I&#8217;m supposed to have the finished, edited, and proofed manuscript submitted to Amazon so I can easily make the release day, which is the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>So, it&#8217;s time to line up some beta readers. \u00a0Many of you have expressed interest in helping me out. \u00a0For that, I am eternally thankful. \u00a0Nothing makes me feel better than having a whole slew of people anxious to sign up. \u00a0Therefore, before you add your name to the hat, let me run through what I&#8217;m looking for in a beta reader.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beta readers will have strong spelling skills. \u00a0I will be using my spellchecker but mistakes can and will slip through the cracks.<\/li>\n<li>Good English skills. \u00a0Do I have a fragmented sentence? \u00a0How about the wrong tense of verb?<\/li>\n<li>Able to spot continuity\/plot holes. \u00a0Did I reference something but then never mentioned it again? \u00a0Did I leave a gaping plot hole?<\/li>\n<li>Able to offer critique without worrying about hurting my feelings. \u00a0Trust me, I&#8217;ve heard it all. \u00a0An unbiased opinion is worth its weight in gold to an author.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested, even after reading all of that, then please leave a comment below and let me know you&#8217;d like to sign up. \u00a0On top of my normal betas (family &amp; friends) I will typically select anywhere from 6-8 people and give them a .pdf of the book. \u00a0That way whenever a problem has been spotted you can reference a specific page number, paragraph number, line number, etc., and I&#8217;ll easily be able to find it.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, as a reminder, the Daily Scroll will be going out tonight with the very first sneak peek at the cover. \u00a0It&#8217;s in early design stage, and the artist has given me three possible designs to choose from. \u00a0I&#8217;ll be going over each one and explaining what I like and don&#8217;t like, and what I&#8217;d like to see for the next attempt. \u00a0Want to see it and be involved in its creation? \u00a0Sign up today!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>J.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, guys! Well, here I am, rapidly approaching the finish line to my 8th book. \u00a0Wizard in the Woods is a fun romp featuring Mikal and a few returning characters, along with a couple of new ones. \u00a0 My deadline to have everything done is\u00a0 August 21st, &#8217;cause that&#8217;s when I&#8217;m supposed to have the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,170,70,48,74],"tags":[109,69,50,97,191,192],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2095"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2098,"href":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095\/revisions\/2098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.authorjmpoole.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}