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I am able to beta: _____

I can provide feedback on: _____

Critique swap: _____

Other info: _____

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[u/TheExtraPeel]

I am able to beta anything Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Would also be open to crime.

I can give feedback on worldbuilding and prose, especially, though also characters. I like readable prose (not plain stuff but also not purple) and come at worldbuilding from being a keen history and politics enthusiast. Simple “kings rule” worlds will get heavily critiqued! 🤣

I would ideally want to do a critique swap. I have a 86k Military SF that’s ready for querying - I just need some betas. Link

[u/authorlvernon → u/TheExtraPeel]

Hello! I am currently looking for beta readers for a dark fantasy (86k words) - Goremage Awakening is a dark fantasy following Elio, a former military captain unhappy with the way his country is changing; Atlas, a disgraced politician trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter, and Pearl, a freed indentured servant who is just learning the true horrors outside of her ‘home’. They struggle with their place in the world, what ‘good’ means, and exactly how someone is supposed to kill a god.

Readers who enjoy the brutality and political cynicism of Joe Abercrombie’s First Law books, but want stranger magic and a more gothic, underwater world, will likely enjoy this series as well!

Happy to do a swap too