Colony Beta Call! · 8:53pm Sep 27th, 2016
It's time.
No, I'm not kidding. It really is.
Colony is officially in Beta! See? It's listed as such on the current projects page of my site and everything.
And this means ... it's time for a Beta call.
So, how does this work? What's a Beta call? Quite simple really. I'm looking for grammar fanatics.
See a Beta Read is the second phase of getting novel ready for publication, the phase in which you're looking for doubled apostrophe's, misspelled words (or homophones), extra spaces ... the works. This is proofreading time. Missing quote mark? Gotta find it. Accidental tab? Gotta find it. Word "autocorrected" something it shouldn't have? Gotta find it!
And fix all of it, so that the final product is a polished, shining piece of literary might! Or weight. Take your pick. Colony is 334,000 words long, so that's pretty heavy.
Either way, if this sounds interesting to you, like the kind of thing you'd like to spend your time doing, then comment below with your reasoning.
The catch? Well, this is a dedicated thing. I'll be counting on you to be able to read 334,000 words worth of Sci-Fi Epic in a timely manner so I can release the book on time (current release window is end of October). And it definitely helps if you've read my work.
The reward? Well, all participating Alpha and Beta readers get a gift copy of the book on release (boo-yah!) to either keep for themselves or pass along to someone else. You'll be thanked in the acknowledgements (either by name or by internet handle). You also do get the cool privilege of reading a juggernaut of a story before it actually comes out ... which is pretty sweet. It's like seeing a movie before anyone else!
Anyway, if you've got the time for it, leave a comment below with some details!
This post mirrored at Unusual Things
What's the story about? Truth be told I haven't really been following your original stuff.
I certainly don't mind beta reading the story, and I'm certain I can get it done before the end of October(my reading app says I read an average of 2.7h each day.) As for why, I generally hate typos, something that stems from the fact that I am a programmer and one mispelled word, or even incorrect capitalization can crash a program.
Edit: forgot to add my email if you do decide to give me a copy; halusm2@gmail.com
I wouldn't mind beta reading since I have literally nothing to do all october, which all the more makes me confident I can get it done reliably on time. I love looking for typos or any other imperfections in print, which my habit of rereading the same paragraph over helps me out.
email: pleasedonotspammebroseph2@gmail.com
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Beta trial sent. Check your inboxes.
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Update: Google flagged that e-mail address for some reason. If you've got a more dependable one, PM it to me.
4231093 I never got an email. Probably cause I never gave one.
dineshmandania@yahoo.com.