Comments on: On Agents, And The Beta Reader http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/2009/01/on-agents-and-the-beta-reader/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Bird of Ill Repute Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:26:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nicole http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/2009/01/on-agents-and-the-beta-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-55510 Nicole Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:36:15 +0000 http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/?p=978#comment-55510 Wonderful post. Thank you! I have the darndest time explaining to non-writers exactly what a beta is without making it sound like something I will ask them to do. . . Wonderful post. Thank you! I have the darndest time explaining to non-writers exactly what a beta is without making it sound like something I will ask them to do. . .

]]> By: BKL http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/2009/01/on-agents-and-the-beta-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-55449 BKL Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:06:02 +0000 http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/?p=978#comment-55449 Hi- Thanks for always posting amazing writing-related items on your blog! I, for one, loved your "chicks in leather" post and even chatted it up in my blog! However, I have a question on this post. I have been a poet for years and only now I am trying to genre-jump into fiction. That said, most of my network is poet-based including my beta reader-- which you are right, they are VERY hard to find. How can/do I go about finding a beta reader for my novice zero drafts in fiction? Should I just try with my current beta reader? The backstory is that I am a mother of two (5 year old and 9 month old) with a full-time job too...so my writing is done during stolen time. My productivity is low right now, and this also means that my network is hanging by a thread...I don't go to workshops (which I have mixed feelings on anyway) and I am not out in the community right now. The best I can do is stay afloat with my current network on the time-drain of Facebook. Enough whining... Do you have any suggestions? Many thanks...and have a happy, prosperous and healthy 09. best wishes, bridget Hi-

Thanks for always posting amazing writing-related items on your blog! I, for one, loved your “chicks in leather” post and even chatted it up in my blog!

However, I have a question on this post. I have been a poet for years and only now I am trying to genre-jump into fiction. That said, most of my network is poet-based including my beta reader– which you are right, they are VERY hard to find. How can/do I go about finding a beta reader for my novice zero drafts in fiction? Should I just try with my current beta reader?

The backstory is that I am a mother of two (5 year old and 9 month old) with a full-time job too…so my writing is done during stolen time. My productivity is low right now, and this also means that my network is hanging by a thread…I don’t go to workshops (which I have mixed feelings on anyway) and I am not out in the community right now. The best I can do is stay afloat with my current network on the time-drain of Facebook. Enough whining… Do you have any suggestions?

Many thanks…and have a happy, prosperous and healthy 09.

best wishes,
bridget

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