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November is often a small month compared to October and December that book-holds it. However, for me it has been a big month. That is, a month loaded with writing tasks. November has been a month of preparing my newest short story collection, "Bad Apps", for its beta release. It’s been a month of formatting the eight short stories into book form and making a clickable table of contents that will make it easier for readers to jump to each story. It's been a month of copying text from each story’s file, pasting it into the book manuscript’s file, and then reformatting those passages that's styles were either lost in the transition or came from a file that I did not think to format properly when I had first typed the story onto the computer. The official book may still be two or three months away, but the beta version of "Bad Apps" is now ready for release! Or, at least ready for release to those who have volunteered to beta read and give me their feedback.
Still Looking for Beta Readers
So far, I have five people who have shown interest in volunteering to beta read "Bad Apps". I can still use more. I'm trying to get a total of 10 beta readers. However, I do have room for a max of 13. To sign up as a volunteer beta reader, email me at sarellanorose@gmaildotcom.
As a beta reader you'll get:
• A free beta version of the book that you can keep forever
• To see the contents of the book before most of the rest of the world
• To help the author edit the book, because when you read a beta version and give your feedback, you're basically contributing to the editing of the work
• A free image of the final version of the front cover before the book’s official release
• A free copy of the official release version of “Bad Apps”!
Originally, I was going to distribute the link to the beta version once the quota for 10 readers was reached. However, I want to get started on revising for the final version of the book as soon as possible and so in the next two or three days will be sending the link to those who have volunteered already. I’ll send the link to others as they volunteer. So, those of you who have already said they would do the beta read, look out for an email with the link.
New ‘Bad Apps’ Promo and Blurb
Did you miss the synopsis for “Bad Apps” in this month’s earlier post where I also announced the need for beta readers? Well, you can go there now and check it out. However, you can also get a fuller synopsis within the book’s blurb that I published just last week on My Books page! It gives a little more detail on a couple of the stories.
Returning to a Very Important Writing Activity After Two Years
For the past two years, I’ve been putting almost all of my effort into getting “Bad Apps” completed and ready for publication. Because of that, I had not been writing any new fiction stories. Now that I've gotten the majority of the work done, I returned to writing new short stories just last week! So, I'm back in the initial creation process! But don't worry, I'm still working towards the publication of "Bad Apps". When I start receiving beta feedback, you can be sure that I'll be considering and working in any suggested revisions which will bring "Bad Apps" that much closer to its official release!
Be back here next Wednesday for an Insecure Writer's Support Group blog hop! Has November been a busy month for those of you who write? Have you been reading anything interesting this month?
For those in the US, have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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