Beta Call//If you've ever wanted to read my crazy novel NOW IS YOUR HOUR
by
R.F. Gammon
- January 11, 2019
OKAY, YOU GUYS. I'm hyperventilating right now and trying not to flip out, because THIS IS IT! This is the moment where I open this thing up and ask you, my lovely and amazing readers, if you would like a chance to read my novel The King's Daughter.
I guess first off I need to give a second and more important announcement: I've been dropping hints and screaming pretty vocally about it before now, but in case you haven't heard: I AM IN FACT GOING TO REALM MAKERS 2019.
Yes, it's official. As soon as registration opens, I will be the earliest early bird to register, and I will be buying my plane tickets not long after. If you're going to Realm Makers, be sure and let me know--I desperately want to meet you!
Part of going to Realm Makers, though, is that I want to pitch my novel. I want to have a project ready for me to scream vocally, not just through my blog. I want to try to reach out to agents, and while I don't think I'm likely to get any results this time, I think the experience of DOING it will be huge.
However, to be able to do that, I need an edited novel. (Obviously.)
That's why I'm asking y'all for help.
Would you like to beta read The King's Daughter for me?
I know I've screamed about this book many, many times before, and I'll spare y'all from more of that. But before I give you signups, let me give also
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Please note that this form will close in a week (Friday, January the 18th).
If you signed up, thank you so much! And even if you didn't, please note that we are very much still friends and I totally understand xD (Also, I apologize if this post was totally awkward and messy--I'm still figuring this whole beta thing out.)
I guess first off I need to give a second and more important announcement: I've been dropping hints and screaming pretty vocally about it before now, but in case you haven't heard: I AM IN FACT GOING TO REALM MAKERS 2019.
Yes, it's official. As soon as registration opens, I will be the earliest early bird to register, and I will be buying my plane tickets not long after. If you're going to Realm Makers, be sure and let me know--I desperately want to meet you!
Part of going to Realm Makers, though, is that I want to pitch my novel. I want to have a project ready for me to scream vocally, not just through my blog. I want to try to reach out to agents, and while I don't think I'm likely to get any results this time, I think the experience of DOING it will be huge.
However, to be able to do that, I need an edited novel. (Obviously.)
That's why I'm asking y'all for help.
Would you like to beta read The King's Daughter for me?
A Synopsis
Some nightmares can't be escaped.
The world is at war. The land of Venaria, enslaved to the mysterious dictator Dauthang, sends its army to lay seige to King Martin's city. Battles rage, and every shadow could conceal a spy.
In the middle of it all stands Princess Esma--the prize Dauthang seeks. The war that haunts her nightmares grows much closer when a training exercise brings her face to face with a particularly frightening enemy soldier. When that same soldier reappears, claiming to be a deserter, she finds herself entangled deep into the web of danger springing up around her city.
Both sides are fraught with secrets. Trust seems like a thing of the past. Esma will need all of her cunning to navigate the treacherous waters of this war if she's ever to have any chance at peace again...
I know I've screamed about this book many, many times before, and I'll spare y'all from more of that. But before I give you signups, let me give also
A Few Caveats
-This novel is LOOONG. I'm starting to edit part 3 as I write this post, and that part should fly pretty fast and be done before anybody's ready to look at it. (It needs some major fixes, but I know what I'm doing and it will be ready.) But parts 1-2 with the first few chapters of part 3 are pushing 80k; the second draft was over 120k. It's a big book, which leads to the next bit:
-I'm going to need it done by March 17, most likely. Because of my Realm Makers goal, I want to get this beast shipped off to an editor (*cue both the squeals and the terrified screams*) So if you're signing up to read this, you have a little over two months to get through 120k words. I think it's doable, but it's definitely something to keep in mind.
-Also, I don't think I can call my book exactly squeaky clean. It's still very clean, very hope-driven, and it's hopefully just some good fantasy, but I feel the need to mention this part for some of my readers who I know are a bit more sensitive.
As I would do for one of my Goodreads reviews, here's the content list:
A couple of undescribed kisses, one between a married couple and the other two between teenagers.
Some battle sequences with blood and some gore
A magic system where everyone was born with a particular "power" (superpowers, basically), and where these powers can also be overwhelmed or lost
A brief but present torture sequence (it lasts a few paragraphs before the story cuts away)
If that's all cool and you're still maybe interested, read on! XD
I've got this book in Google Docs, and I think I'll be sending it out in three parts (I have three clear act-endings which I like a lot, so I'm just sticking to partitioning it up in that way, like I've been using to edit it with). It'll be sent out in one doc for everyone, so all my readers can see each others' comments (because that way you can all interact and I don't feel like I'm going crazy xD)
Okay, so after ALLLLL of that, HERE IS A SIGNUP FORM.
Please note that this form will close in a week (Friday, January the 18th).
If you signed up, thank you so much! And even if you didn't, please note that we are very much still friends and I totally understand xD (Also, I apologize if this post was totally awkward and messy--I'm still figuring this whole beta thing out.)
