My experience as a beta reader includes
- 21 partial novels
- 11 complete novels
- 9 short stories
I participated in the Critters Writers’ Workshop from June 2017 to February 2019 and also enjoy beta- and proof-reading story openings, film scripts, entire novels, technical documents, and websites in other settings. You can see examples of my own writing here.
If you’d like me to beta read your story, contact me here. I’ll read pretty much everything except romance or poetry. What’s the catch? I might tap on you to beta read for me someday, so make sure you like paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and/or horror stories. 🙂
Previous Work
Akofena (Complete Novel)
by Mel
Manuscript Word Count: 150,000
Feedback Word Count: Unquantifiable
Time: 103 hours
Completed: December 11, 2022
No Coward’s Epitaph (Play Script)
by Neal Lewing
Manuscript Word Count: 50,000
Feedback Word Count: 230
Time: 5 hours
Completed: March 28, 2021
Retribution (Complete Novel)
by Owen G. Richards
Manuscript Word Count: 50,000
Feedback Word Count: 2,200
Time: 18 hours
Completed: June 8, 2020
The Frequency (Complete Novel)
by Terry Kitto
Manuscript Word Count: 100,000
Feedback Word Count: 11,000
Time: 81 hours
Completed: May 11, 2020
Flight of the Falcon (Short Story)
by M.A. Badri
Manuscript Word Count: 2,000
Feedback Word Count: 900
Time: 4 hours
Completed: January 7, 2020
Bloodless Intent (Complete Novel Rewrite)
by Eduardo Hormazabal
Manuscript Word Count: 109,000
Feedback Word Count: 5,800
Time: 46 hours
Completed: September 15, 2019
Children of the Sun (Complete Novel)
by Sophia Li
Manuscript Word Count: 102,000
Feedback Word Count: 10,900
Time: 58 hours
Completed: August 20, 2019
The Last Pureblood Erde (Chapters 1-3)
by Sift Patti
Manuscript Word Count: 15,500
Feedback Word Count: 4,500
Time: 19 hours
Completed: March 29, 2019
The Interview (Chapter 2)
by Mitko Grgiorov
Manuscript Word Count: 3,500
Feedback Word Count: 1,400
Time: 5 hours
Completed: February 5, 2019
The Forest of Dragons (Chapters 1-2)
by Maya Vanderpool
Manuscript Word Count: 14,000
Feedback Word Count: 1,400
Time: 7 hours
Completed: January 1, 2019
Bloodless Intent (Complete Novel)
by Eduardo Hormazabal
Manuscript Word Count: 107,000
Feedback Word Count: 11,300
Time: 63 hours
Completed: January 27, 2019
Hidden Beauty (Chapters 1-2)
by Michelle Henrie
Manuscript Word Count: 6,000
Feedback Word Count: 700
Time: 4 hours
Completed: January 4, 2019
The Linking (Chapters 1-5)
by Jeffrey Richardson
Manuscript Word Count: 6,500
Feedback Word Count: 1,200
Time: 5 hours
Completed: January 3, 2019
Branch of Rowan (Chapters 1-6)
by April Weeks
Manuscript Word Count: 9,000
Feedback Word Count: 1,000
Time: 4 hours
Completed: November 28, 2018
Descent into the Cave of Dreams (Short Story)
by Alex Halimou
Manuscript Word Count: 7,000
Feedback Word Count: 1,600
Time: 6 hours
Completed: October 24, 2018
From Two Sides of a Looking Glass (Short Story)
by Alex Halimou
Manuscript Word Count: 5,000
Feedback Word Count: 1,500
Time: 7 hours
Completed: October 7, 2018
The Reconstructed Man (Short Story)
by Maurice Humphrey
Manuscript Word Count: 5,500
Feedback Word Count: 600
Time: 3 hours
Completed: August 28, 2018
Destination: Infinity (Short Story)
by Maurice Humphrey
Manuscript Word Count: 20,000
Feedback Word Count: 3,000
Time: 8 hours
Completed: July 30, 2018
The Prisoner (Chapter 1)
by Sara Allyn
Manuscript Word Count: 3,000
Feedback Word Count: 600
Time: 3 hours
Completed: July 5, 2018
Winds of Eshra (Complete Novel)
by Cyndi Hughes
Manuscript Word Count: 102,600
Feedback Word Count: Unquantifiable
Time: 34 hours
Completed: July 2018
The New Century Adoption Clinic (Chapter 1)
by Eliot Bush
Manuscript Word Count: 6,500
Feedback Word Count: 1,000
Time: 5 hours
Completed: June 5, 2018
Homeworld (Chapters 1-4)
by Stephen Cossgrove
Manuscript Word Count: 17,000
Feedback Word Count: 1,300
Time: 6 hours
Completed: May 8, 2018
Esseria (Chapters 1-4)
by Sabrina Chapados
Manuscript Word Count: 7,000
Feedback Word Count: 1,600
Time: 5 hours
Completed: April 10, 2018
Basco (Chapter 1)
by Haneen Babbitt
Manuscript Word Count: 2,100
Feedback Word Count: 600
Time: 2 hours
Completed: March 13, 2018
By Many Names (Chapter 1)
by Michelle Jelley
Manuscript Word Count: 5,000
Feedback Word Count: 1,000
Time: 5 hours
Completed: February 20, 2018
Sky Piercer (Chapter 2)
by Jorge Rodriguez
Manuscript Word Count: 4,000
Feedback Word Count: 1,600
Time: 5 hours
Completed: January 20, 2018
Though the Trees Try to Warn Us (Complete Novel)
by Jennifer S Hane
Manuscript Word Count: 122,900
Feedback Word Count: 13,100
Time: 74 hours
Completed: January 3, 2018
The Persistence of Memory (Chapter 1 Rewrite)
by Joel Schroeder
Manuscript Word Count: 3,000
Feedback Word Count: 700
Time: 3 hours
Completed: January 2, 2018
The Persistence of Memory (Complete Novel)
by Joel Schroeder
Manuscript Word Count: 76,000
Feedback Word Count: 12,500
Time: 47 hours
Completed: November 3, 2017
Team KAIZEN’s Shattered Soul Pitch Document
by Josh Hughes
Manuscript Word Count: Unknown (~15 pages)
Feedback Word Count: 3,800
Time: N/A
Completed: September 28, 2017
Ember Sparks Bombs History (Chapter 1)
by Charity June
Manuscript Word Count: 3,500
Feedback Word Count: 700
Time: 4 hours
Completed: September 28, 2017
Outpost (Short Story)
by David Williams
Manuscript Word Count: 11,000
Feedback Word Count: 1,600
Time: 6 hours
Completed: September 26, 2017
Ablator: Darkening Skies (Prologue, Chapters 1-2)
by Andrew Rowley
Manuscript Word Count: 6,000
Feedback Word Count: 1,400
Time: 5 hours
Completed: September 20, 2017
I am a Monster (Chapters 1-2)
by Kevin C. Norris
Manuscript Word Count: 3,000
Feedback Word Count: 900
Time: 5 hours
Completed: September 18, 2017
The Contractor (Chapters 5-7)
by Mike Graulich
Manuscript Word Count: 7,500
Feedback Word Count: 1,200
Time: 6 hours
Completed: September 12, 2017
The Contractor (Chapters 1-5)
by Mike Graulich
Manuscript Word Count: 7,500
Feedback Word Count: 500
Time: 5 hours
Completed: August 22, 2017
Janus (Complete Novel)
by Christian Herold
Manuscript Word Count: 100,000
Feedback Word Count: 12,500
Time: 55 hours
Completed: August 15, 2017
Book of Warlen (Chapters 1-2)
by Odran Young
Manuscript Word Count: 1,500
Feedback Word Count: 600
Time: 2 hours
Completed: August 15, 2017
Untitled Western (Story Opening)
by Derek Eklund
Manuscript Word Count: 3,500
Feedback Word Count: 600
Time: 3 hours
Completed: July 25, 2017
After the Storm (Short Story)
by Wayne Martin
Manuscript Word Count: 1,000
Feedback Word Count: 500
Time: 2 hours
Completed: July 11, 2017
The Valley of Gods (Chapter 1)
by Chris Turner
Manuscript Word Count: 7,500
Feedback Word Count: 600
Time: 5 hours
Completed: July 4, 2017
Crisis on Finite Earths, Indra (Short Story)
by Joel E. Roosa
Manuscript Word Count: 7,500
Feedback Word Count: 1,100
Time: 7 hours
Completed: July 3, 2017
Takhla (Chapters 1-3)
by Pamela Najar-Simpson
Manuscript Word Count: 7,500
Feedback Word Count: 1,600
Time: 6 hours
Completed: June 20, 2017
Blue Sneakers (Short Story)
by Amber Randall
Manuscript Word Count: 2,100
Feedback Word Count: 900
Time: 4 hours
Completed: June 13, 2017
Lost Penguin (Film Script)
by Eustacia Kathrens
Manuscript Word Count: 6,200
Feedback Word Count: 1,500
Time: N/A
Completed: February 21, 2017
Messenger of Eshra (Complete Novel)
by Cyndi Hughes
Manuscript Word Count: Unknown (~125,000)
Feedback Word Count: Unquantifiable
Time: N/A
Completed: 2016
Untitled Science Fiction Novel (Chapters 1-3)
by Adam McManigal
Manuscript Word Count: 22,200
Feedback Word Count: 2,000
Time: N/A
Completed: January 20, 2014