{"id":4078,"date":"2015-01-18T20:15:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T04:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2015-01-18T20:15:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T04:15:44","slug":"looking-beta-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/looking-beta-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m looking for a few good beta readers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for stopping by!<\/p>\n<p>Beta readers are worth their weight in if not gold, cheesecake. You can really help take a manuscript to the next level with comments and spotting problems when I&#8217;m just to close to the work to see it myself.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m on the lookout for a set of beta readers I can call on for occasional help from proofreading to helping with plot issues, characterization and a variety of content and editing issues. I&#8217;m looking for more than missing commas and light copyediting.<\/p>\n<p>While this is not a paid position, I can offer undying gratitude, acknowledgement in the published work, a free copy of the final version, and perhaps even a character with your name if you so desire.<\/p>\n<p>I write gay (male\/male) erotic romance, so if you have any aversion to reading about men having sex with each other, this won&#8217;t be a good fit for you.<\/p>\n<p>Requirements: excellent knowledge of English, Microsoft Word (especially Track Changes function), and the ability to work to a specific schedule or communicate when there is any sort of delay. I am in California, so if there is any time zone issue, please let me know.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re considering doing some editing work and need to build up a list of books you&#8217;ve worked on, this is a great opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Still interested? Please download the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/EM-Beta-Reader-App.docx\">Beta Reader Application<\/a> (DOCX file), which is a short sample of\u00a0 a first draft for you to edit so you can show your stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks so much, and please <a href=\"mailto:em@emlynley.com\">email me directly<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beta readers are worth their weight in if not gold, cheesecake. You can really help take a manuscript to the next level with comments and spotting problems when I&#8217;m just to close to the work to see it myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":4080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47,587],"tags":[886,885,916],"class_list":["post-4078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editing","category-feature-article","tag-beta-application","tag-beta-reading","tag-editing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cc_red_pen_edit.jpg?fit=220%2C146","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pzLgx-13M","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4078"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4083,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078\/revisions\/4083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}