Monday, May 23, 2011

Ready for another round of Beta reviews

My MG dystopian sci-fi mystery, after a somewhat lengthy hiatus, is now ready for round two of full Beta reviews. Word-count is just shy of 31,000 words, and at 28 chapters, I think this is a good length--comperable to the length of a good Nancy Drew mystery. Not that I could claim that I'm that good of a mystery writer, but at least we match in word-count. ;-)

This edit caught some problems that, after I got past the first two chapters, were easy to fix. Voicing is similar throughout the book. Pacing accelerates towards the end, as it should. Interpersonal relationships are on a MG-compatible level.

Action exists, some self-discovery occurs, and the world is saved. What more could we need?

(Oh, I know.... an agent!)

Patience, Michelle, patience. One more round of reviews, then queries. Yay!

2 comments:

  1. I'm affected by the comment log in glitch, so will have to comment this way until fixed.

    An exciting phase. Yeah, an agent. :) I'm finishing up a revision on my first novel. Then I have to get back to revisions on the 2nd.

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  2. Thanks, Mary. I love your blog!

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