I'm still looking for beta readers<\/a>)<\/p>\nSo many words.<\/p>\n
I'm waiting for my first really bad review to see how I feel about it. I have been reading through bad reviews of other books on both Goodreads and Amazon, and I'm amazed at the range of complaints and the sheer vitriol of some of these reviews.<\/p>\n
Can't lie... makes me a little nervous.<\/p>\n
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Slowly creeping up to 50% on Beyond the Spires. I keep thinking that I should put up a teaser chapter somewhere, but unless you’ve read Caged, there’s at least one big spoilers. And I personally hate spoilers. Another chapter done of Spires. Next is a chapter for a different writing project. After that, there will be another chapter for my gladiator book – Sentenced to the Sword (I’m still looking for beta readers) So many words. I’m waiting for my first really bad review to see how I feel about it. I have been reading through bad reviews of other … <\/p>\n
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