Happy Friday, Aledan Merfolk!
I know you all hate me for the ending of See The Depths *evil grin* but I come bearing gifts! Namely, the first chapter of StO3: Breathe the Air! (not the actual cover, just a quick mockup)
I also have an opportunity for a handful of people to become alpha readers of StO3. What’s an alpha reader? It’s someone who reads the earliest, messiest, first draft of a book. Basically, you’ll be a cheerleader, reading the rough draft chapters as I finish them and telling me to keep going. You’ll get a free subscription to my Ream for the duration of the rough draft, and a special area to talk about the book with the other alpha readers without spoiling it for everyone else. As well as the satisfaction of helping me get it done on time!
I’ll admit, See The Depths was really difficult for me to finish, because while I had a few alpha readers for StO that kept me going, I wrote StO2 basically in the dark by myself. Yes, I had readers that wanted that next book (some of them have been waiting since 2019!), but I was too embarrassed by the rough draft to send it to any alpha readers. It’s hard to be that vulnerable once you’ve put out a finished product into the world. And because of our move across the country, my usual alpha readers were no longer available to me (I gave first draft chapters of StO to my coworkers in the lab way back when, but now I work from home on the other side of the country, so I wasn’t sure how to do that anymore).
Enter Ream, and their ability to offer chapters and posts to a specific group of people at a specific time! I’ve already been using it as a subscription service for early reads of StO2, and now I plan to do the same with StO3, while offering the alpha group the earliest, messiest reads! Subscribers will still get free copies of the final book at the end, and will get to read an early version of the book, but alpha readers will get to read the down and dirty (and not always complete or in order) chapters as I write them. For Free. Because I guarantee this version is not going to be worth any money XD
Still interested? You can fill out the Alpha Reader Form here. I’ll be choosing my alpha readers on May 31st, so you only have a week to fill out the form. I hope to meet you at the surface to Breathe The Air!
