Amy, insent to your gmail.

Part of the problem is, of course, that 'heartwarming" isn't my usual beat. Stuff like that probably happens at agencies, too. I do think that she hinted at stuff instead of putting it on the page for us though, but it wasn't a question of "suck". In fact, I liked it until about the last three grafs where she reached for my heartstring just a bit too hard, and that is a personal bias born of my many trust issues. But the editor, Sharon, explained it this way...they have X time and X money for every edition, and they have to factor in fundraising time and her health because she isEIC, right? So if something isn't everything we want, we'd better keep the space open for something that is. (I still feel bad. But I'm not her beta. It's not my problem. Some other anthology saw something in it I didn't though because it was published before us.)

Anyone wanna beta-read my book? Familiarity with/enjoyment of historical romance preferred, though not absolutely required, because part of what I'm trying to do here is guage whether or not I've hit my target market. It's roughly 110,000 words--at least, that's what I get when I split the difference between the page count estimate and the actual MS Word count, and it's a nice round number.

I'm mainly looking for general impressions, though I'll probably have a set of questions for after you read it (I don't want to send them before, because I don't want to prime you to look for problems that may not be there or that may be tiny and mild). And I'd like to get feedback by mid-December, just to stay more or less on the schedule I set for myself.

If interested, email my profile address.

My article in English Journal is finally published! Print version won't be delivered for another week or so when the magazines ship, but since many of you helped me (a lot) in my beta last year, I thought I'd post a link to my homepage where I put a link up to the pdf.

It's here: [link]

Thank you, everyone!

Congrats, Kristin! (And further reminder why I want you to write for me. :)

Oh, Kristin! I remember you posting an earlier version of that last year, and it still packs a powerful punch. Beautiful work, m'dear.

That's such a powerful piece, Kristin. Congratulations!

I love that damned piece, Kristin. It's really amazing.

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Thank you!

Kristin, I loved that piece when I read it the first time around (in your LJ, I think?) Congratulations on getting it published! (Oh, and yeah for having a palce to live!)