I’ve been very lucky in the past to have been able
to build relationships with liked minded writers/readers who I’ve been
able to rely on as my critique partners/beta readers. It’s been great to
know that we enjoy similar books and this
carries over to the kind of genre specific feedback I’m able to receive
from them. I trust them to be honest with me and that their criticisms
will be constructive.
Sadly, my turbo charged publishing plans
for the next year means that I’m going to try and publish more quickly.
As a result, I’m going to spread the beta love rather than expecting my
current critique partners to give up their
lives to my cause. I just dread the thought of putting myself out there
again and receiving feedback that doesn’t fit with the novel I’m trying
to write. As a highly impressionable and insecure writer sometimes I’ll
just accept really outlandish suggestions
thinking that one person’s opinion is the status quo and I have to be
careful not to get hung up on criticisms.
Over the next month or so I’m going to be
putting out feelers amongst a few groups on Goodreads, Twitter, Facebook etc to see what I
come up with. Fingers crossed that there are a few like minded people
out there!
