by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
After much, much struggle, my “little baby” — my first novel — is zooming towards being ready for the beta reader process. It’s not there yet, but I’m hoping that by around May – June I’ll be return to turn it over to someone else to read seriously.
Now, this is a problem for a number of reasons.
The biggest reason is, well, me. Just like I could probably produce a really good podcast if I could actually find a co-host, so, too, do I fear that something as basic as getting someone else to read this novel is going to be a real pass in the ass because, lulz, I have no friends and no one likes me.
But they say to get beta readers, you have to be one, so the idea of being a beta reader for any one who will let me is looming large in my mind. And, yet, you have to believe.
You have to believe in yourself that somehow, some way, you’ll figure out how to make things work. I have a similar thinking with the early days of ROKon Magazine and that world view worked…until it didn’t of course.
Anyway, I’m really pleased with this second draft of the novel. It’s finally just about where I want it to be. Too bad I’m an Old now.
