BETA CALL: The White Rose!!!!!

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The day has finally arrived, in which I invite my readers on Rebelling Muse, and my fellow writers from Goodreads, NaNoWriMo, and Wattpad to take part in the beta call for my novel The White Rose.


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Admittedly, it's well over a year late, but in hindsight, I'm so glad I waited. This second draft has turned out much better than I had anticipated - I can actually show it to people without feeling totally embarrassed about the mess that it is.

Now, before I open up the form for you, here's some housekeeping stuff that you need to be aware of.....

Some Stats for the Book

Size: 249 pages
Word Count: 112,816 words (!)
Chapters: 48

Yeah, she's a big girl.....grew well over twice her size between the two drafts. Now you understand why it took over six months to actually get her to a finished state *cringes*.

Beta Privileges

- Like my alphas, you'll receive new drafts after every time that "major changes" happen. In other words, if 20k words are added or macro-editing is done. This way, I'm not hounding you guys with thirty million drafts.

- Betas will also get their own Hangouts Group in which we can discuss about the work, and any updates can be posted. Alphas will also be added to this group.

- Betas will have access a special "hint" board on Pinterest. The full Pinterest board is reserved for alphas because of privacy concerns (sorry guys).

- Betas will also have access to the Coggle timeline in which I used to plot the second draft, if they desire. Be aware that some changes have happened so it's not 100% accurate.



Disclaimers

- There are some small plot holes and 2 unfinished chapters - they will be highlighted so you can see them. I'm sowwy, but I'm super stuck. I needs plot help.

- There may be (who am I kidding, there are) a lot of things that I have thrown in there that will require explanation. Because my description of my own world-building is trash.

- I use a lot of adverbs. Like a lot. You think my blog posts are bad? Ohhh boy.....

- I do have an optional question regarding religion in the form because I will ask betas about the religious aspects of the novel. While this novel has a decidedly Catholic vibe, I would love for both Catholics and non-Catholics to review this.

- Speaking of optional questions, there are two regarding if people have read certain books that I took heavy inspiration from. If you've read neither, I won't count it against you. I just need to make sure that copyrights are secure and all *shifts eyes*

- I have a due date of May 30 on there so I can prep for Round 2 of editing, but if you need an extension, I'm more than flexible!


There, I think all the housekeeping stuff has been taken care of. So, I'll go ahead and leave this form here:





I look forward to sharing this story with y'all!

Scribbingly yours,

Catherine

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12 comments

  1. YAY! CONGRATS AGAIN! I'm so excited for everyone to see it!!

    Also: Hawthorn's Roses sounds cool! (Rebel Roses just sounds a bit too much like a band, lol)

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  2. CONGRATS Catherine!!! I'm so excited for you!!

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  3. I signed up! I'm so excited after seeing your updates on GR!

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  4. So exciting!! Congrats on getting to this stage!

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  5. I'm not going to be able to read this right now, but OH MY GOSH CATHERINE COngRATS!!!!! So excited for you and I wish you the best of luck going forward <3

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  6. Congratulations!!! <3 *hugs* Can't wait to see what's to come!

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  7. J+M+J
    I guess I'm a bit late to the party... but the best of luck to you and your edits! :)

    The Doorman.

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