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Wanted: Mystery novel writer to swap beta-reads

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Chase

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Deaf Takes a Halliday is an 84,000-word amateur sleuth mystery with elements of romance set in the gun culture of rural Montana in two weeks of April 2001.

I just finished the umpteenth rewrite and am seeking another mystery writer to co-beta with who doesn’t mind a bit of 45 boy meets 38 girl. Those are ages, not calibers or chest measurements. :D.

I’d like to exchange and critique between 8,000 and 10,000 words a week, but I’m open to trade fewer, down to 5,000 words/week.

I offer experienced line-by-line suggestions and comments to include typo-spotting, characterization, plot and setting, fact-finding—the whole lock, stock, and barrel.

If interested, PM me for further details, and perhaps we might trade a first chapter or three to see if we’re a fit.

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:ty: for the responses.

After dodging a major bullet and reminding one or two kind responders I wanted this final beta-read to be a swap with another mystery novelist, I found a fit.

Again, thank you all and moderator Katiemac for letting me plead my case here.
 
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