Hi. Newbie here. I'm a published author (The Perfection of Fish, 2020) looking for a beta reader/critique partner for my complete but unpublished new novel (adult dystopian science fiction, 94,000 words, The Waterknife meets The Big Sleep on the Gulf Coast of 2174).
I know Starling does reviews of longer works such as yours for 1k GPs (gift points--our version of money) per word in the item she reviews, so it would be about 94,000 GPs for her to review your item.
You can advertise and get others to as well, but the problem is that, much like real life authors, on WdC, if you want to get noticed, you need to have fans. You don't yet...or so I assume since you are new.
I recommend you start socializing with folks and one of the best places to find folks to socialize with is on the Community Newsfeed. It's the same as your Personal Newsfeed (the default for when you click Newsfeed), but it doesn't filter out everyone whose Plus Sign you haven't clicked yet so you can see what everyone else is up to.
To get to the Community Newsfeed, go to your Personal Newsfeed and along the top of it you will see "View the Community Newsfeed." Click that and you'll find tons more posts.
When you find a person you want to keep track of, click their Plus Sign at the end of their name once (to set them as a Favorite) or twice (to become a fan). It's ideal if you become a fan (you'll see the Plus turn into a megaphone) because then they will get notified and a few folks (such as myself) even reward fans sometimes.
You can also go to Community (on the left side), then in the popup click either Please Review or Request a Review. But in both cases, you'll still have to pay. 94k words is a LOT of words when most folks here tend to gravitate towards poems and short stories.
Congratulations and good luck finding a beta reader! And welcome to WdC!
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You can advertise and get others to as well, but the problem is that, much like real life authors, on WdC, if you want to get noticed, you need to have fans. You don't yet...or so I assume since you are new.
I recommend you start socializing with folks and one of the best places to find folks to socialize with is on the Community Newsfeed. It's the same as your Personal Newsfeed (the default for when you click Newsfeed), but it doesn't filter out everyone whose Plus Sign you haven't clicked yet so you can see what everyone else is up to.
To get to the Community Newsfeed, go to your Personal Newsfeed and along the top of it you will see "View the Community Newsfeed." Click that and you'll find tons more posts.
When you find a person you want to keep track of, click their Plus Sign at the end of their name once (to set them as a Favorite) or twice (to become a fan). It's ideal if you become a fan (you'll see the Plus turn into a megaphone) because then they will get notified and a few folks (such as myself) even reward fans sometimes.
You can also go to Community (on the left side), then in the popup click either Please Review or Request a Review. But in both cases, you'll still have to pay. 94k words is a LOT of words when most folks here tend to gravitate towards poems and short stories.
Congratulations and good luck finding a beta reader! And welcome to WdC!