Y’all, being a writer is hard :)

I’m about to open up beta reading applications for my vamp wip. Mind you, I’m not done editing yet - nowhere near it tbh, but I’m opening up applications and using the next two weeks to force myself to finish the edits. I actually do need to do this.

In the earlier stages of this book, I got ghosted three times by people who promised to read. Mind you, at that stage, I was looking for critique partners, not beta readers.

So if the people who I was hoping would give me feedback to improve totally ghosted me, what makes me think that now, anyone at all will be interested in reading this book? What if they agree to read and ghost me again? What if they read it and don’t like it and have to tell me the truth about it? What if all these words I’ve written are wasted?

I’m not sure how many more times my heart can get ripped out of my chest like that before I actually fall over and die.

I’m sad. I’m scared. But I’m still going to do it. I’m about to post the graphic for the beta reading applications, so by the time you get this email, the post and links will be up on my Instagram.

If you’re interested in applying, you can pop over to my IG using the link below. Now, I’m going to post this and shut my phone off. I’m scared.

PS - Newsletters go out on Mondays only (this is just an emergency email because I’m freaking out. Don’t worry, I won’t be spamming your email multiple times a week all the time.)