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 Post subject: Test Reader(s) wanted before I publish
PostPosted: October 25th, 2014, 7:50 pm 
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As you may or may not know, I've been working on a collection of my poetry for awhile now, and I now definitely hope to get it released by December. Every poem was as carefully revised and polished as I felt I could do (which wasn't much) before I posted it on my blog in the months or years before I decided to put it in the book, and I've read (well, skimmed) through the book dozens if not hundreds of times by now ... but that's no substitute for fresh eyes.

So I'm looking for any interested readers to look over my collection to check my spelling, capitalization, grammar, and (if you're up to it) rhythm (most of what I write is blank verse)---not that I'd turn down any other comments to help me revise! If anyone is interested, please reply here or send me a PM.

(There are not quite 60 poems in the collection, averaging about 13 lines each.)

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Creator of the Shine Cycle, an expansive fantasy planned series, spanning over two centuries of an imagined world's history, several universes (including various alternate histories and our own future), and the stories of dozens of characters (many from our world).

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 Post subject: Re: Test Reader(s) wanted before I publish
PostPosted: January 18th, 2015, 5:24 pm 
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Did you find test readers for this, Kingjon? :) Do you still need some or is it published now?

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Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king

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 Post subject: Re: Test Reader(s) wanted before I publish
PostPosted: January 20th, 2015, 12:58 pm 
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Lady Elanor wrote:
Did you find test readers for this, Kingjon? :) Do you still need some or is it published now?

No, I didn't find any test-readers, but it's an (essentially) moot point because it is indeed now published.

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Originally inspired to write by reading C.S. Lewis, but can be as perfectionist as Tolkien or as obscure as Charles Williams.

Author of A Year in Verse, a self-published collection of poetry: available in paperback and on Kindle; a second collection forthcoming in 2022 or 2023, God willing (betas wanted!).

Creator of the Shine Cycle, an expansive fantasy planned series, spanning over two centuries of an imagined world's history, several universes (including various alternate histories and our own future), and the stories of dozens of characters (many from our world).

Developer of Strategic Primer, a strategy/simulation game played by email; currently in a redesign phase after the ending of "the current campaign" in 2022.

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