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  • Fighting The Undead

    Primary Genre: Realistic fiction Word Count: 38,338 Beta Readers: 0

    When 16 year old, James Andrews, wakes up alone and in a zombie apocalypse, he is kidnapped and reunited with his family. Only problem? They were being held captive by an evil gang. They end up running into more dangers as the book developes.
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  • We Were Born of Spellfire

    Primary Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 90,000 Beta Readers: 5

    Two sisters have hidden in a northern Norwegian birch forest, far away from witch hunters, until they became women. Now that their grandmother is gone, one sister puts a curse on the village that burned her mother and forced them to run while the other sister leaves to start a...

    Two sisters have hidden in a northern Norwegian birch forest, far away from witch hunters, until they became women. Now that their grandmother is gone, one sister puts a curse on the village that burned her mother and forced them to run while the other sister leaves to start a new life without magic. But they both must find a way to survive or else face a destiny that always seems to find witches, wicked or not.

    I'm looking for feedback on:
    1. the overall story - do you want to keep reading? is there anything that's boring or confusing or doesn't work plot-wise?
    2. the characters - do you connect with them, like them, hate them, feel enough either way about them?
    3. the language - how do you like the style? does it draw you in, make you cringe? are there moments that you think there should be more action and less reflection or more reflection and less action?

    But also, whatever (constructive) feedback you want to give is much appreciated!

    Thanks! :)

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  • The Undercover Mysteries: Book 1 Payback

    Primary Genre: Mystery Word Count: 17,320 Beta Readers: 0

    Alexa Tilt is an FBI agent who has a horrific past and secret, while in group therapy she tells the story of how her secret made her a target of a serial killer and survived two years before. In the present day a new serial killer emerges who is targeting...

    Alexa Tilt is an FBI agent who has a horrific past and secret, while in group therapy she tells the story of how her secret made her a target of a serial killer and survived two years before. In the present day a new serial killer emerges who is targeting a high school which Alexa goes undercover at can she overcome her past and keep her secret from reservicing to catch this new threat in time...

    Haven't finished the book yet but this is the 1st 9 chapters that I have done.

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  • Evershine Rising Sun

    Primary Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 94,000 Beta Readers: 2

    The purpose of these edits is to make sure Evershine Rising Sun reads like a cohesive story in its entirety. I would very much like notes on any plot holes, characterization issues within the story, incohesive writing, etc. Notes on grammatical errors are also appreciated. Thank you for your assistance...

    The purpose of these edits is to make sure Evershine Rising Sun reads like a cohesive story in its entirety. I would very much like notes on any plot holes, characterization issues within the story, incohesive writing, etc. Notes on grammatical errors are also appreciated. Thank you for your assistance on this project, it is greatly appreciated.

    Grant, a fifteen-year-old African American plagued by dreams of unfamiliar forests and strange warriors, must journey to another world to save the life of his friend after a horrible accident.

    Having no knowledge of his family and struggling to find the purpose of his life Grant decides to spend the first day of his summer vacation outside with his long-time friend. However, when a Great Horned Owl shapeshifts into a misshapen monster and sinks its claws into his friend, he is forced to trust an otherworldly stranger and journey to a mirror-world earth.
    Now on this NeoEarth, Grant finds himself thrown headfirst into the matters of cosmic energy-bending warriors and their leader Redpine as they battle against grotesque invaders threatening the natural balance. As he learns his true family heritage, he is forced to question not only his own identity and purpose in the universe but also the true nature and of the warriors he's chosen to trust. Lost clans, kidnapped children, and an entire ecosystem hangs in the balance as Grant learns to fight the sin of envy and adhere to the laws of equivalent exchange.

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  • First Time Travel

    Primary Genre: Historical fiction Word Count: 8,400 Beta Readers: 2

    It's an important chapter in the middle of the novel, which I get the feeling may be developed more.

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  • Midnight Manor

    Primary Genre: Humor Word Count: 11,000 Beta Readers: 1

    Eden and her friends attend an exclusive party at the mysterious Midnight Manor, only to find themselves caught up in a survival game. Full of references to creepypastas and other pop culture, it is up to the youtubers to make their way through each puzzle alive.
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  • FMN

    Primary Genre: Other fiction Word Count: 60,000 Beta Readers: 1

    Looking for a sensitivity check. Especially on the sexuality parts

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  • BoP

    Primary Genre: Science fiction Word Count: 5,672 Beta Readers: 1

    One thousand years after the apocalypse, the Earth belongs to the Dharmas, a group of high-tech cyborgs with the ability of independent thinking. Organized in a group of cities, every city with its political power and motivations, and always on the verge of war, institutions know as the libraries have...

    One thousand years after the apocalypse, the Earth belongs to the Dharmas, a group of high-tech cyborgs with the ability of independent thinking. Organized in a group of cities, every city with its political power and motivations, and always on the verge of war, institutions know as the libraries have been constructed to deploy agents tasked to infiltrate and gather information of any dangerous group inside or outside of their cities.

    This story centers around the morally conflicted agent of peace, an inquisitive librarian, a renegade agent, and a refugee from another nation and the actions they take that will bring the world closer to another war.

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  • Original draft

    Primary Genre: Science fiction Word Count: 75,000 Beta Readers: 2

    Two teenagers struggle to stay alive against a determined assassin from the future trying to kill them to change their own fate. Both brothers struggle to keep their cool as they survive against high odds.
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  • Sunder

    Primary Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 85,000 Beta Readers: 2

    Sunder, the first-born son of the Chinese Empire, travels through the world in search of "The Elements", a source of unimaginable power. As he travels, he is confronted with the reality of the world, and the dangerous ways that his parents might use the Elements if they do get their...

    Sunder, the first-born son of the Chinese Empire, travels through the world in search of "The Elements", a source of unimaginable power. As he travels, he is confronted with the reality of the world, and the dangerous ways that his parents might use the Elements if they do get their hands on them.

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