It is my mildly inappropriate pleasure to introduce Ishabelle Torry to my blog today. As a fellow Breathless Press author and one of my first tier beta readers, I have to say I’m wholly pleased and totally honored to have her here today. I have a slightly relevant interview lined up, personally tailored as all my interviews are; I hope she finds the Ember Leigh Interview World to be a pleasing and nourishing ecosystem. Welcome to the blog, Ishabelle,…
Why Beta Readers are the Secret Backbone of Writers Wikipedia defines a beta reader as the following: “a non-professional reader who reads a written work, generally fiction, with the intent of looking over the material to find and improve elements such as grammar and spelling, as well as suggestions to improve the story, its characters, or its setting. Beta reading is typically done before the story is released for public consumption. Beta readers are not explicitly proofreaders or editors, but can serve in that context.” This, though,…
