Beta Reader (or Alpha Reader):

• Choose this option if you are seeking a detailed test-run of how your full or partial manuscript—or perhaps a new potential direction you are considering for the story—might engage, lose, surprise, or infuriate readers.

  • Price: $0.005 per word

    • $0.02 per word, if combined with Sensitivity Reading

    • $0.008 per word, for a more hands-on approach that falls between a reading service and an editing service

      • Please inquire if your work is less than 20,000 words

  • The feedback with this option will focus on the manuscript's strengths and what I think could be further improved within each chapter.

    • Plot, conflict, goals, motivations, misbeliefs

    • Characterization, development, relatability, likability, believability

    • Structure and pacing

    • Writing style and voice

    • Handling of exposition in dialogue and narrative

    • Messages and themes

    • Worldbuilding

    • Chapter openings and endings

    • POVs

  • Note: This option does not include editing services, but it could include constructive suggestions in the margin comments

 

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Sensitivity Reader / Consultant:

• Choose this option if you are seeking detailed insight into how your work could be interpreted by a reader with lived experience and how that aligns with what you intended. Keep in mind that the purpose of a sensitivity read or review is not to censor your work or make every character always say/think the "right" thing. Instead, the purpose is to help address any concerns of representation, unintentional biases, and words that could come across as being negatively charged—all while respecting the voice, style, and vision of the work. I want to help ensure that many readers will be able to delve into your book without becoming unintentionally harmed, overlooked, or offended.

  • Price: $0.015 per word

    • $0.02 per word, if combined with Beta Reading (or Alpha)

    • Please inquire if your work is less than 20,000 words

  • My experiences include…

    • Race/Ethnicity

      • Black American

      • Haitian

      • Caribbean

      • Afro-Latina/e

      • Multiracial, multiethnic, and multicultural family (Haitian, Venezuelan, Cuban, French, Irish)

    • Gender

      • She/Her

      • Cis woman

    • Disabilities and Conditions

      • HoH (Hard-of-hearing)

      • Losing the ability to hear in one ear

      • Losing the ability to walk

      • Physical rehabilitation (regarding mobility)

      • Chronic migraines

      • Heart condition ("leaky" mitral valve prolapse)

      • PTSD

    • Other firsthand experiences

      • Loss/Grief (personal and professional)

      • Hospice work

      • Bullying (and overcoming it)

      • Hurricane Survivor (losing a home due to a Category 4)

      • Family members and friends with depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, eating disorders, anger management issues, and crises of faith

  • Note: This option does not include editing services, but it could include constructive suggestions in the margin comments