I will beta read your literary or speculative novel and give you quality feedback

If you've completed a full length manuscript and would like professional constructive feedback from a writer with a readers perspective, I would love to beta-read your novel. As a beta-reader, I will provide an overall impression and critique of your story as well as give developmental and line edits throughout the manuscript.

I will mainly focus on elements of storytelling such as:

character development

dialogue

setting

pace/flow

structure

story arc

as well as bring attention to:

plot holes / inconsistencies

manuscript strengths

the opening scenes

the end / ending scenes

For novels, I'm open to reading any genre that leans literary, but I'm especially fond of speculative, soft sci-fi, magical realism, mystery, and psychological thrillers.

I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from San Jose State University, and I worked as a fiction editor for Reed Magazine during my time at SJSU.