Well I love this!! And I’m pretty sure the skirt tucked in the underwear was another shout out! I am in constant amazement at your writing skill and how I’m impressed every time. You’re pretty easy to cheer on! Love being part of the journey.
100% agree with everything here! It's interesting that I hear "beta reader" used in a different way than you described, though... it seems like you're describing an "alpha" reader, like a critique partner, someone who (as you say) reads an early draft that hasn't been edited. I use the term to describe someone almost like an ARC reader, someone who loves your genre and who "gets" your author voice—usually a current fan of your work—who gives you feedback in time for your final polish of your ms, and affirms your ideas for your book blurb and other marketing phrasing. Like a last-minute check before leaving that restroom: you thought you were ready to walk out the door, but your beta reader gives you one last look-over and thumbs up.
And hopefully notes the way your necklace accentuates your outfit, or whatever: something positive that you would not have noticed, but which you can be confident about as you step out!
Well I love this!! And I’m pretty sure the skirt tucked in the underwear was another shout out! I am in constant amazement at your writing skill and how I’m impressed every time. You’re pretty easy to cheer on! Love being part of the journey.
Actually Caro said it first, but I thought of you and your booty!
100% agree with everything here! It's interesting that I hear "beta reader" used in a different way than you described, though... it seems like you're describing an "alpha" reader, like a critique partner, someone who (as you say) reads an early draft that hasn't been edited. I use the term to describe someone almost like an ARC reader, someone who loves your genre and who "gets" your author voice—usually a current fan of your work—who gives you feedback in time for your final polish of your ms, and affirms your ideas for your book blurb and other marketing phrasing. Like a last-minute check before leaving that restroom: you thought you were ready to walk out the door, but your beta reader gives you one last look-over and thumbs up.
And hopefully notes the way your necklace accentuates your outfit, or whatever: something positive that you would not have noticed, but which you can be confident about as you step out!
I've heard both terms (and need both types) and they are indispensable!