YA Fantasy Retelling Alpha Readers Needed

Alpha call!
I’m looking for alpha readers to read my YA fantasy novel, Project Gorgon, and provide honest and helpful feedback.

***accepting beta readers until February 20, 2021 (OPEN)

Blurb: A loose retelling of Medusa and Snow White, this story of jealousy and vanity explores the true meaning of beauty and self-worth.

Prove her innocence. Regain her magic.

In Osor there are two types of people: the brown-eyed Skytarrans and the blue-eyed Celekals. Born into a Skytarran family with one brown eye and one blue eye, Aria Gorgon is a miracle, making her famous throughout the country.

As the time comes for Queen Rhea to step down and select the next ruler of Osor, now sixteen-year-old Aria wants to be chosen more than anything. But when she’s framed for murder on the day of the choosing ceremony, she’s stripped of her most prized possessions: her magic and beauty.

Banished to the dark, mist covered and beast filled forest of Exoria, Aria faces a death sentence and has good reason to suspect that the queen was behind the framing. But when she meets others who are just like her, Aria manages to survive, wanting only to get back home so she can prove her innocence and regain her magic and beauty.

But as she evades new attempts on her life by the queen and becomes suspicious there’s something her new friends aren’t telling her, going back doesn’t prove to be easy.

And as she discovers secrets about her past and the kingdom she once held so dear, she must come to terms with who she truly is. But after the queen’s final attack, leaving her on the brink of death, will Aria make it back to recover what’s been taken from her?

Genre: YA Fantasy

Format: Novel

Status: currently writing. I will be editing as I write, so hopefully it won’t be too messy

Word count: estimated 80k words and 60 chapters

Content labels: violence, mild alcohol use, romance, magic, potentially gross descriptions of medical injuries

Who I’m looking for: People who love fantasy (either writers or readers of this genre) and are willing to commit to reading the whole novel and provide HONEST feedback.

Wanted Feedback: Big picture feedback, such as plot holes, world-building, characters, pacing etc. (I will provide Google Forms for alpha readers to submit their feedback every five chapters).

Unwanted feedback: grammar, typose, word etc.

How it works: I will give alpha readers access to a Google Doc and every Sunday, I will add five chapters (approximately 2k words each) to the doc starting on February 21, 2021 and ending approximately. May 2, 2021 (this is a rough estimate because I don’t know the exact number of chapters but alpha readers will be notified of any scheduling changes).

Alpha readers will have one week to read the current five chapters and submit a Google Form by the next Sunday (i.e. I will be sending the first five chapters on February 21, 2021. These chapters must be read and the form submitted by the following Sunday, February 28, 2021. There will be at least one week where alpha readers will have two weeks to read the five chapters. I will provide more info when the time comes). After the entire read, there will also be a final Google Form to cover alpha readers thoughts for the entire book. The last day to submit this form will be approximately May 9, 2021.

Finally, I know this is a given, but if you sign up to be an alpha reader, you are also promising not to share any of the documents I share with you or steal any of my work to claim as your own.

Thank you for your interest in being an alpha reader! Please comment below if you are interested or have any questions. And if you can’t commit to this now, I may also need beta readers further down the road. 🙂