Finding the Right Readers.
After I finished writing my second novel, my mother was the first person to read the whole thing through. “What’d you think?” I asked her, hungry for the gratuitous gush of maternal admiration over my skills as a writer and overall perfection as a daughter. “Hmm,” she said, pausing to consider. “I think your end needs a twist. And I liked the first novel you wrote better.” Welcome to the big, beautiful world of Beta Readers. Beta Readers are those who offer to read your work