Alexander’s Comments (group member since Aug 16, 2017)

Alexander’s comments from the Free book editing/beta reading group.

Arthur wrote: "Hi Alex, I am interested in copy editing and proofreading your manuscript. I do not have a website (I am a bit old fashioned). However, since you have mentioned it, I will get a website. I await yo..."

Hi Arthur. Alrighty. Well I am definitely keen for your help. I'm just writing a new ending scene to the book. So is it okay if I send the book to your email in a couple of days? I should be finished it by then. Thank you.

Arthur wrote: "Hi, I am a professional editor with over 5 years of experience working with different publishing houses and authors. From your blurb, I think your book has an interesting concept, and I will like t..."

Hi Arthur. This sounds fantastic. I noticed that you are looking to get your work from home editing business up and running. I will gladly leave a review of your services when you are done. Thank you for the offer. I am interested in a proofread/copy edit. Is that something you are interested in? Before I email you the manuscript, do you have a website?

Alex.

Hi everyone. I am looking for 2 to 3 betas for this book of interweaving tales. I am looking for overall cohesion and story flow. Please leave a comment if you are interested :)

Life is about change. Why should death be any different?

Abandoned mansions boasting mysteries. Dark liaisons conducted post-midnight. The dangers of love and addiction. Karma. Passion. Dread. Revelations abound - if only they can be survived. Transformations: A Collection depicts a multitude of windows onto the world’s mysteries.

Reality is a kaleidoscope. Taste the dark. Be transformed.

Hi everyone. I am very interested in BETA readers for my dark fantasy/horror/adventure/mystery novel in the vein of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Tim Powers. It is 200,000 words (500 pages). I know it's long, but I would be happy to return the favour. The blurb follows:

Have you ever listened to a song and felt it take you far away, somewhere you can be at peace? Has a painting had the same fantastical effect? Have you ever wondered why?

Seventeen-year-old Adam Reilly knows all about it, as a gifted musician and dreamer. A lonely boy, he finds solace in the worlds that can be created through imagination. But the day he awakens to find that an eleven-year-old has been abducted from the town he lives in, a vast array of events are set in motion that will ensnare many citizens, their paths colliding, making them all aware of the painful memories they have blocked away. While on a terrified run through the hinterland, lost beyond all hope, Adam Reilly uncovers the town's greatest secret - a mansion, decrepit yet beautiful, with a power almost beyond comprehension.

The town stews in its confusion as the days grow darker and more children are taken by persons unknown. One man rises from the pack to find them and bring them home - Adam Reilly's father. Joshua Reilly is unaware his son has found revelation; he is also unaware of the insidious desires of the townsfolk around him, and those he might have thought of as enemies soon begin to look more innocent than those he called his friends. Allies will be revealed as liars, and their allegiances to tempting beasts will bring death and betrayal in abundance. One beast, with a deadly agenda, is heading towards the town from the other side of Creation. Will the innocent be able to find themselves and find the truth before It arrives? What begins as the lonely day-to-day life of a gifted boy playing music with his friends soon becomes an other-worldly pilgrimage with allies and arch enemies and maidens and monsters, all forces converging on the miraculous mansion and its crucial secret.

Thanks very much! I am very eager to have this read. Like I said earlier, I will return the favour!