Sunday, April 4, 2021

Beta Reactions

[The chickens]

 I've started to get reactions from friends who have started reading the revised versions of our books.  My boy has read several of his Just Us Chickens books to his much older cousin, who has found them highly entertaining.  His target-age cousin also found them highly amusing.  Recently, he shared some of his first book to an adult friend of mine, and she couldn't get enough.  This is the book that got second place from League of Utah Writer's children's book contest.  A friend has started reading them to her little one, and she has found them incredibly entertaining. Whether we share his books with children or adults, they all find the ideas and wacky stories entertaining.  I think you will, too.

[Doomimals kids by Ghostelle.]

Meanwhile, I've had various betas read through some of my Doomimals books.  Most of the reactions and feedback have been positive and helpful toward their development.  The professional editor I had read book 1 has given me a lot of guidance useful in all the books.  One of my friends read them all through, gave me detailed feedback, and is now reading them through a second time.  She finds the expanded and revised version so much improved.  All of this tells me I'm on the right path to bringing you some very good series.  I look forward to hearing back from you when they're done.