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Let's work together! I provide reading services made simple. I know that letting someone read your manuscript is a personal thing, so I treat it that way - no over formality, no jargon, just real feedback and feelings.

Here's what I can help you with:

Copy Editing

Detailed feedback including narrative structure, inconsistencies, characters, readability, and general feelings and thoughts about what works and what needs work.

Sensitivity Reading

I can sensitivity read for books including women, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people (primarily non-binary, queer, bisexual/gay) - ensuring your content is inclusive and accurate.

Proof Reading

Feedback on grammar, spelling and punctuation and any errors.

Reviews & PR Content

Advanced reviews of your books to use for marketing purposes, or other PR content including book tours, social media or readalongs. I'm currently in the top 1% of reviewers on goodreads and booksirens.

Pricing:

Reading Services

Every book is different; so all my prices are bespoke and based around you and your needs.

Reading services generally start from £25 per hour for proof reading and £30 per hour for copy and sensitivity reading, but a flat fee can be agreed upon for a full manuscript upon request. Invoices are payable at a minimum of 50% upon agreement and the remainder on completion of the service

Reviews & PR Content

To keep things authentic, I do not charge for book reviews and any promotion I may do around them - I do ask for a PR copy of the title you'd like me to review, and the understanding I cannot guarantee a 5* review. General promotion including assets is charged at a nominal advertising fee and will be marked as an advert on any platforms.

I'm open to most styles; but I do not review children's fiction, erotica, religious fiction or reference texts but at this time I am only accepting review requests directly from publishers due to capacity.

If you're interested in working together, please email me directly at: bethanyswrites@gmail.com

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REVIEW: This Could Be Us by Clare McGowan

Genre: Fiction | Literary Fiction Release Date: Expected 1st June 2023 Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group | Corsair Kate has done the unthinkable. She'd worked hard to build a perfect life for herself, while ignoring her growing unhappiness. But when her second child was born profoundly disabled, reality hit. Unable to cope, Kate left - disappearing without a trace. She ends up in LA, with a glittering career and a new family of sorts, but the guilt is still suffocating. Husband Andrew was left to pick up the pieces and care for their disabled daughter and angry, confused son. Bereft and broken, he leaned on Olivia, Kate's best friend. She's been by his side ever since, ignoring her own needs to meet his. Years later, Andrew has written a memoir about his daughter learning to communicate against all odds. But when Kate's new producer husband decides he wants to make a film of it, their worlds collide once again. Now, Kate must return to the life she abandoned and reck...

REVIEW: Live, Laugh, Lesbian by Helen Scott

Genre: Non-Fiction | Memoir | LGTBQ+ Release Date: 19th October 2023 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Part memoir, part guide, part conversation and all queer joy — Live, Laugh, Lesbian is a brilliantly warm and friendly journey into the queer experience, not only from the author but from plenty of other lesbian, queer, bisexual and pansexual contributors who bring a unique viewpoint and voice and also show a beautiful diverse, intersectional scope of the queer spectrum and welcomes in queer people and allies of any kind to come feel the love. The book is very conversational, talking to the reader in a fun, friendly way — at times I rolled my eyes as the use of “famalam” but as a previous patron of Colours and Chicagos I’m not in a position to judge the Essex-isms. It’s full of anecdotes and observations that were witty and relatable as well as talking is through the more difficult side of queerness like dealing with workplace discrimination, religious trauma and coming out to family...

BOOK TOUR STOP x RANDOM THINGS TOURS: Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen

" This town has secrets that are best left alone." Author Hannah is a success, on paper at least. She's receiving critical acclaim and praise worldwide and her work is regarded as some of the best. She writes literature, not just books. But the reality is, outside of the literary circles nobody actually reads her work. But when she finally snaps at a book event and publicly criticises the genre fiction books that outsell hers, claiming they're easy and mindless she's challenged to write her own crime fiction novel in just thirty days by an author she loathes. Desperate not to lose to him, her editor arranges for her to spend a month in a quiet, cold village in Iceland hoping that the solitude will spark inspiration. But instead of writing a murder story - she's in one . Just before she arrives, the body of a young man is pulled from the icy waters and her search for ideas soon becomes a search for a killer. And if she's not careful, she might end up the...

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