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This is very good.

Interesting advice:

I'm glad YouTube glitched because I found Spotify better.

YouTube has stopped being awkward and you can now catch the latest episode there.

Pornography tells lies about women, but it tells the truth about men. John Stoltenberg

This is a really good point. I sometimes enjoy reading outside my usual tastes for a few chapters or short stories in the Lab, and maybe a different perspective can be useful. But for a full novel read, I think you're right to seek the readers...

Finding beta readers is hard. Sometimes people are already beta reading something else, or life is happening to them and you've just asked at the wrong time. Sometimes it's as simple as they don't read or like the genre you write in, so their...

I got plenty of offers to beta read Songs for Beginners on Litopia a couple of years ago, but ultimately only two read it (plus I had another reader outside Litopia). I was disappointed at first, especially because I'd just done a full beta read...

I stopped using beta readers. No one has time. Then I don't have time to return a favor, so makes sense I shouldn't ask. Plus the notes I find are irrelevant, I need notes from someone in the biz not another writer like me....

Lets face it writers cant make a living by writing so anything that charges is going to be that side hustle we all would like to have to pay the rent. DONT PAY FOR BETA READERS. You won't get the fresh eye you need, the whole purpose of beta...