I want to read your novel!

Carlito · 2012-06-16T00:48:42Z

Hi I want to read your novel! Please read all of the details below before requesting and note I am ONLY reviewing novels. :) Services offered: 1. Isolated chapter reviews: I will do a regular review for ANY chapter of your novel. I will read up to three isolated chapters for any one novel, and if you want me to read three different chapters, they don't have to be in order (for example, it could be 1, 9, & 16). I don't care if it's not the first chapter. 2. Chapter-by-chapter reviews: This means I will read and review every single chapter of your novel start to finish (or until you stop posting). I may not post a review for every single chapter or section you post, depending on the novel and my thoughts, I may combine my thoughts on a few chapters into one review, but I will read the entire thing. If you go more then two months without posting a new chapter I will take you off my list, but you can always ask to be added back to my list in the future. Please check genres I will review below! 3. Reviewing reviews: Do you want to improve your reviewing skills? Do you struggle to get the full 100 points when you review? Have people told you you're too harsh or too nice and you want to change that? Do you struggle to come up with what to say other than grammar and nitpicking in reviews? Let me try to help! This ONLY applies to reviews on prose (not poetry/scripts/art). I will read some of your recent reviews and send you a PM with some suggestions of how you could up your review game. What are my reviews like? **I'm more of a general impressions person rather than a nit-picky grammar person. **For isolated chapter and chapter-by-chapter reviews , what I talk about will vary, but I usually cover: what worked/didn't work for me and why, thoughts on characters/plot/dialogue/pacing, world-building/believability, and whatever else comes to mind. **For any level of review, if there are specific things you're worried about or would like feedback about, please mention that and I will do my best to cover it! I will not do grammar/word choice only reviews. Please note that I may suggest huge changes. I may suggest that you cut scenes, combine scenes, cut characters, change plot lines, re-do major sections, etc. If that freaks you out, you may not be ready for my review style (and that's okay!) :) Genres I'll read: **If it's an isolated chapter, I'll read pretty much anything other than the stuff on my "no" list (below) **If I'm doing a chapter-by-chapter review I'm going to be a little more picky. I will ONLY read realistic/contemporary fiction and/or romance. Realistic fiction with no romance in it - good to go. Realistic fiction with romance in it - heart eyes. Any other genre with a STRONG romance plot (like a main plot line not a sub-plot) - good to go. Any other genre with a sub-plot romance or no romance at all - sorry, but I'm going to pass. **Some things I love to read (your story doesn't have to have any of these elements, but if it does I really, really want to read it: complicated love stories , gritty or dark stories , anything involving music (something about a band, something about being in band/orchestra, people that play instruments or sing, etc.), anything involving mental illness , anything involving travel , unexpected twists that will blow my mind, anything that will give me FEELS , anything that will allow me to learn about another culture /way of life. I Don't want to read: **Paranormal, horror, zombie novels, novels about pandemics. **I don't mind sex/violence/language as long as it's necessary to the story. ** Absolutely no on-screen rape, torture, or animal abuse please and thank you! **Faeries/werewolves/vampires/etc. aren't my favorite and can be hard for me to get into (but not always…) Timing: **I have a full-time job, and while I try to get on YWS every day, that doesn't always happen because of life. **Give me a week or two for isolated chapter reviews, please bother me if I haven't gotten to it in two weeks. **Depending on how many chapters you currently have posted for a chapter it will take me some time to get through the whole thing. If I haven't written you a review in two weeks please bother me. **For reviewing reviews, if I haven't PMed you within a week, please bother me. **If I've "liked" your post requesting a review, I have acknowledged/accepted your request and you're on my list! :) How to request: Please tell me - 1. Name of the novel 2. Genre of the novel 3. 1-4 sentences about what the novel is about (no spoilers). Especially if you want me to review a chapter that isn't chapter 1, PLEASE give me a little context about what's going on because that will help me help you better! 4. What service are you after (and include any specific concerns/things you want me to cover) 5. If this is an isolated chapter request, please link the chapter(s). If this is a chapter by chapter request, please link the first chapter/preface. If this a reviewing reviews request I will PM you. I understand that writing a novel is a deeply personal experience and sharing that work is scary, so I thank you for giving me the opportunity to read your work!

Carlito

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Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:37 pm

Carlito says... · Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:37 pm

Re-open and all updated! Sorry for the horrible delays, this month has been nuts but next month will be better!

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Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:31 pm

Bexy2556 says... · Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:31 pm

Hey, don't know if you're still accepting but I would really appreciate it if you could maybe take a look at the novel I'm currently working on! I only have the first two chapters up so far but intend to keep updating it as I go on. It is YA (teen fiction)

Dream A Little Dream: Chapter One and Two

Thank you

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Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:42 am

BluesClues says... · Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:42 am

~~One of these days I will post Book Man again and I will shamelessly beg for reviews.~~

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Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:57 pm

Carlito says... · Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:57 pm

All caught up and ready for more!

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Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:37 am

Lightsong says... · Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:37 am

Hey, I'm here again!

Name of Work: Bad Lights, Good Lights
Genre: Fantasy, mystery/suspense
Link: Bad Lights, Good Lights [Chapter 3.3] requests: Whichever review style you think is the best
Important information: Merah, her friend Sarah, and her brother Imran, went to the portal place to get Imran's light, Silver. They needed it to add more help. Lights were a species from another world who came here to help humans stop their bad people from destroying mankind.

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The subject is a catalyst, a character, but our responsibility is, has to be, to the work."

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Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:48 pm

Carlito says... · Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:48 pm

Caught up and ready for more!

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Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:56 pm

Chaser says... · Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:56 pm

My first shot at romance (with fantasy elements):

Angel Affliction - Chapter One

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Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:33 pm

Lightsong says... · Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:33 pm

Hehehe, sorry for bothering you! The details about this Bad Lights, Good Lights [Chapter 4.0] is the same as before!

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Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:04 pm

Carlito says... · Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:04 pm

Finished with both and ready for more!

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Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:08 am

TriSARAHtops says... · Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:08 am

Hey Carlito! I was wondering if you'd be able to offer some feedback on my YA contemporary novel-ish thing? I know you said to PM you about full manuscripts, but long story short, this was originally meant to be a super-long short story that I eventually realised needed to be a novel, so I don't really see it as a full manuscript. It's all up on YWS though, so if you want to read it all and review it as a whole or go on a chapter by chapter basis I'm happy either way. I'm planning on rewriting it once school's over, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to get another pair of eyes to look at it, and since you've said you like YA contemporary...

I've already got a fair few reviews on it, so if you want to only review certain chapters, or something that's fine. There's also no rush!

Here's the first chapter: Eight Reasons Why I Kissed Hayden Beaufort (Part 1/8) - *Edited*

Thanks!

if we wait until we're ready

we'll be waiting

for the rest of our lives

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Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:33 pm

Carlito says... · Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:33 pm

I'm on it @TriSARAHtops!!

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Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:29 am

Lightsong says... · Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:29 am

Ehehehehehe, sorry again!

Please review Bad Lights, Good Lights [Chapter 4.2]! Thanks!

"Writing, though, belongs first to the writer, and then to the reader, to the world.

The subject is a catalyst, a character, but our responsibility is, has to be, to the work."

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Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:19 pm

Mageheart says... · Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:19 pm

Hi. I was wondering if you could follow a series of mine and review each chapter. The series is called the Schadel Files. It is in both the fantasy and mystery genres. Right now, I only have The Case of the Necromancer-For-Hire, and am almost done with that, but I have two more stories in the making.
If you do end up following it, thanks in advance. And if you don't, thank you for thinking about it.
Here's the link for the first chapter if you choose to read it.
The Case of the Necromancer-For-Hire: Chapter 1

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Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:44 am

Carlito says... · Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:44 am

All caught up and ready for more!

@TheLearningWriter I'm on it!

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Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:47 pm

Mageheart says... · Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:47 pm

Thank you, and I hope you enjoy it!

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