Did you use beta readers as you created “Blue Mountain Rose”?

Q: When and how did you use beta readers as you worked on early drafts of Blue Mountain Rose?

A: In an earlier post, I wrote about how Blue Mountain Rose went from scattered ideas in a Word document to a completed first draft. [Read “What was your process?” here.]

As soon as I thought my early text could benefit from being read by someone other than me, I invited early readers (aka “beta readers”) into the process. I sent the book to an avid theatergoer who has spent lots of time in Ashla...