I have one beta reader

That would be my long-suffering agent.

While I've been going through Man Bites World, polishing it up, she's been reading the first draft.* Yesterday, her notes arrived just as I finished my morning revision, and I read through them all.

Well, once the pouting and foot-stamping was over, I have to admit that they're damn good notes. Almost all of them either make the work more commercial without cheating on the intent of the book, or they address elements that I've been uncertain about.

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