Tammie Rice asked Michael J. Sullivan:

Wondering how/when we will know if we are going to be accepted as beta readers? Suspense is killing me!

Michael J. Sullivan Hey Tammie, I'm glad you are excited...I can answer completely, but will have to provide some "estimates" for the other ;-)

As to how...anyone who signs up for the beta via this form will get a notification when Robin makes her selections. Yes, even if you are not picked she'll send an email to the address you filled out in the form so everyone will hear something one way or the other.

As to when...well that's harder to pin-point, because she wants to keep the "beta open" for as long as possible so those just learning about it can get on the list. Also, she won't close it until she is "about ready" to send out the manuscripts, which means:

* I have to finish writing
* She has to read/provide alpha feedback
* I have to incorporate her changes
* She has to some copy editing once the content is finalized

Our anticipated time frames are:

* End of July to finish writing
* Two days for Robin to read/provide feeback
* Two weeks for me to incorporate changes
* Two - three weeks for her to copy edit.

Notification will probably happen during the two weeks that I'm incorporating changes - so early to mid July. Beta will probably be the first three weeks of August. Now of course all that could slip if (a) I don't finish in time (b) there are more changes from Robin than I expect, (c) there is a lot more copy editing than normal. But that's a rough guess estimate based on what we know now.

Thanks for asking!

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