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So, I have this novel. And after 3 years of seeking an agent, I've decided to give up an send it to some e-book publishers. But I want to go over it thoroughly and refine it, and also cut out about 20,000-30,000 words.
Who wants to help?
A warning, there are gay dudes in it (for some reason, everything I have read for other people on this site has gay dudes too, so I guess CS as a whole is cool with it). It s currently 160,000 words- hella long, which is why it needs cutting. I'd like to have it submitted by this summer, so no huge hurry.
Drop me a PM or reply here with your e-mail address if you're interested in helping. Thanks guys!
Here is the synopsis from my (failed!) query:
Who wants to help?
A warning, there are gay dudes in it (for some reason, everything I have read for other people on this site has gay dudes too, so I guess CS as a whole is cool with it). It s currently 160,000 words- hella long, which is why it needs cutting. I'd like to have it submitted by this summer, so no huge hurry.
Drop me a PM or reply here with your e-mail address if you're interested in helping. Thanks guys!
Here is the synopsis from my (failed!) query:
Lasarian is a pleasure slave in the Tensho Empire, a sprawling kingdom ruled by an immortal emperor. And he is happy. After years of suffering at the hands of a sadistic master, he has found peace in the household of Lord Amano. Amano is a gentle man who treats Lasarian more like a lover than a slave. When Amano’s estranged wife dies, his only daughter and heir comes to live with them. Haruka is a little younger than Lasarian, beautiful and elegant- and she hates her father, blaming him for her mother’s lonely death.
Lasarian’s beloved master is suddenly murdered by another slave. Haruka accuses him of the crime, and Lasarian is forced to flee his home. He seeks help from Amano’s oldest friend, is acquitted of the murder by the Reborn Emperor and given his freedom.
He has only one goal: revenge on Haruka, revenge for killing his lover and shattering his peaceful life. To this end he becomes involved with Chen and Tima, twins who work for the notorious, mysterious Tiger Assassins. In Chen, Lasarian finds a swordsman, teacher and lover. But if Lasarian succeeds in killing Haruka, he will destroy everything Chen loves about him. As they draw closer to their target, Lasarian must choose between new love and old hate.
Lasarian’s beloved master is suddenly murdered by another slave. Haruka accuses him of the crime, and Lasarian is forced to flee his home. He seeks help from Amano’s oldest friend, is acquitted of the murder by the Reborn Emperor and given his freedom.
He has only one goal: revenge on Haruka, revenge for killing his lover and shattering his peaceful life. To this end he becomes involved with Chen and Tima, twins who work for the notorious, mysterious Tiger Assassins. In Chen, Lasarian finds a swordsman, teacher and lover. But if Lasarian succeeds in killing Haruka, he will destroy everything Chen loves about him. As they draw closer to their target, Lasarian must choose between new love and old hate.
)-- what else would you like from me reading this in a Critical Manner? (as in, serious and objective, honest and real-- it helps that I've had Rhetoric, Logic, Debate (High School, mostly non-Lincoln-Douglass), and so forth, I can look up and trot out specific classes/make up an 'editor's resume' if you wish 
) I also intend to be a writer, and, when I have the time, weigh in on Amethyst's thread (I should tomorrow... later today! 
that's like, what? a normal edit? 
If you want another reader/editor, let me know. Two heads better than one, and all that jazz.
Drop me a PM with your e-mail please, and I can just send you the whole thing at once so you can get to it when you have time. 
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