Even as I was finishing The Missing Piece, I had a larger story that was really just bursting to get out of me -- and it finally has! But, I've never written something so long and unwieldy and with as many moving parts. So I'm really hoping to find a kind SOLer or two with an affinity for long, slow-burn romance stories who could give me some high-level feedback.
If you like to carefully examine character motivations, root for a misfit pairing, and to tear up with a smile, then I'd really, really appreciate your help! I'd really love to talk with someone with some experience in reading or writing romance in particular, because it's not really a genre I've spent a lot of time doing either of.
It's definitely "minimal sex," and is very character-driven in a grounded, modern setting. The writing style is similar to my first story, but the subject matter is different. Content tags would just be M/F I think. I know all of that's probably a pretty narrow niche...but basically my goal is to continue to write stories that appeal to fewer and fewer people until finally it's just me :P
The story is about 130k words and is completed. Doesn't need any editing, just looking for some general feedback and maybe some more specific questions if you keep reading about things like pacing, certain emotional beats, character development, etc. to see if everything is landing the way it's intended.
I figure I could send the first four chapters (about 19k words) if you're interested and then if it turns out not to be your cup of tea, no big deal, that's still helpful feedback too.
As currently structured, I think it will probably be released as a roughly 15-week weekly serial, but all of this is new to me, so I'm not certain about that yet. In any case, I'm extremely excited to finally get to share the characters I've been hanging out with every day since the end of February. I hope you'll have as good a time getting to know them as I have (:
If you'd be interested in giving me a hand, I'd be extremely grateful! Please shoot me a message if so and we can link up (:
Arcadia