Finding and Working with Beta Readers to Improve Your Book with Michelle Cox

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English - July 01, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings
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Michelle Cox is the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series author, a mystery romance set in 1930s Chicago.

Described as Downtown Abbey meets Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, the books have won multiple awards, and publications like PopSugar, Elle, BuzzFeed, Redbook, and Bustle have praised it as a top read.

In this episode, Michelle describes her writing process for mysteries and explains where the idea came for a mystery romance set in 1930s Chicago.

Michelle also describes how beta readers help her improve her mystery books, where she finds them, what she asks them, and how she decides who to listen to and who to ignore.

In this episode we discuss:

Where Michelle got the idea from for her seriesMichelle's writing processDoing character researchHow to find her beta readersWhat to do with the feedback from beta readersMarketing strategies

Resources:

Book Funnel SurveyMonkey She Writes Press Clubhouse Michelle Cox

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