Thank you for your interest in becoming an early reader for BELOW, a complete California-set YA/paranormal thriller about a girl who can enter other people’s memories in her sleep.

The manuscript is finished, and hundreds of hours have already gone into translating, revising, and shaping BELOW into American English. Still, I’m a German writer writing in a language that is not my own.

Beta readers receive selected chapters before public release and help shape the version that later appears on the website.

What You’ll Receive as a Beta Reader

As a selected beta reader, you’ll receive:

• Early access to private draft chapters before they are released publicly on the website.

• A chance to help shape the final version of BELOW through your feedback on story, pacing, clarity, dialogue, and emotional impact.

• Behind-the-scenes insight into the revision process, including what changes after beta feedback.

• Access to selected bonus material, such as deleted scenes, cut passages, alternate versions, or additional chapter material.

• The opportunity to point out anything that feels unnatural in American English, especially dialogue, phrasing, rhythm, or wording that may sound too translated.

• Optional acknowledgment in the future, if BELOW is published and you would like to be credited by your chosen name.

• A first look at the story before it reaches general readers, while the final public version is still being shaped.