Want to Read Stuff Early?

I have openings for volunteer alpha readers and beta readers, and you, oh person who found this post, are invited.

For my purposes, alpha readers are people who look at up to three versions of the beginning of a story and tell me where and why they'd stop reading if they found the story in a library. Beta readers read the whole story and offer feedback on it. Since I only finish about two short stories and a single novel-length one per year, neither position seems to be a terrible burden.

Caveats:

1. I need folks who can glance over a document, tell me when they'll send the feedback on it, and then send feedback within the timeframe they specified.
2. I have a test story which should let us figure out whether you and I are a good developmental reader/writer match. So, you get to read something new right away!
3. There's a legal document to sign, to confirm that I can't don't pay readers, and to discourage folks from posting excerpts on the internet (which makes stories more difficult to sell).
4. Your name may end up in a novel's acknowledgements (unless you tell me not to, in which case we'll find you an appropriate sobriquet).

Use my contact page to tell me if you'd like to try alpha or beta reading.