nomdeplume gives your manuscript a small cast of curious, opinionated beta readers. They move through it one chapter at a time, and they remember how it felt along the way.
Iris reads your whole manuscript and writes you a letter, free. Her full report and margin notes are 99¢ USD, once per book, and that covers every draft you send after. No subscription. One free read per account each month, including revised drafts.
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Iris, the Thoughtful Reader · Chapter 17 of 28
“Mara is finally acting instead of reacting. I’m more invested in her now than I was five chapters ago.”
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open questions
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characters
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predictions
Dev, the Page Turner
“I almost skimmed here.”
Your first reader
Iris reads from the first page to the last and keeps track of what she wondered, what confused her, and what paid off. The letter she writes you is the whole letter, not a taste.
The Thoughtful Reader
A balanced reader who notices what works and what gets in the way.
Iris is the reader you'd want first. She notices what's working and says so. When something got in her way, she tells you where, and why it mattered to her.
How a reading happens
A reader only knows what they've read so far. Their early guesses stay honest because nobody slipped them the ending.
See where attention picked up, where confusion set in, which characters won them over, and which moments stuck.
Invite more readers and find out where they agree, where they argue, and what one of them noticed that nobody else did.
Meet the rest of the reading group
Each one reads with a different set of worries, so together they catch what one reader alone would miss.
The Page Turner
Will I keep reading?
Dev has no patience for a slow chapter and will tell you exactly where the skimming started. If Dev kept turning pages, that's the compliment.
The Character Reader
Do I believe and care about these people?
Rosa reads for the people in the book. You'll hear who they believed, who they fell for, and the exact moment a character did something that didn't ring true.
The Skeptic
Make me believe it.
Walter notices the coincidence you hoped nobody would notice. Not unkind about it, but not letting it go either.
The Craft Reader
How is the story being delivered?
Mei watches how the story is built: where a scene opens, who is holding the camera, whether the setup pays off. Mei won't line-edit you.
A note from the people who made this
We made nomdeplume to help indie authors. If you are writing a book on your own, this is for you.
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