TWO Alpha Readers for nonfiction/memoir manuscript

We are hiring TWO alpha readers to help answer ONE question: Is this 80,000-word manuscript ready for a development editor? We are looking for specific, honest reactions to how this nonfiction/memoir manuscript reads on the page; and fully prepared to go into the development editor phase next. NDA is required. You will receive a link to an online feedback form in addition to your annotations.

1. Where your attention shifts

2. Where the writing feels overworked

3. Where meaning doesn’t land cleanly

4. Where the writing feels especially strong

5. How would you describe the characters' dynamics

6. Character and relationship clarity

7. Structure and flow, cohesion

This manuscript suggests that certain places, people, and experiences settle into us over time, forming connections that are often unseen but deeply influential. Through a series of lived moments—some tall tales until they're not—the narrative traces how these bonds form, hold, and shape us, without trying to fully define or resolve them.

At its core, the preface frames the book as an exploration of:

• - connection over explanation

• - pattern over conclusion

• - experience over meaning-making

And it seeks to leave the reader with one central idea: we are shaped as much by what holds us as by what lets us go.

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