u/BaseUpbeat1798

Hey everyone, I'm a very quiet Army, well person in general, I don't go out much or post much. But I'm going to BTS day 2 in London, and I'm so excited! but I'm going alone, so just wondering is there anyone standing that would like to say hi? Maybe you're going alone too? Also because I'm going alone, I bought a new ticket, so I have my two old tickets for sale, they're not great seats but I think any seat is a good one for BTS. I can let you know where I'm selling them if you're interested. 😄 Looking forward to it, and really hope everyone has a great time.

Earlier this year I had what I thought was a mental breakdown.

It turned out to be a pinched nerve in my neck.

I lost feeling in my fingers, my arm became almost useless, and my doctor told me I shouldn't spend long periods in the same position. My job involved a 5-hour daily commute plus overtime, so I asked if I could temporarily work from home while waiting for an MRI.

They said no.

Within weeks I was on illness benefit, moved back home, questioning whether I'd ever get back to work, and wondering if I'd have to cancel the trip to Japan I'd spent months saving for.

Recovery wasn't linear. Neither was job hunting.

While recovering I started doing small freelance jobs, customer support work, and realised something I'd been ignoring for years: I don't actually want a career where travelling is something I squeeze into annual leave. I want work that fits around life, not the other way around.

I'm curious if anyone else has had a health scare completely change how they think about work.

Did it make you change careers, go remote, reduce your hours, or do something completely different?

Earlier this year I had what I thought was a mental breakdown.

It turned out to be a pinched nerve in my neck.

I lost feeling in my fingers, my arm became almost useless, and my doctor told me I shouldn't spend long periods in the same position. My job involved a 5-hour daily commute plus overtime, so I asked if I could temporarily work from home while waiting for an MRI.

They said no.

Within weeks I was on illness benefit, moved back home, questioning whether I'd ever get back to work, and wondering if I'd have to cancel the trip to Japan I'd spent months saving for.

Recovery wasn't linear. Neither was job hunting.

While recovering I started doing small freelance jobs, customer support work, and realised something I'd been ignoring for years: I don't actually want a career where travelling is something I squeeze into annual leave. I want work that fits around life, not the other way around.

I'm curious if anyone else has had a health scare completely change how they think about work.

Did it make you change careers, go remote, reduce your hours, or do something completely different?

Earlier this year I had what I thought was a mental breakdown.

It turned out to be a pinched nerve in my neck.

I lost feeling in my fingers, my arm became almost useless, and my doctor told me I shouldn't spend long periods in the same position. My job involved a 5-hour daily commute plus overtime, so I asked if I could temporarily work from home while waiting for an MRI.

They said no.

Within weeks I was on illness benefit, moved back home, questioning whether I'd ever get back to work, and wondering if I'd have to cancel the trip to Japan I'd spent months saving for.

Recovery wasn't linear. Neither was job hunting.

While recovering I started doing small freelance jobs, customer support work, and realised something I'd been ignoring for years: I don't actually want a career where travelling is something I squeeze into annual leave. I want work that fits around life, not the other way around.

I'm curious if anyone else has had a health scare completely change how they think about work.

Did it make you change careers, go remote, reduce your hours, or do something completely different?

Earlier this year I had what I thought was a mental breakdown.

It turned out to be a pinched nerve in my neck.

I lost feeling in my fingers, my arm became almost useless, and my doctor told me I shouldn't spend long periods in the same position. My job involved a 5-hour daily commute plus overtime, so I asked if I could temporarily work from home while waiting for an MRI.

They said no.

Within weeks I was on illness benefit, moved back home, questioning whether I'd ever get back to work, and wondering if I'd have to cancel the trip to Japan I'd spent months saving for.

Recovery wasn't linear. Neither was job hunting.

While recovering I started doing small freelance jobs, customer support work, and realised something I'd been ignoring for years: I don't actually want a career where travelling is something I squeeze into annual leave. I want work that fits around life, not the other way around.

I'm curious if anyone else has had a health scare completely change how they think about work.

Did it make you change careers, go remote, reduce your hours, or do something completely different?

Hi everyone!

​I've been a massive reader for years, and lately, I’ve been diving deep into beta reading. My ultimate goal is to move into developmental editing full-time, which means my approach to beta reading is a bit more thorough than just saying "I liked this chapter" or "this part was nice."

​I’m looking to take on a few more manuscripts to build up my portfolio and help some authors tighten up their stories. Because I'm trying to transition this into a professional service, this is a paid gig, but I want to keep it accessible while I build my name up.

​What I look for:

I don’t focus on typos or grammar. Instead, I’m looking at the bones of your story. I'll pinpoint exactly where the pacing drags, where character voices get lost, if a plot twist feels unearned, or where a reader might get totally confused.

​My Rates:

​First Chapter / 3,000-word Tester: $10 (If you want to test my vibe and feedback style before committing!)

​Full Manuscript: [Insert your per-10k words price here, e.g., $20 per 10,000 words]

​If you’re looking for an honest, constructive outside eye to look over your draft before you send it to expensive formatting or line editing, I'd love to help you out.

​Send me a DM if you're interested or want to chat about your project!

Hi all, I'm new enough to beta reading, but I actually really love it. I have a few gigs and actually got to meet one of my clients in person(we live countries apart), and another added me to the acknowledgements of their finished book! I'm an avid fantasy reader and also love the odd romantasy or spicy book. I do read clean and cosy also but its not my preferred genre. I always give my report as a reader and not like a developmental editor, although doing this makes me want to go down that route career wise. I always ask for a Google doc of the manuscript because we can go back and forth live there but also it just means I can add inline comments, which sometimes are a bit vague in my first read through, I'll always try and go back to those areas after and explain what I've wrote, then add the report as well. My question is, does this help usually for the writer? I feel when I'm writing inline comments that I'm being unprofessional, what would writers like to get out of beta reading and where does the line stop from beta reading and the line for developmental editing begin? And what are some tips you can give someone who's new to this?