First Draft of A Thousand Beautiful Things

Hey, I'm celebrating. I've finished my nextbigfic, for the most part. I anticipate being able to complete the polishing in the next 10 days and then it's off to the betas.

It's book length. It's 92,000 93,000 words.

It's complete, though, and will be posted as such. Except there's this one thing I need:

I need another beta or two. Now I already have the incomparable isiscolo, bless her cotton socks, who has agreed to serve as one beta. Her strengths (among many) are an unerring eye for grammar and language, a feel for plot, and a terrific radar for crap. However, she's not a huge Harry/Draco fan, as she'd be the first to admit (although she just wrote one! - Mischief and Madness )

I could use a beta who can check the H/D dynamic, who can let me know if there are holes in the plot, and that it's consistent. If someone could Britpick it, that'd be another great help.

The rewards:
-my undying gratitude
-the opportunity for the first look at it
-the potential to make it better
-a Ferrari
-I lied about the Ferrari

The caveats:

-It's 92,000 93,000 words. It's a book. Just so you know.
-It's Harry/Draco, but not unbearably so.
-There are three POVs throughout: Draco, Snape, and Dean Thomas.
-It spans a time from 5th year at Hogwarts to about 5 years after that.
-minimal character death, all offstage.
-for the first time, I wrote explicit M/M sex. No violence, though.

< fantasy > Okay, calm down, don't fight, there's room for everyone to volunteer < / fantasy >

If you might be interested, feel free to check out these additional glimpses, then either reply here or email me if you'd prefer the anonymity.

Chaining , my first short fic is now part of this beast.

The Wings of Azrael

here's a piece

And two kisses here

And here's one final, new piece:

( Intro to A Thousand Beautiful Things )