The manuscript will be going out to the beta reading group on January 15th, 2022. Once received, beta readers will have until March 1st (6 weeks) to read it and provide their feedback. After that, feedback is still welcome and generally helpful but may not influence the following draft that I will send to agents in New York.

I will provide multiple formats for submitting feedback including but not limited to: filling out a Google form, submitting a word doc, private chat on Discord, scheduled Zoom call, scheduled phone call, voice memo recording, video recording, or email. To help guide what I need feedback on, I will provide questions along with the manuscript.

If you don't know me and would like to get to know me before reading the book, feel free to reach out via my email Author@kristajoycoleman.com. Although I would love to meet each of you, there is also a benefit to reading the book and providing feedback without knowing me personally to avoid bias so if you would like to get to know me but you are willing to wait until after reading my manuscript, that is also valueable. Regardless, I will be always available on the Beta Readers Community Discord for questions and conversation.

In an outer space settlement, a quirky, close-knit team of scientists are working on the AmSaf Machine, a ground-breaking technology that expands the capacity of the human mind through dreams. Entering the dream space while secretly very distressed, their test subject, Berit, gets stuck in an endless loop of nightmares. Now, only her estranged brother, Travis, can use the machine to save her before her mind deteriorates and a decade’s worth of research is all for nothing.

The AmSaf Files is a science fiction standalone featuring an ensemble cast of quirky scientists alongside estranged siblings, Travis and Berit. Balancing tension and humor, The AmSaf Files is an uplifting story about reconciliation, the dangers of isolation, and how "family" is the one that you make. With 25 chapters across 80,000 words, this novel is a witty, heart-wrenching read with a satisfying ending.