BOOKS
Thoughtful manuscript feedback from an experienced reader, editor, and publishing professional with 15+ years of documented reading history on Goodreads.
Books are my happy place.
To call me an avid reader would be an understatement — I typically read between 100–150 books per year, with reading records on Goodreads dating back to 2009.
Over the years, I’ve worked with authors across multiple genres and publishing spaces, helping writers strengthen their manuscripts through thoughtful feedback, reader insight, and structural critique.
Previous Beta Reading Clients Include:
Matt Kepnes
Joshua Samuel Brown
Rick Pine
Melissa Reynolds
Brian Webb
Robin Phaff
…and more.
I’m particularly skilled at identifying:
- Plot holes and pacing issues
- Weak characterization
- Structural inconsistencies
- Confusing scenes or transitions
- Grammar and readability concerns
- Areas where reader engagement drops
I read broadly across genres and am comfortable tackling everything from memoirs and nonfiction to fantasy, travel writing, romance, literary fiction, and experimental work.
What You’ll Receive
- Detailed reader feedback
- A reader report outlining strengths and weaknesses
- Notes on pacing, characterization, plot, tone, and structure
- Reader perspective and engagement feedback
- Grammar and style notes
- Margin comments upon request
- Light editing suggestions if requested
Additional Options
- Express turnaround available
- Light editing available as an add-on
- Most genres welcome
Content Restrictions
I do not critique manuscripts with excessive explicit content.
If AI tools were used during the writing process, please disclose this before booking.
I offer the following packages for beta reading:
Short & Sweet Beta Read
Up to 5,000 words
Perfect for short stories, essays, sample chapters, or early manuscript feedback.
Includes
- Overall impressions
- Reader feedback
- Light editing suggestions
- One reader report
- One revision 5-day delivery
Novella / Short Manuscript
Up to 40,000 words
Focused feedback on structure, pacing, characterization, and readability.
Includes
- Detailed reader impressions
- Character, plot, and style feedback
- Light editing suggestions
- One reader report
- One revision
- 10-day delivery
Epic Beta Reader
90,000+ words in your manuscript.
Comprehensive feedback for full-length novels and large manuscripts.
Includes
- In-depth reader report
- Structural and pacing feedback
- Character and style analysis
- Reader engagement notes
- Light editing suggestions
- One revision
- 14-day delivery
Time to talk about my books!
Storytelling is the heart and soul of the human experience. Without stories, we are nothing.
Storytelling is the heart and soul of the human experience. Without stories, we are nothing.
Books serve as repositories of human wisdom, preserving cultural heritage, and conveying profound insights. They function as conduits of escapism, allowing readers to immerse themselves in fictional worlds, or as educational tools that enlighten and inform. Each published book carries a unique voice, telling a story or presenting ideas that reflect the author’s perspective and resonate with readers on a personal level.
My published books range from ESL textbooks to health memoirs. They represent a wealth of knowledge, imagination, and expression.
My books are still gracing bookstore shelves and they are also available in digital format. They are enduring testaments to the power of language, especially in teaching the English language as that is where my skillsets are often in demand here in Taiwan. They communicate the enduring human desire to educate, entertain, and enlighten.
It makes me happy knowing that my books contribute to the tapestry of human knowledge, while also fostering connections and shared experiences across time and cultures.
If you’d like to see a broader range of my writing skillset, visit my Writing Projects section where you can view some of my magazine articles.
MSW: A Writing, Art, and Gratitude Journal by Carrie Marshall
My Several Worlds: A Writing, Art, & Gratitude journal is designed to remind you there is joy to be found with the little things in life.
Use this journal to learn about yourself. Track your health, pain, symptoms and moods; and use it for art therapy.
I’ve taken care to include all the things I enjoy in journaling to ensure you have fun with this book! Welcome to a tiny corner of My Several Worlds!
“Find joy in your journey.”
When life hands you lemons, create.
- Creator, Editor, Author: Carrie Marshall (Formerly Carrie Kellenberger)
- Published: November 5, 2025
- Publisher: My Several Worlds Publications
- ISBN: 8025440344134
My Several Worlds: A Writing, Art, & Gratitude Journal by Carrie Marshall
My Several Worlds: A Coloring Adventure for Spoonies offers pages of inky delight to remind you that you are strong, beautiful, and uniquely you. You are NOT broken! This book is made for Spoonies by a full-time Spoonie who has been using art as a coping tool for chronic illness and chronic pain since 2009. MySeveralWorlds.com is about the worlds that I live in and the boundaries that blur between my worlds as I move through them.
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ~ Pablo Picasso
- Creator, Editor, Author: Carrie Marshall (Formerly Carrie Kellenberger)
- Published: July 31, 2024
- Publisher: My Several Worlds Publications
- ISBN: 9781304086297
Keeping It Real With Arthritis: Stories from Around the World
- Creator, Editor, Author: Effie Koliopolous
- Contributing author: Carrie Kellenberger
- Published: December 6, 2022
- Publisher: ImagineWe Publishers
- ISBN: 9781946512710 (ISBN10: 9781946512)
Keeping It Real With Arthritis features over 100 stories from arthritis patients around the world. Mastermind Effie Koliopolous pulled this edition together and she smashed it out of the park.
With over 100 stories featuring patient advocates in places around the world, Effie has accomplished what no one else has tried to date. Her book is a resounding success with all proceeds going to International Foundation for Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Arthritis.
I’m also proud to say that I’m a contributing author and editor for quite a few landing pages on the AiArthritis website.
Author compilation books are very fashionable and they are a great way to read stories across many kinds of genres. I’ve always been a big believer in supporting editors who choose to create books in this way.
In the past 12 years, I’m proud to say that I’ve been a contributing author to more than a dozen books. Most of the books I contribute to have raised money for organizations in need.
Travel Books – Carrie Kellenberger
Contributing Author: Tripbase Best Kept Travel Secrets 2010
$5,035 Charity: Water.
Contributing Author: Tripbase Best Kept Travel Secrets 2010
The Best Kept Travel Secrets Campaign is a unique collaborative project that was the first of its in 2009. Since then, this idea has sparked thousands of knock-off ideas, but there is only one that fundraised $5,035US for clean water in Abay tsihdi, Ethiopia.
In November 2009, over 150 of the most talented travel bloggers in the world contributed to the publishing of this book, which holds over 500 inspirational travel secrets.
Each travel gems was compiled into a series of travel e-books. For every download, Tripbase made a donation for clean water. These books are still available for download and can be found here.
Contributing Author: Nomadic Matt’s Guide to Teaching English Overseas: Travel the World and Make Money by Matt Kepnes
Contributing Author: Nomadic Matt’s Guide to Teaching English Overseas: Travel the World and Make Money by Matt Kepnes
In 2015, Matt hired me to extend his famous first edition of Teaching English Overseas by an extra hundred pages. His book is still one of the top guides for teachers who are interested in teaching English abroad.
- Publisher: Nomadic Matt, IncLanguage
- September 5, 2018
- 228 pages
Tourism English: A Hands-On Course for Tourism Professionals
- Publisher: LiveABC Interactive Corporation
- 2009
- ISBN: 9789866406218
Tourism English: A Hands-On Course for Tourism Professionals
- Publisher: LiveABC Interactive Corporation
- 2009
- ISBN: 9789866406218
ESL Books – Carrie Kellenberger
Author of Practical English Book 1: a textbook for non-English majors at Ming Chuan University, English Language Department in Taipei, Taiwan.
- Publisher: Ming Chuan University
- September 2010
English for Cosmetic Science Professionals
- Publisher: LiveABC Interactive Corporation
- ISBN: 9789866406157
Hotel English: A Hands-On Course for Hotel Professionals
- Publisher: LiveABC Interactive Corporation
- ISBN: 9789866700668
Tourism English: A Hands-On Course for Tourism Professionals
- Publisher: LiveABC Interactive Corporation
- 2009
- ISBN: 9789866406218
Workplace English: A Hands-On Course for Workplace Professionals
- Publisher: LiveABC Interactive Corporation
- 2009
- ISBN: 9789866406171
Getting It Right On the New TOEIC – Complete Guide
- Publisher: LiveABC Interactive Corporation
- 2009
- ISBN: 978-986-6406-03-4
Live Your Life in English
- Publisher: LiveABC Interactive Corporation
- ISBN: 978-986-6406-30-0