Got through half the manuscript.

I’d really like to put the story up on Critique Circle… but alas, it is too darn big. Even if I paid for the week-after-week approach, it’d take some 12-15 weeks to get all the feedback!

(Update: checked and I think I was confused: you cannot actually pay for credits. Also, the "cost" per back to back submission goes up by 3 each time for balancing reasons, making a 12-15 series submission all the more daunting).

Only "workaround:" have enough volunteers in my private queue, which is a lot to ask for at this stage. That, or engage in a Full Manuscript crit which only exposes the piece to one person for a 5-50 credit price tag. So. Economically, and speed-wise… self editing is still the way to go for now.