For those of you who have followed my endeavours to write a book about the convicts aboard the ship named Mangles, you may be pleased to know that I have now managed to complete a first substantive draft.

I know it is not finished, but I am at the point where I could do with some other input to give advice as whether I should:

(a) give up;
(b) tidy it up and print it,
(c) carry on adding to it and review it again in say 6 months,
(d) significantly reduce the volume that I currently have, or
(e) something else I haven't thought of.

The draft is something like about 110,000 words or 170 pages.

I was wondering whether there is anyone who would be prepared to look it over, not read it from cover to cover, and give me their views. What I am looking for is a sort of peer review.

Thanks