Wanted: Betas and Editors for the Big Bang 2016!!

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Here is your opportunity to sign up to offer your services as an editor/beta.

If you haven't done this before here is how it works: you sign up below to volunteer and if someone needs you to read their story, they ask you to help. You and your writer set your parameters, such as read for plot only, or read for grammar, punctuation, or whatever you both feel comfortable with. Beta readers and editors are important to most writers so that they can present a clean and polished final version of their story.

If you are a writer who already has a beta and/or editor, they don't have to sign up. This is only for folks who want to volunteer to help writers who possibly don't have anybody to help them out.

Thanks so much!

User name/Pseud:
Email:
IM (optional):
What pairings/genres do you enjoy/are you willing to read:
What are your strengths as a beta reader?:
What kind of turn-around time can someone expect from you?:

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Comments

[shinetheway.livejournal.com]

User name/Pseud: Shine
Email: LJ@greydawnbreaking.cotse.net
What pairings/genres do you enjoy/are you willing to read: I'm most into Bodie/Doyle but I'm open to other pairings
What are your strengths as a beta reader?: grammar/spelling and plot brainstorming, cannot Britpick but can US-pick and Aussie-pick
What kind of turn-around time can someone expect from you?: depends on the length and what you need

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And Welcome to the BB!

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

I like to volunteer as a beta :-)

User name/Pseud: macklingirl
Email: macklingirl(at)web dot de
IM (optional):
What pairings/genres do you enjoy/are you willing to read: all pairings/genres except death stories
What are your strengths as a beta reader?: plot only
What kind of turn-around time can someone expect from you?: normaly two to four days, if it will take longer I will inform the writer

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Thank you for volunteering. Glad to have you aboard!

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

I am always open to edit--

Dawnebeth@comcast.net
Bodie/Doyle
I've done editing for over ten years: all sorts from plot flow through spelling, grammar and punctuation. I lived in London for a time, so I can do some Brit picking. I am a nurse, so I can do medical beta reading.
A week or two turnaround time?

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

User name/Pseud: Mab
Email: mabinbrowne at gmail dot com
What pairings/genres do you enjoy/are you willing to read: I prefer slash and gen. I can deal with incidental het in Pros. I'm fairly hard to squick, but let me know if you have something like non-con etc. I can still do it, I just like to be braced.
What are your strengths as a beta reader?: I know canon well, I'm details oriented, good on spelling and grammar. I can see but not always fix structural issues, I'm keen on plausibility both narrative and emotional. I'm not from the UK, so I can't Britpick.
What kind of turn-around time can someone expect from you?: One week for under 20k words, multiply from there. I'm not available in the month of June.

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Thanks for jumping in!

[garonne.livejournal.com]

User name/Pseud: garonne
Email: send me a PM on LJ
What pairings/genres do you enjoy/are you willing to read: slash, gen, non-explicit het, any pairings, any genres except non-con
What are your strengths as a beta reader?: grammar, Brit-picking (but have never lived in London or even spent much time there), can also do plot and characterisation if you like
What kind of turn-around time can someone expect from you?: I'm not the best person to ask if you need a last minute beta! Depends on how much detail you want me to go into, but I'll need a week or so for something over 20,000 words.

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Glad to have you here! Thanks for jumping in.

[loxleyprince.livejournal.com]

Yay! for signing up as a beta!