Wanted: Betas and Editors for the 2020 Pros Big Bang!

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Here's 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.

So, sharpen your pencils, dust off that ol' Thesaurus, and try to remember all that interesting stuff you learned in Composition 101!

Thanks for volunteering!

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?:

Comments

[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 for B/D, but I can read anything.

What are your strengths as a beta reader?: Strong on grammar and spelling, strong on natural dialogue, very familiar with the show, and I remember the seventies/early eighties.

What kind of turn-around time can someone expect from you?: Approximately one week for a twenty-thousand story.

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Welcome back and Thanks!

[bodie24.livejournal.com]

User name/Pseud: Bodie24
Email: You have it :-)
What pairings/genres do you enjoy/are you willing to read: Gen/Slash, Canon, Older lads is all fine. AU isn't really my bag (SciFi, Fantasy etc).
What are your strengths as a beta reader?: Brit picking, plot, characterisation, grammar.
What kind of turn-around time can someone expect from you?: Usually a couple of days, maybe even same day, unless it's a really long one.

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Welcome aboard! Thanks for volunteering :-)

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

User name: macklingirl
Email: macklingirl at web dot com

Pairings/genre: anything except Death of one of the lads

strengths as beta reader: I think I'm good at finding plotholes and logical failures (example: they drive away in a Capri and arrive in a Granada *g*),can find missing punctuation marks.

turn-around time: normaly one week

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Glad to have you back to beta! Thanks for offering your help.

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

User name/Pseud: Dawnebeth
Email: dawnebeth@comcast.net
IM (optional):
What pairings/genres do you enjoy/are you willing to read: Bodie/Doyle
What are your strengths as a beta reader?: I've done it all from spelling, grammar, punctuation, as well as story flow and as an added benefit--will do medical help for anyone who needs it.
What kind of turn-around time can someone expect from you?: week or two, depends on what is going on in RL.

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Welcome! Glad you're going to join us!

[jat-sapphire.livejournal.com]

Request: Britchecker for the lingo of restaurant work, cooking and serving.