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Beta hook-up post

  • May. 22nd, 2012 at 9:39 PM
This is a place for potential betas to put up their hands, so people in search of beta can find them.

Potential betas
Please comment with:
<b>Relevant media (vids, fanfic, podfic, etc):</b>
<b>My strengths as a beta:</b>
<b>Fandoms I'm willing to beta (or "Any"):</b>
<b>Best way to contact me:</b>
If at any time you decide you're no longer available to beta, you can come back and delete your comment or ask one of the mods to do so.

People seeking betas
Please keep in mind that a sign-up here signals a person's willingness to beta in general, but it's not a firm commitment and it doesn't guarantee their availability. Ask politely and don't be offended if the person says they can't or won't.

You can also look for betas on the Beta hook-up post on the Dreamwidth comm.

Glossary note
"SPaG" stands for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar.

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elen_nare: (Default)
[personal profile] elen_nare wrote:
May. 22nd, 2012 04:32 pm (UTC)
Relevant media (vids, fanfic, podfic, etc): fanfic
My strengths as a beta: I'm fairly good at spotting spelling and grammar mistakes, and at keeping track of the 'logistics' of a story (keeping timelines straight, making sure people aren't in two places at once, and so on). If I know the fandom, I can also check for consistency with the canon.
Fandoms I'm willing to beta (or "Any"): Harry Potter, Firefly/Serenity, Swallows and Amazons, Asimov's Robot series, The Lord of the Rings, The Mentalist (unless your fic contains spoilers from episodes that haven't aired yet where I live), The Big Bang Theory (with the same spoiler proviso). These are the ones I'm most familiar with, but feel free to ask about others :)
Best way to contact me: PM or reply to this comment.
[identity profile] godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 9th, 2013 01:44 am (UTC)
Anne of Green Gables?
I'm writing something for queer_fest ...and I thought the drabble you did about the pearl beads was amazing and... would you be willing to chat about beta-ing? The fic is about 3700 words and I am rather anxious about it. I understand if you are busy...
[identity profile] argentum-ls.livejournal.com wrote:
May. 22nd, 2012 05:19 pm (UTC)
Relevant media: Fanfic

Strengths: I can do it all: spag, logistics, characterization, Ameri-picking, Academia-picking. I'm also potentially available for cheer leading, soundboard, or plot-unknotting purposes.

Provisios: Would prefer not to deal with pure smut.

Fandoms: Teen Wolf, Highlander, Tomorrow People, Forever Knight, Roswell, The Listener

Best Way to Contact: LJ or DW pm

Edited 2012-05-22 05:21 pm (UTC)
desireearmfeldt: (cloak)
[personal profile] desireearmfeldt wrote:
May. 23rd, 2012 12:08 am (UTC)
Relevant media (vids, fanfic, podfic, etc): I'm most likely to be useful for fic or podfic, words being the medium I actually work in, but feel free to ask about visual media etc.
My strengths as a beta: Lots of experience with critiquing fiction & poetry; decent at proofreading/error catching; I tend to give pretty detailed feedback. I'm not easily squicked, but I won't necessarily be very helpful critiquing your graphic sex scenes (not that I've seen much of that here so far).
Fandoms I'm willing to beta (or "Any"): Fandoms I've seen posted to this community so far, that I'm knowledgable about Due South, Slings & Arrows, Firefly, Vorkosigan saga, Sherlock (BBC or ACD), Gilbert & Sullivan, Pern. There are some others I have passing familiarity with, e.g. Quantum Leap, Harry Potter. I don't watch a lot of TV/movies, but I read a lot of books. Feel free to ask about other fantoms. I'm also happy to read in a fandom I'm not familiar with, if you're looking for the sort of feedback that can be provided in that situation.
Best way to contact me: PM on LJ or reply to this comment.
Caveat: I'm pretty squashed for time just at the moment, so may not be available for a while... Posting this here for future reference. :)

Edited 2012-05-23 12:08 am (UTC)
[identity profile] malnpudl.livejournal.com wrote:
May. 24th, 2012 07:59 pm (UTC)
Relevant media: Fic, podfic
My strengths as a beta: SPAG and pretty much whatever else you need (plot, characterization, style, POV wrangling, etc). American-picking.
Fandoms I'm willing to beta: due South/C6D, Highlander, BtVS/AtS, SG-1, SGA, NCIS, House, Supernatural, Sherlock, Harry Potter, Alias Smith & Jones, Grey's/Private Practice, SouthLAnd, Mentalist, Bones, and probably other things; feel free to ask.
Gen, het, slash, femslash, or any combination. Any rating.
No incest pairings.
Best way to contact me: Either PM or gmail.com: lcbergstrom(at)

Edited 2012-05-24 08:01 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] punch.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 21st, 2012 03:19 pm (UTC)
Relevant media: fanfic, vids
My strengths as a beta: SPAG, general character details, flow & vocal.
Fandoms I'm willing to beta (or "Any"): For vids: any. For fics: LOTR, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, The X-Files, SG:U, Resident Evil, various other sci fi fandoms (ask).
Best way to contact me: PM me here, or reply to this comment :')
[personal profile] lt_indigo wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2014 04:12 am (UTC)
Relevant media: fanfic
My strengths as a beta: SPaG, characterisation, Brit-picking
Fandoms I'm willing to beta: Supernatural, Doctor Who (I'm much better with nuWho for characterisation)/Torchwood/SJA, any & all Star Trek, Once Upon a Time, Stingray/Thunderbirds/Captain Scarlet/Secret Service (haven't seen the early ones or Joe 90), Buffy/Angel, Sherlock (not so hot on my canon there - only seen them once each), Harry Potter
Best way to contact me: here, LJ or indigo [at] supermarionationforever [dot] co [dot] uk

Edited 2014-10-03 04:46 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com wrote:
Jan. 24th, 2016 07:21 pm (UTC)
Relevant media:
Mostly fic.
If you want someone to tell you what famous artist your work reminds them of.

Strengths:
Saying nice things
I teach writing as my job, so I can give advice about whether the fic seems to be doing
what you seem to want it to be doing


Original/fan work I'm familiar with: (I'll try anything, though)
Harry Potter, Star Trek, Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Sherlock Holmes (ACD), Sherlock TV,
Jeeves and Wooster, Big Bang Theory (well up to season 6), Almost Human (UK),
Anything kid lit, Hunger Games, Partials, Divergent, River (UK)... most classic lit
Other odd UK stuff (Fortysomething, Frankie, Twenty Twelve)
Discworld, Tolkien (movies, including the old Hobbit cartoon one, and books).

How to contact: PM via LJ or comment here

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