DESPERATELY SEEKING BETAS!!!

Jul 19, 2016 12:56

Hello, my wonderful F-list, I come before you seeking assistance, if any of you lovely people can spare the time.

Both my dear friend m_findlow and myself need betas for our latest torchwood_fest fics, which have to be posted to the community by the end of the month, so there's not a lot of time left. m_findlow's fic is around the 10,000 word mark and ready for beta. I'm still ( Read more... )

hugs f-list, help needed, real life

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twinsarein July 19 2016, 15:49:49 UTC
What kind of beta are you looking for? I'm not a big presence in fandom these days, but I could beta. However, it's been years since I've seen TW, so I wouldn't be much good for someone looking for characterization or canon help.

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badly_knitted July 19 2016, 15:55:58 UTC
Strictly spelling, grammar, tenses, sort of stuff. My friend's fic is in first person with Tosh as the protagonist, so she needs an eye cast over it to make sure it stays in tense as well as picking up any typos etc.

Mine is a Jack and Ianto Chase the Monster type fic, nearly but not quite finished, I've had to stop writing to get get the washing in off the line. Should finish it tonight or tomorrow and my word count estimate looks like being fairly accurate.

Canon and characterisation we can handle - mine isn't canon-based =)

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twinsarein July 22 2016, 14:55:49 UTC
Sorry I didn't get back before now. Yes, I could certainly do either or both stories. My evenings are free for the next five days, at least, so I have time to work on them. My email is twinsarein@gmail.com - would you be sending an attachment or sharing a Google docs? I'm good either way.

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badly_knitted July 22 2016, 20:43:42 UTC
It's only mine now that needs doing, milady_dragon's taken on the long one. Mine's not quite finished, hopefully tomorrow I've just been out most of today getting stuff out of storage that now needs sorting, so I've had no time to write today.

Soon as I get it finished, I'll send it to you as an attachment. I use MS Word, so I hope that's okay.

Thank you! It's a weight off my mind since there's not a lot of time left for posting. It is turning out a bit longer than I'd anticipated, maybe around the 4k mark when it's finished, I'm just trying to find the end, lol!

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m_findlow July 19 2016, 21:00:48 UTC

Yes, present fics abound for anyone who can help! If you want to see Jack and Ianto saving the world from atop a 60ft Norfolk pine dressed in cowprint onesies, it's yours!

Thanks in advance! :)

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badly_knitted July 19 2016, 21:45:55 UTC
I wouldn't mind reading that...

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m_findlow July 19 2016, 22:10:40 UTC
Well, if there are no other takers for that one...LOL.

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badly_knitted July 20 2016, 11:04:43 UTC
LOL! I do love wacky stories =D

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milady_dragon July 19 2016, 22:20:50 UTC
I'll be more than happy to help if you still need it. :)

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badly_knitted July 19 2016, 23:24:05 UTC
*hugs* Would you be willing and able to take m_findlow's biggie? If so, could you PM her? I'm still working on mine, just passed the 3500 mark and it's still not finished. My fics keep doing that to me at the moment; just when I think I'm done, the boys decide they're not... Hoping I can persude them to let me just tie off a few loose ends without going into too much detail, but they're looking a bit mutinous.

Thanks in advance *hugs* (Gone midnight and my brain has seized up).

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milady_dragon July 19 2016, 23:49:49 UTC
Sure, I'll do that now. If you need help with yours too, let me know. Depends on how like takes with the larger fic, since my muses are kicking me to write as well (about time, if you ask me).

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badly_knitted July 20 2016, 21:40:15 UTC
Thank you, you're awesome!

I might have someone to help with mind, just have to touch base with twinsarein and make sure. And finish the fic, of course, lol! Thanks for coming to the rescue, I would have offered to beta but I'm in the same position with the writing.

Glad to hear your muses are resurfacing! Good luck with the writing =)

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