beta signup for issue 36
This is the beta sign-up post for the Crime and Punishment issue; the deadline for that issue is Tuesday, April 17. If you would like to beta-read for the upcoming issue, comment here with the number of stories you're willing to handle, any other notes on your betaing style (e.g., if you're willing to help with issues other than spelling/grammar, such as plot, characterization, prose flow), and the best way to get in touch with you.
You may comment here also if you need a beta reader for your submission, particularly if you have specific issues with your story that you think might benefit from a new set of eyes. Please indicate clearly whether you're seeking a beta or volunteering as one.
To avoid blind-leading-the-blind situations, please volunteer as a beta reader only if you yourself are confident of your spelling, grammar and syntax, and that words mean what you think they mean when you use them in sentences. As a minimum, you must be able to fix the majority of the problems listed in the resources linked from the Writing Aids and Standards post.
As with illustrators, please contact beta readers by responding directly to the comments.
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Please remember: it's coming up on the end of the semester, which puts a real time crunch on everyone, including this half of your editorial staff. If one of us has told you in the past that in the future, you should get a beta -- or get a better beta -- well, this would definitely be the issue to do put that advice into practice.
You may comment here also if you need a beta reader for your submission, particularly if you have specific issues with your story that you think might benefit from a new set of eyes. Please indicate clearly whether you're seeking a beta or volunteering as one.
To avoid blind-leading-the-blind situations, please volunteer as a beta reader only if you yourself are confident of your spelling, grammar and syntax, and that words mean what you think they mean when you use them in sentences. As a minimum, you must be able to fix the majority of the problems listed in the resources linked from the Writing Aids and Standards post.
As with illustrators, please contact beta readers by responding directly to the comments.
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Please remember: it's coming up on the end of the semester, which puts a real time crunch on everyone, including this half of your editorial staff. If one of us has told you in the past that in the future, you should get a beta -- or get a better beta -- well, this would definitely be the issue to do put that advice into practice.