I'd just like to say Hi to the people who have already friended me, and an especial thanks to janedavitt who has given me a *lot* of help already
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It's really nice to see you here. I think of Sentinel_Betas every once in a while and it always makes me smile.
Don't worry about doing too much at once. Even if you only check your Friends page once or twice a week and leave a comment occasionally it still counts! Once you are used to that then you can branch out and try other stuff that looks interesting to you. I lurked on LJ for almost a year and only used my account to post stories on sentinel_thurs. I didn't even 'friend' anyone, just went to sentinel_thurs and read from the member friends list. I couldn't see locked posts but it gave me an easy, lurker-ish way to watch what was going on in TS fandom.
Eventually I made a post in my own journal and someone replied and that broke the ice. I still have periods where I don't post anything but then I'll have a spurt of sociability. :-) LJ works best when you figure out how it suits you to use it. So welcome and good luck!
It really was; we had so much fun. :-) I couldn't have had a better introduction to on-line fannish interaction.
Well, I think some of the regulars drifted away to LJ or other fandoms and there wasn't enough new blood coming in. I know that I got tired of betaing for folks who never seemed to take their turn, so that all the beta work landed on a few people's shoulders.
On LJ, you just ask if anyone on your friend list would be willing to beta if you don't have a regular. But there isn't anything equivalent to the list on LJ. I do have the link to sen_beta on my website but maybe it wouldn't hurt to plug the site on ts_news? If you're interested in trying to revive it, that is.
Actually, I do have two regular betas, one for content and the other for catching Briticisms.
I'm not sure I want to revive Sen_betas. It was fun, but you're right, it was the same few of us who did all the work. But actually I do have an old story I wouldn't mind some comments on... it was in a zine, right enough, but I was never happy with it and never posted it. I might get around to posting it here one of these years.
You have a few options on your story. You could make a post asking if anyone is willing to take a look at it and you'll get some offers. Or you could post the story in your journal and ask for beta comments. You'll probably want to lock the post to your list, otherwise the ts_newsletter will link it and it's not ready.
If you're not in a hurry (and I'm talking months) I'll do it. I'm in the process of moving at the moment and I think I'm going to try to do the Pros Big Bang which means March will be all Pros all the time to see if I can get close enough to finished before setting it aside to do the TS Big Bang. So April would be the first that I'd be free to read it.
Actually I'm not looking for beta comments per se. As I said, it was in a zine - Come to Your Senses, 16 or so - and Mysti does edit. But I've always felt it was really two stories cobbled together to make one and I'd really like to split it into the two -but the first part would need a logical end and the second part a sensible beginning. *That's* what I'd like comments on.
I really must reread the thing - it's just been sitting there for some years - and see if I can come up with some ideas myself. I've been too busy writing new stuff to bother about reworking the old, but I do think, now and then, that I should get back to it...
I understood what you meant. You want an idea beta as opposed to a SPaG beta (spelling, punctuation and grammar). But it doesn't sound like there's any urgency, just a little niggle at the back of your brain. *g*
It's really nice to see you here. I think of Sentinel_Betas every once in a while and it always makes me smile.
Don't worry about doing too much at once. Even if you only check your Friends page once or twice a week and leave a comment occasionally it still counts! Once you are used to that then you can branch out and try other stuff that looks interesting to you. I lurked on LJ for almost a year and only used my account to post stories on sentinel_thurs. I didn't even 'friend' anyone, just went to sentinel_thurs and read from the member friends list. I couldn't see locked posts but it gave me an easy, lurker-ish way to watch what was going on in TS fandom.
Eventually I made a post in my own journal and someone replied and that broke the ice. I still have periods where I don't post anything but then I'll have a spurt of sociability. :-) LJ works best when you figure out how it suits you to use it. So welcome and good luck!
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Well, I think some of the regulars drifted away to LJ or other fandoms and there wasn't enough new blood coming in. I know that I got tired of betaing for folks who never seemed to take their turn, so that all the beta work landed on a few people's shoulders.
On LJ, you just ask if anyone on your friend list would be willing to beta if you don't have a regular. But there isn't anything equivalent to the list on LJ. I do have the link to sen_beta on my website but maybe it wouldn't hurt to plug the site on ts_news? If you're interested in trying to revive it, that is.
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I'm not sure I want to revive Sen_betas. It was fun, but you're right, it was the same few of us who did all the work. But actually I do have an old story I wouldn't mind some comments on... it was in a zine, right enough, but I was never happy with it and never posted it. I might get around to posting it here one of these years.
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If you're not in a hurry (and I'm talking months) I'll do it. I'm in the process of moving at the moment and I think I'm going to try to do the Pros Big Bang which means March will be all Pros all the time to see if I can get close enough to finished before setting it aside to do the TS Big Bang. So April would be the first that I'd be free to read it.
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I really must reread the thing - it's just been sitting there for some years - and see if I can come up with some ideas myself. I've been too busy writing new stuff to bother about reworking the old, but I do think, now and then, that I should get back to it...
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