If you're someone I know (either in my circle, or I recognize your name) I am happy to beta-read any story in fandoms I know, and short (under 1000 words) ficlets in fandoms I don't (for grammar/typos/flow only, obviously) - you can email me at isiscolo@gmail.com.

Hell, I'm happy to beta-read stories in fandoms I know, period. Check my fandoms at
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It's November 21. Yuletide stories are due on December 20!

View poll: OMGWTFYuletide!I also want to take this opportunity to remind everyone of my standing offer: if I 'know' you in any way - if you're on my flist, or if you have commented here or responded to me in communities we're both in, or commented on my stories - I will be happy to beta- ( Read more... )

I'm back in town ... and sick, ugh. Just a cold, but I hate colds. Anyway, Yuletide is just around the corner! Yay ( Read more... )

Last night we watched the last two episodes of S2 of Battlestar Galactica! And...wow, shake things up, much? Actually, I'm kind of pleased, because the progressive story-telling arc seemed to be getting bogged down into more of a random-episode thing, which I'm much less interested in. But the story has a bit of a feel of "okay, we're set for ( Read more... )

ETA Dec 21: - I'm going to be away from my computer all day. I still have two stories to beta-read but I will be around all weekend and Monday until about 3pm MST, if you are still looking. I also have a last-minute pinch hit to write, so depending on how that goes, I may have to limit my beta-reading ( Read more... )

Back in the world of internet, automobiles, and flush toilets. It was strange to have a Schrodinger's President for nearly two weeks; we joked with each other as to what other things might have happened in the world while we were incommunicado, but yesterday we finally learned that 1) Obama was re-elected, and 2) Earth had not, in fact, been ( Read more... )

I'm looking for a relatively quick turn-around beta reader for a hard SF/cyberpunk/dystopia story of about 2500 words which I expect to finish later today or tomorrow. It's nominally The Eagle fandom, but a sufficiently AU remix that you don't need to know canon. Let me know your email and if you prefer a Word doc or Googledocs.

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[I just noticed this, posted to DW last night, failed to crosspost here, so I'm manually reposting it. If you are both at LJ and DW, by the way, I would prefer you read me over at DW, as I consider that my primary journal ( Read more... )

...here is some grammar geek humor from McSweeeny's: Seven Bar Jokes Involving Grammar and Punctuation. My favorites are #4 and #6, but the whole list makes me smile ( Read more... )

Today is a not so good day; I woke up at 3 am and at 6 decided it might as well be morning. But I have pretty cards on my desk to cheer me up, thanks to accioslash and
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