Beta Readers: offering to be one, finding one

[kate_nepveu]

Whoa, the new matching process is super-fast!

Here is the unofficial form to offer to be a beta. Here is the spreadsheet where responses are collected and, when time permits, manually indexed. Thanks to everyone for feedback on the form

Comments

[kate_nepveu]

Two posters are looking for betas: one for "General readability, Arthurian legend familiarity nice but not necessary"; the other for "General readability. History buff would be nice, but not required."

If anyone wants contact information for these people, let me know.

I am posting this only because my original post was unclear about what commenting for "looking for a beta" meant, which is to say: if there is a topic or a fandom you need a beta for, that isn't in the sheet yet, post WITHOUT IDENTIFYING INFORMATION to say "I could really use a beta about milking goats!" Otherwise, go to the sheet and find someone; don't leave any more comments here asking for betas, because it can break anonymity and because there is a whole list of people waiting to hear from you.

[morbane]

Thank you, I appreciate you adding this!

[isiscolo]

You can send the first one to me (isiscolo@gmail) and the second one to me if history = American history or Age of Sail type history, or if it's under 5000 words.

[kate_nepveu]

Oops, I wasn't paying attention, those were the same person. => Sent!

[tawnykit]

I missed the Area of Expertise section because I was rushing. How can I edit?

Edit: In a handy reference email. Got it, sorry, am tired.

[kate_nepveu]

Don't worry about it!

Belinda Blinked

[anonymous]

I'm on the hunt for a Belinda Blinked Beta (say THAT 3 times fast)

Anyone wanna bite?

Re: Belinda Blinked

[anonymous]

I can do that!

thejokergotaway@gmail.com

[morbane]

I realise you may not want to change it now, and I missed my window to give feedback on the draft version of the beta form. However: to me, the 'when to contact' label appears misleading. It seems it could be easily read as "Don't contact before this time" when it means "Don't contact after this time". Perhaps adjust the label? (But if not, fair enough.)

[kate_nepveu]

I see what you mean! Should I caps-lock the "Generally speaking, how far in advance do you need a story" part of the help text? (Changing the bolded bit may muck up the form, but the help text can easily be edited.)

[morbane]

Well - I am assuming that not everyone who goes to the sheet looking for a beta will also have looked at the submissions form. It seems perfectly clear in the submissions form - just less so in the outputted spreadsheet.

[kate_nepveu]

Gotcha! Yeah, I'm overdue to update it anyway, I can do that on the manually-generated bits quite easily. Thanks for the suggestion!

Nirvana in Fire beta

[anonymous]

Looking for a beta for Nirvana in Fire, or somebody who can check the Chinese historical setting. Nothing in the spreadsheet so far.

Re: Nirvana in Fire beta

[kate_nepveu]

There's one under the General Beta tab -- I realize this is confusing and probably won't persist next year; also, it's listed in Chinese characters first.

10/25/2016 22:26:05 alessandriana aidoru at gmail dot com 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV) 10,000 words and up A couple days before the deadline. I'm unavailable Nov 10-18. If your story is above 5k, please give me at least 2-3 days before deadline to look it over. F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi, Other Explicit Some content I can't beta or would like to discuss ahead of time. Rape/Non-Con, Underage certain sexual content

Re: Nirvana in Fire beta

[anonymous]

Thank you!