Beta Reading Association

Ratings: PG to NC-17
Fandom: Smallville
Pairing: Clex (Clark Kent/Lex Luthor mostly, but I do plan to write other pairings at some point)
Words: It depends. I go from 2.000 to 10.000

I really need a beta for grammar and such. I suck at grammar. Please??

I need people to look through the first three chapters and tell me what they think!
I need details, anything you think doesn't fit well, any kind of spelling and grammar stuff that may have been missed by yours truly...
I need it, ppl!
PLEASE!? *begs*

Fandom: Good Omens
Is there a pairing in your story?: yes Aziraphale/Crowley
What elements would you like to be checked?: Grammar, everything really
When do you need your story to be beta'd?: anytime, but within a week would be excellent.
What rating is your story?: PG-13 right now, possibly higher.
What category does your story subscribe to?: Romance, Humor
Does your fic take place in an alternate universe?: no

If you are interested please leave a comment on my profile, or emailing me will be fine. You can also over look the story if you like and ill tell you the rest of the details.
email: passthaemo@hotmail.com

Fandom: Original, currently Yami no Matsuei, Rurouni Kenshin, and more

Is there a pairing in your story?: Yes, het & homosexual (varies)

What elements would you like to be checked?: Ideas

When do you need your story to be beta'd?: Whenever it's convenient

What rating is your story?: Please be accurate with this as there are betas do not want to read above a certain rating.(Rating PG - PG 13 for now)

What category does your story subscribe to?: Romance, drama, angst, action, adventure....? (all of the above. It's going to be a sprawling big soap opera kung fu monster).

Does your fic take place in an alternate universe?: No.

To see my writing, please go to aesthetickismet.livejournal.ccom and read a few entries. Please leave a comment so I know you were there! Thanks.

Please provide any additional information under an lj-cut.

Willing betas should express an interest by commenting to the journal entry upon which the two users can organise their own arrangements.

Betas wishing to advertise their services should copy and paste the following form as a journal entry;

What fandoms will you beta for?: Original, Yami no Matsuei, Ruruoni Kenshin, any Boy's Love fandom

What ratings are you willing to read?: Please list all that you are comfortable reading: Anything. I'm hard to scare.

Do you have any categories you have a preference for reading?: Yaoi/shonen-ai.

Do you have any pairings you have a preference for reading?: male/male, but male/female are fine if well-written

What do you concentrate on most?: Spelling, grammar, plot.... Plot.

What will you not feel comfortable reading?: Please list anything you wouldn't want to beta. Badly written, poorly thought-out stories.

( By long term I'm thinking... years. Really. )
1. Pen Name: Fading Madness Productions (I'm Cassandra, you'll be mostly talking to me)
2. Fandom: Original Fantasy
3. Rating of the story: Pg-13-NC-17. (sex IS part of the plot, this isn't a giant PWP)
4. Pairing: This is a SLASH story. You know, two guys getting busy. (We're looking for an editor for a FemSlash story too, if you're interested)
5. Genre: Fantasy, romance

What kind of beta we're looking for is under the cut. And If you would like to read the story before deciding, feel free.

Http://dichotomy.fadingmadness.net
My email is Fading_eclipse@Yahoo.com

Okay so I seriously hope someone is willing to pick us up!

Thanx!

Fandom: Harry Potter
Is there a pairing in your story?: Yes, Ron Weasley/Lucius Malfoy
What elements would you like to be checked?: grammar, characterization, plot
When do you need your story to be beta'd?: The challenge due date is September 21, I believe, so any time before that would be great.
What rating is your story?: R/NC17 depending on your tastes, there really isn't anything graphic, though.
What category does your story subscribe to?: Romance/Angst
Does your fic take place in an alternate universe?: Since book 7 isn't out yet, no.

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What fandoms will you beta for?: 
Anime/manga:
Bakuretsu Tenshi, Rurouni Kenshin, Death Note, Trigun, Slayers, Outlaw Star, Gravitation, FMA, Trinity Blood, Naruto, Inuyasha, Princess Princess
TV:
Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: SG1, Farscape, CSI: Las Vegas, Firefly, 10th Kingdom
Movies:
Bram Stokers Dracula, Van Helsing, Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, Batman, Boondock Saints, Pirates of the Caribbean, Fight Club, Gladiator, Troy, LXG, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Star Wars, Serenity, Underworld
Books:
Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Phantom of the Opera

I will beta for any fandom, but the ones listed above will be the only ones I can check for canon.

What ratings are you willing to read?: G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17

Do you have any categories you have a preference for reading?: I will read anything, as long as it is enjoyable

Do you have any pairings you have a preference for reading?: I'm fine with both het and slash pairings, so long as their not too...lovey.

What do you concentrate on most?: Plot and continuity, however if there are glaring grammar/spelling mistakes they draw my atention away from the story very quickly.

What will you not feel comfortable reading?: I like to think I am open to everything, any couples/situations/deaths/births. As long as there is a reason for things happenening, be it a characters personality or the current circumstances, I will accept anything an author writes.

Fandoms: Multiple, including (but not limited to) CSI franchise, Tolkien, NCIS, David Eddings, Tamora Pierce, Anne Bishop, Garth Nix; I do not, however, need to understand a fandom to edit a writer's work, as long as (s)he has a solid grasp of canon.

Ratings: G-R, and NC-17 by request only

Categories: Again, multiple, including (but not limited to) fantasy, action, suspense, drama, etc.

Pairings: no preference

Areas of Focus: I am an editor by profession and primarily offer copy editing--I am known to go a little further than is tradition, but I do not provide line editing

Will Not Read: I am generally not picky; have a reason for what you write and I will not complain.

Note: As stated, I am an editor by profession. Please see Polished Quill for more information on procedures, tendencies, formatting, etc.--all information is provided there, and it is much clearer to read there than it would be for me to post here. :)

Fandom: Fruits Basket Anime
Is there a pairing in your story?: Possibly, I've just started writing.
What elements would you like to be checked?: Continuity, Characterization, & Grammar
When do you need your story to be beta'd?: ASAP
What rating is your story?: PG-13 right now, possibly higher.
What category does your story subscribe to?: Romance-Adventure-Angst
Does your fic take place in an alternate universe?: I'm not sure at this time, possibly the story is going by my idea of how the Sohma curse began.

Contact me if  you're interested in betaing.

Fandom: Inuyasha
Is there a pairing in your story?: Inu/Kag, Miro/San
What elements would you like to be checked?: Grammar, characterization, plot flow
When do you need your story to be beta'd?: ASAP, if at all possible
What rating is your story?: PG-13
What category does your story subscribe to?: Romance, Drama, Angst
Does your fic take place in an alternate universe?: Yes

Please leave a commen here, on my journal, or send me an e-mai at skaiiwolf@comcast.net

I'm trying to find a muse and a beta for my fic. It has an original plot, but the characters are taken from several video games and anima. Here are the details of the fic:

( Details of FALLEN )

Sample of prologue and half of chapter 1:
( Prologue )

( Chapter 1 )

Do email me at these email addresses  [1] [2] or you could message me through my livejournal. :)

Thanks in advance.

Is there a pairing in your story?: Hanajima Saki/Honda Tohru; could be seen as Hanajima Saki/Hanajima megumi
What elements would you like to be checked?: Story flow, pacing, and coherance mostly
When do you need your story to be beta'd?: Hopefully asap, but I could go as long as another three weeks. (march 30, specifically)
What rating is your story?: Pg
What category does your story subscribe to?: Romance. Mild mild angst.
Does your fic take place in an alternate universe?: no more so than all fanfiction.

My regular beta is very busy right now and I don't want to throw another story on her plate. Anyone want to beta an SG-1 fic I am working on?

Fandom: SG-1
Is there a pairing in your story?: Sam/Daniel but it's only preship/UST
What elements would you like to be checked?: Grammar, spelling, and overall story.
When do you need your story to be beta'd?: As soon as possible actually. I'll be done in about a day or two, so if someone will be ready to accept then, that would be great. It's not going to be a long story.
What rating is your story?: PG
What category does your story subscribe to?: Drama
Does your fic take place in an alternate universe?: Nope

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

Fandom: X/1999 is the main with some Hellsing ficlets and an occasional Tsubasa fic and an addictional LOTR fic.

Is there a pairing in your story?: Many M/M pairings and a few pewny het. pairings. Moslty Fuma/Kamui and Seishiro/Subaru

What elements would you like to be checked?: Grammer, spelling, punctuation and flow.

When do you need your story to be beta'd?: As soon as possible please because I tend to write a lot and very fast.

What rating is your story?: PG-13 to NC-17

What category does your story subscribe to?: Mostly romance, parody & humor and a rare angst here and there.

Does your fic take place in an alternate universe?: Two of them, yes.

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This is going to sound very strange, but... I'm looking for someone who has read the book Perfume by Patrick Suskind to beta a short (approx. 500-600 words) story for that, er, fandom, were there any such fanbase. To answer the other questions:

Is there a pairing in your story?: no
What elements would you like to be checked?: Sentence structure, word choice; does the tone and style mirror that of the original book?
When do you need your story to be beta'd?: Before Sept. 26th (a Monday) - ie: within a week and a half
What rating is your story?: PG-13? There will be character death, but this is really supposed be similar to the tone of the book, so nothing graphic.
What category does your story subscribe to?: The same genre as the book itself: satire; dry, morbid humor
Does your fic take place in an alternate universe?: no

I think I just asked for the beta who doesn't exist. ^^; I would be immensely grateful to anyone who can help me with this. Thanks!

What fandoms will you beta for?: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, a couple of Anime, Star Wars...
What ratings are you willing to read?: from G - NC-17.
Do you have any categories you have a preference for reading?: I'd prefer reading slash and yaoi.
Do you have any pairings you have a preference for reading?: Mostly Ron/Draco, Boromir/Aragorn, and Obi-Wan/Anakin..but any pairing is good for me.
What do you concentrate on most?:I concentrate most on the flow of the story, the consistency and the creativity that you put in the story. I also watch for grammar mistakes.
What will you not feel comfortable reading?: I woundn't for for too much pedophile (Sirus/Harry) or slave!fic...masochism/saddism, Mpreg and some hetero pairings (Harry/Hermoine, Aragorn/Arwen).

I am a little harsh in beta-reading. I also try to comment a lot.

Anyway, if anyone is intreseted, you could stop by my journal or your could email me. :D

Adios!

What fandoms will you beta for?: anything
What ratings are you willing to read?: G - NC-17, but preferably R and above
Do you have any categories you have a preference for reading?: angst, drama, romance
Do you have any pairings you have a preference for reading?: anything anime, as long as yaoi.
What do you concentrate on most?: spelling and grammar
What will you not feel comfortable reading?: Het stuff. I don't do het.

Fandom: weiss kreuz, prince of tennis, tactics
Is there a pairing in your story?: slash pairings. I write yaoi only.
What elements would you like to be checked?: Plot, grammar
When do you need your story to be beta'd?: anytime, I work when I felt like it
What rating is your story?: Um, mostly NC-17. There'll be a lot of lemon.
What category does your story subscribe to?: drama, angst, general
Does your fic take place in an alternate universe?: some of them

Fandom: Anime, with the occassional Harry Potter, Phantom of the Opera(movieverse) and possibly some Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I might also ask to beta an original piece from time to time.
Is there a pairing in your story?: mostly M/F with occassional M/M
What elements would you like to be checked?: Plot and character development mostly, but spelling and grammar would be appreciated as well
When do you need your story to be beta'd?: Whenever possible, I'm in no hurry
What rating is your story?: usually G-PG, rarely higher
What category does your story subscribe to?: usually Romance and/or humor/parody with the ocassional angst/drama
Does your fic take place in an alternate universe?: from time to time. I do also include OCs quite a bit (although I'm trying to stray away from that.)

Thanks in advance for the help. ^__^