Beta Readers: offering to be one, finding one

[kate_nepveu]

Here is an unofficial form to offer to be a beta, for spelling, punctuation, and grammar (SPAG) only; non-English languages; areas of expertise; and/or specific fandoms. Include a machine-readable email address and you'll get a copy of your answers and the link to edit your responses in a handy reference email.

Here is the spreadsheet where responses are collected and, when time permits, manually indexed.

(If anyone would like to help with the indexing, let me know; it's just some copy-pasting!)

If you need a beta for a fandom or a topic that isn't on the spreadsheet yet, you can (1) try the IRC chat (less populated lately, I'm told) or the Discord server; (2) post here ANONYMOUSLY to say "I could really use a beta about X!" and see if anyone adds something to the spreadsheet or comments here to give your their contact information.

Edit: if you also want to post some/all of the information you submit to the spreadsheet, here in the comments, feel free! Or just post here in the comments, up to you, but I will not be transferring that information over to the sortable spreadsheet.

Let me know if you have any questions!

(I no longer post to LJ, if someone wants to post a link there, feel free.)

Comments

[morbane]

Would you mind if we-posted our form submissions as comments as well? I've seen more people over the year talk about disliking google spreadsheets - while I think yours is fine for the purpose, if I could reach more people with a comment, I'd like that. (But open to suggestion because the comments are obviously good to keep 'clear' for people's requests later on...)

[kate_nepveu]

Sure! Updated post accordingly, with caveat that comment-only information will not be pulled over into the spreadsheet.

[morbane]

Thanks very much!

My offers

[morbane]

[This information has also been submitted to the spreadsheet]

Contact me at gmail, same name.

Happy to beta for spelling, grammar, plotting, pacing, and tone in fandoms I don't know as well as those listed below.

No squicks or triggers.

Advance warning appreciated but still may be available at the last minute.

Fandoms I know reasonably well:

Interstella 5555
Shoujo Kakumei Utena | Revolutionary Girl Utena
Simoun (Anime)
Tiger & Bunny
Black Jewels - Anne Bishop
Blue Castle - L. M. Montgomery
The Changeover - Margaret Mahy
Crown Duel - Sherwood Smith
Damar Series - Robin McKinley
Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Darkangel Trilogy - Meredith Ann Pierce
Derkholm Series - Diana Wynne Jones
Dragon Prince Trilogy - Melanie Rawn
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
Emelan - Tamora Pierce
Exiles - Melanie Rawn
Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
Farmer Giles of Ham - J.R.R. Tolkien
Fire and Hemlock - Diana Wynne Jones
The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Hexwood - Diana Wynne Jones
Honor Harrington Series - David Weber
Hornblower - C. S. Forester
Immortals Quartet - Tamora Pierce
Kushiel's Legacy - Jacqueline Carey
The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle
Magids Series - Diana Wynne Jones
Malory Towers - Enid Blyton
Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
A Night in the Lonesome October - Roger Zelazny
Norse Religion & Lore
Obernewtyn Chronicles - Isobelle Carmody
Oz - L. Frank Baum
Psmith - P. G. Wodehouse
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy
Seven Kingdoms Trilogy - Kristin Cashore
Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde
Smith of Wootton Major - J. R. R. Tolkien
Spindle's End - Robin McKinley
Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
Sunshine - Robin McKinley
Uprooted - Naomi Novik
Watership Down - Richard Adams
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Attack the Block (2011)
Dark City (1998)
Drive Angry (2011)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Goon (2011)
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Maleficent (2014)
Pleasantville (1998)
Princess Bride (1987)
Push (2009)
Sky High (2005)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Sucker Punch (2011)
Tomorrowland (2015)
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Zombieland (2009)
Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
Better Off Ted
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV)
Hornblower (TV)
Legion (TV)
Wellington Paranormal (TV)
Wonderfalls
Star Stealing Prince