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Non exsistant

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:37:37 +0000

Mine told me my story was good but that my telling it was not soi much then I never heard from them again

Soifon, I am sure your a great beta, but its been over a month and it's kinda harsh when someone throws stuff like that out then doesn't bother to beta to let you know exactly what you meant

Saucy Beta!

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:30:14 +0000

I had been searching for a beta for about 6 months before I got to WallFlower. His profile cracked me up and even though it says he works on yaoi and yuri, he responded very quickly to my email and accepted my HET oneshot to work on. It took us both a while to get through my story since, not only is it hellalong for a oneshot, but we both go to college and have lives outside the computer. I'm sure with short[er] chapters he would fly through them!

On the profile he says he's "INSANE", but I think he's just honest lol. He cracks me up! He's quite frank when you need to change something, which I appreciate. He would usually offer choices on how to make certain changes with his own suggestions. I don't want someone who won't tell me bluntly that whatever I wrote needs to be tweaked. And he is not someone who pussyfoots around!
His typical comments were:
"There's a gaping plot hole on page *blah*... It's not a big deal, but it's a bit odd to read."
"Inappropriate use of a semicolon."
"This is pretty unneeded. You can nix it if you want."
"That sounded choppy, but it's [what he tweaked] better than the crazy run on it was... "

See? Not bad at all. I really enjoyed working with him.

I'm a perfectionist freak. So, I didn't send my oneshot to him [to anyone] until I was satisfied with my grammar and punctuation. We mainly worked on moving things around for better flow and he would tweak with my vocabulary. Since we were both busy, we didn't talk through emails every day [only about 20 total throughout the whole process] and he even told me
"I'll contact you if any serious bumps appear, but other than that, I'll be silent. As a grave." Lol.

I guess bottom line, if you can handle straight-forwardness, WallFlower's an awesome choice. If you can't handle someone who's blunt and sarcastic, then don't bother . If you have any questions, feel free to contact me!

A Great Beta

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:23:27 +0000

I'm so happy that she is my Beta, she has done only one story for me so far, but I am happy. When I got my doc. back she put there step by step where I went wrong and why, she even told me how it could be improve. So if someone is looking for a Beta and English is your second language this is the girl for you. You will not be disappointed.

Thanks again to my wonderful Beta Mich A.K.A wildstyled

Judi

Definately a winner

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:56:55 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I began my desperate search for the perfect beta - one who enjoyed the fandom I was writing for and had previous experience in editing.

The jewel I discovered was alot more than I had expected. Not only did she enjoy InuYasha as I did, but she was also a fan of the pairing I used (Kagome and Sesshomaru if you are curious). On top of that, I was simply expecting a person who would read my story, edit and hand back, but I found that the beta who had agreed to edit my work was amiable and easy to talk to - we discussed the fandom of InuYasha but as well, managed to communicate on a friendly level.

So for my beta, Nikkular, I would like to give two thumbs up, a couple gold stars, and a huge 10/10.

Thanks so much for your help.

SereneLies

Faery Delight

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:16:15 +0000

Mod's note: I've moved this post here myself because this is where it belongs. Feel free to add your own comments about Faery Delight's work.

I asked really nicely and Faery's Delight has agreed to Beta my story. She's already done one chapter and she did such a great job I wrote the next one already!!!

Did I tell you i'm thrilled with her work?