Beta Readers and Editors Wanted- God of War fanfiction

[achtungnight]

Fellow God of War Fans-

I am penning a God of War video game saga fanfiction story that will potentially grow. The first chapter is now finished as per my own initial reviews as writer. I have forwarded it to three potential but unconfirmed alpha readers. I am also seeking beta readers and possible other alpha readers also. I do not have time to look through all the beta reader resumes available, so I am advertising and hoping potential willing beta readers will answer. This also applies to editors who have worked for me before and might in the future. I am willing to pay such editors a small sum if interested, time frame is one week.

To any who would answer- please be aware that this is an adult romance story rated M. It is also a crossover between God of War, other religious mythologies on which that game saga has not yet touched and ones it has touched, and a popular science fiction saga I will not identify here. I consider this story the most epic story I have written to date. I will be posting it to this and other sites. Please message me, if you are interested in being my beta reader.

Please also be aware that the story ships Kratos & Freya. You may ignore or otherwise malign this humble boat captain if you would, but he hopes he will be respected in his sailing needs. That's a metaphor... I mean, analogy. I hope they have such things where you are from.

Talk to you later, readers. -AN

[achtungnight]

My account is over a decade old, so I am having difficulty resuming it after a long hiatus. I have new stories I would like to post, including a Star Trek story. The admins have been emailed to assist my unlocking of my old account. I appreciate their assistance and that of any beta readers I can recruit in the meantime. I hope my old stories will be written and appreciated. My newer stories will be posted here in due time. Thanks- AN

[achtungnight]

Account unlocked. I hope to post the Star Trek story shortly. In the meantime, all fans are invited to seek out my new stories on AO3. Older versions will remain on this site and new stories may be added as time allows.

Feedback is appreciated.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47745670

Thank you,

AchtungNight.

Update- I tried to log in and edit my profile and post new stories. No luck yet.

Edited June 9, 2023 by achtungnight

[WillowDarkling]

If you did not verify your account when we rolled out the archives after the hacker attack then you will not be able to retrieve your account without help. I have made our archive mod aware of you needing access to your account and she’ll send you the links needed to regain access.

Willow Darkling, forum moderator

[BronxWench]

6 hours ago, achtungnight said:

Account unlocked. I hope to post the Star Trek story shortly. In the meantime, all fans are invited to seek out my new stories on AO3. Older versions will remain on this site and new stories may be added as time allows.

Feedback is appreciated.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47745670

Thank you,

AchtungNight.

Update- I tried to log in and edit my profile and post new stories. No luck yet.

Two things:

Did you log in with the updated email address or with the old address? Since I updated the email address for you, you need to use the new one as your login.

Does your password meet the current requirements? We’ve changed the length of the password minimum and maximum, although we still permit only letters and/or numbers. Password rules recap:  Between 12-18 letters and/or numbers long, case sensitive. NO punctuation, spaces, or special characters allowed. Do NOT use your old password, or let Google make a strong password full of forbidden characters for you.

As far as editing your profile, we still have some features that are not unlocked. Bear with us while we address those.

Your Star Trek movie has been posted here on AFF:  https://movies.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600095500  I did move it to the correct category within that subdomain, which might make it easier to find.

[achtungnight]

Thanks Admins! I reset my password and I’m in. Thx also for posting my Star Trek story. I appreciate your attention. A South Park story (no sex) will be uploaded soon, hope it’s acceptable as well. If not, let me know please. It’s a crack crossover parody of the Super Best Friends with no sex scenes, so it may not be acceptable here, but it’s related to stories that are here. Readers can find it on other sites if interested. I am ok if it can’t be accepted here. Thx.

Edited June 9, 2023 by achtungnight

[WillowDarkling]

All stories are allowed here, save for Real Person Fiction (Celebrity or otherwise) about people under the age of 18.

And we don’t censor here either, although obviously we do draw the line at stories that are trying to be purposefully trollish or offensive, but the archive mods have guidelines as to what constitutes stories of that type. 

Just be do remember to place the stories in the correct archive, and you’ll be fine. 

[achtungnight]

Thank you. I have spent the past few hours posting several stories that were on other sites but not here. Please re-order my stories to their own categories or add codes I missed as you have in the past. More will be forthcoming as they are generated.

[BronxWench]

14 minutes ago, achtungnight said:

Thank you. I have spent the past few hours posting several stories that were on other sites but not here. Please re-order my stories to their own categories or add codes I missed as you have in the past. More will be forthcoming as they are generated.

  It would be a great deal simpler if you were to post the stories in the proper category in the first place. It’s a dropdown menu. The same goes for story codes, although at the moment only staff can add or edit codes. (Our normal process, just for the record, is to issue a formal warning for missing codes, and if the codes are not added, we will hide the story for a minimum of 30 days, at which point we will delete the story for noncompliance.) 

[achtungnight]

I see. Well, then, I hope I did right on the first try. If you see any codes I missed, please let me know and I will add them. Forgive me, I am reposting here after a long hiatus and you now have more categories than you did way back when. I suppose I need a navigation assist for all the tags and such. I hope this is understandable. Thanks.

[BronxWench]

I am unable to move stories from one subdomain to another, so those stories will need to be deleted and reposted to the correct subdomain.

This story needs to be moved to Cartoons, which has a category for South Park:  https://celeb.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600095032

[achtungnight]

Sorry for the delay in responding. I tried to post that story to Cartoons, I got an error message saying my connection was not secure. I tried to post to Celebrities instead, no error. So that was what I did. I wasn’t sure if you would be able to address the problem immediately, I cared more about publishing my story and decided to move it later instead of immediately if necessary, I assumed I could. Again, I had difficulty navigating categories and understanding which categories to put everything in. It seemed you had already organized my old stories under the new system, so I presumed that addressing the new ones was no big deal for the archives. If I was wrong, sorry.

Let’s do this- I am unable to move the story tonight, I’m  at work and posting from my phone. I will try to move it by Wednesday night. That should give you time to investigate the connection issue I had if you want. I will try posting it to Cartoons even with that if I don’t hear from you. No difficulties, no problem. It may have been on my end, not yours. 

Also if you prefer, I can just delete all my stuff from here, old and new. I have other fans in other places, plenty of backups, you want to put your archive over my stories, I have no problem with that. Let me know please. I will attempt the reposting when I can. Thx.

[BronxWench]

We’re aware of the issue with Cartoons, and it will be addressed as soon as possible.

We’re not putting the archive over anyone’s stories, but we do ask that members make every attempt to post things in the correct places. As I said earlier, we moderators do not have the ability to shift stories between subdomains. They are separate databases, and access is strictly limited to the admin level staff. (If you click on the “Archives” link on the archive home page, you can see the 22 subdomains listed. The more active fandoms have their own subdomain, while others are grouped by general category, like Movies, or Television.) We can move things within a subdomain, but since readers will navigate to a category/fandom they want to read, if your story is posted elsewhere, they won’t see it, and that’s not what any author wants.

If you click on the field marked “Category” when uploading a story, you are taken to a rather extensive dropdown. For general subdomains like Celebrities, you’ll see many categories, including alphabetic groups. Clicking those will open a listing of all the subcategories in alphabetic order. It might take a moment to scroll to the correct fandom, but it’s quite simple once you’ve done it once or twice.  I did move what I could of your new postings; I am unable to move the Cartoon story posted in Celebrities, and until we address the issue with the Cartoon subdomain not registering our security certificate, you won’t be able to post it there. I understand that. But I would ask that you not post further Cartoon stories to Celebrities. I’m sure it will only annoy you further when I ask you to delete them and move them.

And as we’ve said in our FAQs, if you’re not sure where to put a story, you can always ask us in the General Staff Questions thread. If you need a new category for a fandom, we have a thread for Archive Category Requests. We’re happy to help, and we’re even happier when members work with us.

[achtungnight]

Thx for doing all you could. I appreciate it. I think for now everything should be fine. I haven’t checked but I’m sure your categorization of my stories was acceptable. As for the South Park one, it’s a one shot. No further chapters on the way. When Cartoons is fixed, I will be glad to repost it as requested. Till then, Celebrities makes a good placeholder since celebrities figure heavily in the story. As it goes in that show. I think we’re fine for now. Let me know if you disagree. 

[BronxWench]

The Cartoon subdomain is working again. The story can be placed in Cartoons > S through Z > South Park > AU/AR for the best fit, I think.

https://cartoon.adult-fanfiction.org/index.php?cat=559

[achtungnight]

Thx. I will put the story in the proper category when possible per my schedule.

[achtungnight]

Story in proper category now, I think. Please correct me if I’m wrong. No need to address anything else at this time, I think. Thanks.

[achtungnight]

Ok, the posting issues with my stories are resolved, I think, but I still need a beta reader. If no one is interested, well, consider this last call and maybe I’ll just post without. Thx either way.