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Beta-ing Service

In need of a beta-reader/Brit-picker? I'm quite happy to offer my own meagre services on anything under 20,000 words (I tend to get a bit distracted and fidgetty if it's longer than that and require shameless enticement like icons or public praise) for any English-language writing you want looked at. Just send along an with the story/stories you want betaing attached as word .docs and let me know what level of stuff you want doing to them. EG:

1. Just read it for spelling, punctuation and grammar and leave comments in the margins for changes to them.
2. As above, but actually correct the SPG.
3. Read for SPG and narrative sense, and leave comments in the margin on how to fix.
4. Fix the easily-fixable narrative sense problems.
5. Check for canon consistency (obviously I can only do this in the fandoms that I know something about - more on that later) in addition to SPG and narrative sense.
6. Full-on new-arsehole-tearing critique.
7. Any of the above, plus Brit-picking.
Fandoms that I write for/have enough passing knowledge of to be able to assist with canon consistency problems are:
  • Sandman
  • Harry Potter
  • Hardy Boys Casefiles (I'm also reasonably up to speed on the Original Hardy Boys series but don't have any copies of the books available for fact-checking)
  • Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin books
  • Movieverse Master & Commander
  • Withnail & I
  • Chronicles of Narnia
  • Poppy Z Brite's novels
  • Discworld
  • Good Omens
  • The Willard Price "* Adventure" series
  • © Derek Des Anges (unless stated otherwise)