Ivy
Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Texas
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject: Beta, please!! |
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Okay, so I really hate doing this, but I'm a little bit desperate. My normal beta is having computer issues and she hasn't been available for a very long time.
I've got a million stories going (okay... seven) but I seem to only resurrect one at a time. Honestly I'm terrible about being consistent, but right now what I need is someone who can tolerate my random chapters and my need for someone to at least glance over what I write. I write Legomances, all of them have an OC as a main character, and if you're looking for strict canon, I can't help you. I, however, don't write by movie script (maybe a line or two will escape and implant itself into a chapter), and I (very very rarely) do the 10th walker kind of thing.
I have some requirements for betas, though: (I know, I know. I'm picky)
-Must have some experience and be an adequate editor
-Must be willing to put up with Legomances and Mary-Sues (Not serious 'fall into middle earth and fall in love with Legolas' mary-sues...)
-Must be willing to put up with not editing frequently (I'm a very infrequent [but thorough] writer at the moment...)
And what I see is most important:
-Must be willing to be a friend. I honestly don't want my beta to simply be 'My beta who I only correspond with when I need to'. I want to get to know you and be your friend. I'm an open person, and I'll respect your privacy, but I enjoy being friends with my editors.
So as annoying as this is surely becoming, please send me an email or a PM (or an IM on AIM - Tinuviel2013) and tell me about yourself. I'm not guaranteeing a job to anyone until I know you a little, however.
Links to a few of my stories (The main one I'm thinking about is called Coiasira A'Auta Eska... Yes, I know. That's grelvish. I've been told. I'm a "real" elvish freak now, but when I started I wasn't) can be found on www.fanfiction.net/~thehobbitivy . Read over it if you like. (Happens WAY before WotR) It's about Aliana (OC) and Legolas. They grow up for fifteen years together (They're not related, but they treat each other as siblings) in modern Earth but when the time comes, they travel with their family back to Middle Earth. The story is about their growing apart (since Ali stays in Rivendell and Legolas goes to Mirkwood) and how their lives ensue. Eventually they'll fall in love, but I haven't written that part yet.  |
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