the delphic expanse

At the suggestion of Crystalwolf, I'm opening this thread for people interested in betaing. Just because you list yourself here, doesn't mean you are automatically committing to beta - just that if you have time, you would be, depending on the project.

Here's little form:

Name:
Pairings I Write:
Will I beta smut:
Will I beta outside my pairing:
Strong suits:
Weak suits:
Send files in what form:
Contact me via:

Name: Honeybee
Pairings I Write: TnT primarily. Recently, Archer/Reed. Have also done R/S, A/T and many others.
Will I beta smut: Yes
Will I beta outside my pairing: Yes.
Strong suits: Character stuff. Voice. Pacing.
Weak suits: Fine tuned line editing.
Send files in what form: I write on a mac, so doc, docx or pages files work.
Contact me via: private message

Name: Crystalswolf
Pairings I Write: Tnt is my main inspiration
Will I beta smut: Yes
Will I beta outside my pairing: Yes.
Strong suits: I tend to catch missed spelling errors, human behavior that may have crept into Vulcan characters and simple grammar and punctuation. Can help as a second beta to catch what may have slipped through.
Weak suits: complex grammar and punctuation.
Send files in what form: doc, rtf
Contact me via: private message

Name: KayJay
Pairings I Write: Archer/Reed, Archer/Tucker
Will I beta smut: Yes
Will I beta outside my pairing: Mostly -- some restrictions apply for personal reasons, I certainly support anyone shipping their own thing! No Tucker/Reed, no Reed/Hayes, can do some Reed/Sato, I think anything else should be okay
Strong suits: Typos, grammar, in character, flow, overall impressions
Weak suits: I don't always know T'Pol very well, but I know what sounds like her. I also don't tend to have large chunks of time, so in-depth, long-form can be a problem. (I always want to do line by line work, and run out of steam, lol!)
Send files in what form: Any really. I'm on a PC, so email, rtf, doc, txt... I'm on Googledocs, which works really well I think.
Contact me via: PM or email

Name: Mareel
Pairings I Write: Archer/Reed
Will I beta smut: Yes, with some kink exclusions
Will I beta outside my pairing: For friendship or gen, yes.
Strong suits: Character voices and behavior, line editing, season 3 xindi arc canon
Weak suits: Action scenes, complex plotting, crossovers, technobabble
Send files in what form: I use a Mac. doc files are fine, googledocs works as well.
Contact me via: private message

I'm mostly only available between semesters but it never hurts to ask.

Name: Aquarius

Pairings I Write: TnT but I've been dabbling.

Will I beta smut: yep

Will I beta outside my pairing: yes. It can be beneficial to an author to have someone who doesn't normally write their pairing go over things; after all, it's your job to sell your readers on the idea. If you can make me believe in/care about it, then those who already follow your 'ship should have no problem.

Strong suits: Finding the little things, characterization, humor, pacing.

Weak suits: techie stuff

Send files in what form: .doc, .docx

Contact me via: PM or email is fine

Name: EntAllat
Pairings I Write: I like to write "general fic" (mystery, action, sci-fi, character studies) which isn't necessarily pairing-oriented. When I include one or write a pairing-based story it tends to be TnT and, on rare occasions, T/R.
Will I beta smut: Sure!
Will I beta outside my pairing: Sure, no problem.
Strong suits: Pacing and flow. Character voice. Problems with wording and language, especially if English is not your first language. Cultural behavior and general anthropology, especially of alien cultures.
Weak suits: Comma use. Spotting holes or problems in the hard science part of the science-fiction. My schedule can also change on a dime with no notice, so I try to get a beta back within a day or two, otherwise you might end up waiting a while.
Send files in what form: Any file format is fine; I've got Mission Control setup at my desk.
Contact me via: email is best!

Name: Misplaced
Pairings I Write: Trip/T'Pol is my main love. I also write Soval/Amanda and Archer/Sato. I've done Reed/Sato and Archer/Reed (drabble).
Will I beta smut: I can go all the way up to R, but beyond that, no.
Will I beta outside my pairing: Absolutely. I'd also happily do GEN (non-pairing) stories.
Strong suits: Character development/voices, word flow, plot development/pacing, line editing (I'm extremely thorough) spelling and some grammar.
Weak suits: Commas (though I'm getting better) and techie stuff (Trek science). Also I have a busy schedule, so I am not always available.
Send files in what form: .docx, .doc or .rtf
Contact me via: Private Message

This is a great idea, thank you!

Quick note: I'll have to take a break from offering beta services until February 1st. (January is packed with some non-writing-life stuff!) I'll be available again after that for anyone who needs a beta.

I can't believe I missed this thread until I started looking for a beta myself! Anyway, yes, I am willing to beta. I usually have several large blocks of time each week that I can devote to something like this, although occasionally I may have to put off a beta for a few days.

Name: Kathy Rose
Pairings I Write: Primarily R/S, but I have done other pairings
Will I beta smut: Yes
Will I beta outside my pairing: Yes
Strong suits: Keeping characters in character, readability of a story (flow), spelling & grammar, canon
Weak suits: Complex plots, angst
Send files in what form: doc or rtf (I generally use OpenOffice and, believe it or not, Wordpad for betaing and writing)
Contact me via: PM or email