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[Tasmen]

Maria13 wrote...

Don't you guys cringe just before publishing a chapter? Thinking "that's it, this is the one where I'm really going to balls up and no-one is ever going to read or trust me again...?"

All the fricken' time.  It's why I have two people beta sometimes.  

[Gilgamesh1138]

I have two, and three beta... stupid GoSDs.

[soignee]

I guess I have betas in the form of my friends who read snippets for me and I bounce ideas off of. What I would really love is someone to coldly go over my text and edit the tense/grammar fail, instead of me ninja editing it on ff.net when I notice.

[Tasmen]

soignee wrote...

I guess I have betas in the form of my friends who read snippets for me and I bounce ideas off of. What I would really love is someone to coldly go over my text and edit the tense/grammar fail, instead of me ninja editing it on ff.net when I notice.

Yep.  I covet my betas and will not share them.  Nope.

[Gilgamesh1138]

I do love my betas as well. Soignee I will pm you with someone I know of who betas and is good with grammar.

[Maria13]

I'm actually betaless... Perhaps I should try it but I'm not sure...

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

Maria13 wrote...

Don't you guys cringe just before publishing a chapter? Thinking "that's it, this is the one where I'm really going to balls up and no-one is ever going to read or trust me again...?"

Yes. Especially since the story has reached 'moment of truth' time.

I don't have a beta for my current fic, but I did for past stories and found it very very helpful (and fun! oh, the emails...). I'm not worried about grammar/spelling so much, but just bouncing ideas or considering a point I might not have thought of does wonders, and sometimes it spawns whole new plot tangents

Modifié par Shadow of Light Dragon, 07 juin 2010 - 10:08 .

[Maria13]

I think I need a bouncing ideas off kind of beta... I've tried Wayne (my SO) but he's pretty useless...

[Tasmen]

Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...

I don't have a beta for my current fic, but I did for past stories and found it very very helpful (and fun! oh, the emails...). I'm not worried about grammar/spelling so much, but just bouncing ideas or considering a point I might not have thought of does wonders, and sometimes it spawns whole new plot tangents

This...  It's so great having someone to sound off ideas with.   Plus, email titles are fun to come up with.  Oh yes!

[Gilgamesh1138]

LOL true Tas they are indeed!

[Miri1984]

*sigh* It's surprisingly difficult to write smut with a two year old demanding playschool every thirty seconds.

[Gilgamesh1138]

LMAO ! I can only imagine! I have enough trouble with two cats who always want in or out but never at the same time...wait, did you say smut? Anders smut? Oh, oh, if I were only in Australia! I would entertain the munchkin so you could write!

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

I'm in Australia...

[Gilgamesh1138]

Um well, can Shadow come babysit for you (notice how I volunteer her, tee hee), now Australia is no little bitty island, so... but Shadow will do it for Miri Anders smut won't you, no matter the distance?



ROFL!

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

Sure, the little tyke can sit on my lap while I do some Zev smut

[Gilgamesh1138]

WOOT Zev and Anders smut! YAY!

[Miri1984]

Hehe. If you don't mind your Zev smut interspersed with as;ldkfansoivehkar and random shut downs, yup, she could .



I like to think the impediments make the smut more fun!



NEARLY finished... hehehe.

[Gilgamesh1138]

LOL!

[Tasmen]

Miri1984 wrote...

*sigh* It's surprisingly difficult to write smut with a two year old demanding playschool every thirty seconds.

Yep yep.  My 2 year interferred with my writing foo last night as well.

[Gilgamesh1138]

Aw, but cuteness rules right?

[Miri1984]

It's not meant to be a fascist dictatorship, though!

[Gilgamesh1138]

True!

[Xandurpein]

soignee wrote...

I guess I have betas in the form of my friends who read snippets for me and I bounce ideas off of. What I would really love is someone to coldly go over my text and edit the tense/grammar fail, instead of me ninja editing it on ff.net when I notice.

I have great people to bounce story details with, but no grammar/spelling beta. Ninja editing is the name of the game...

[soignee]

whooopsss. Real Life means no update. How the hell do you actual proper parents cope with a three year old ALL THE TIME. Not allowed to sit and write, obviously.

[Xandurpein]

soignee wrote...

whooopsss. Real Life means no update. How the hell do you actual proper parents cope with a three year old ALL THE TIME. Not allowed to sit and write, obviously.

It gets better. My sons are 10 and 12 so now all I have to do is to buy enough computers so I can have one of my own.