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Name:	Molly
Nickname:	Ruin
Email:	[email protected]
Max Rating:	No maximum rating
Expertise:	Pretty much everything, except factual accuracy - I know when stuff is realistic or not, but I'm certainly no expert. However, I great with everything else. (Dialogue, development, plot, grammer, spelling, description, etc etc)
Special Skills:	There's two types of betaing (ha) I 'offer.' One is just simple reading through, correcting things as I go along and commenting at the end, the other is when I tear the ficlet apart, and almost every paragraph (or even line, it's happened before) has some type of comment, correction, or suggestion.
Type of fic wanted:	Anything! Send it all over! ^_^
Type of fic NOT wanted:	I'm fine with anything.
Slash:	Hell yeah!
Harshness Level:	I can be quite harsh! You tell me how harsh you want me to be, and I'll tone myself down. -_^
Response Speed:	If it's just quick betaing, just checking for spelling, etc, probably a day. If it's more extensive, around a week.

*****

Name:	Eva or Lakka
Nickname:	Sparks
Email:	[email protected]
Max Rating:	No maximum rating
Expertise:	I'll beta for anything, but especially technical stuff. I will also deal with characterization (read-Mary Sue-isms), plot, and whatever else you'd like.
Special Skills:	French and Italian language translation, New York City geography and history, period American history (late 19th and early 20th century).
Type of fic wanted:	Slash is appreciated, but I'll read anything but the most blatant of Mary Sues. No explicit het fiction, please.
Type of fic NOT wanted:	As I said, no explicit het or excessive Mary Sues. Also, please don't send me fics with multiple original characters that are not explained (that is, if she's not in the movie, she better have a damn good reason for being in the fic).
Slash:	Certainly.
Harshness Level:	Harshness level can vary upon demand, but I'm going to be honest. I generally consider myself a kind person, so I'm not going to make you cry in "American Idol" fashion.
Response Speed:	I'll respond within 48 hours saying whether I can beta the fic; the actual work will take a few days at most.

*****

Name:	Rachel
Nickname:	Illusion
Email:	[email protected]
Max Rating:	Up to and including R-rated stories
Expertise:	Definitely grammar and spelling. I'm not in AP Language and Composition for nothing. I'm also good at characterization, description, and correcting awkwardness.
Special Skills:	I can't think of other specialties really, I'm mainly a technicalities beta.
Type of fic wanted:	I'll beta basically anything but slash. Except for, perhaps, immense Mary-Sue fics.
Type of fic NOT wanted:	As said above, slash and fics dripping with Mary-Sueness.
Slash:	No!
Harshness Level:	I'd say fairly harsh. If something really bugs me about a fic I will make it known. If I really like it I'll let that be known as well, but along with corrections.
Response Speed:	It could take me from a few hours to a few days. It depends on how long the part I'm beta-ing is, and what my schedule is like the day I get it.

*****

Name:	Molly
Nickname:	Quipster
Email:	[email protected]
Max Rating:	No maximum rating
Expertise:	Plot flaws, Characterization, Description
Special Skills:	N/a
Type of fic wanted:	Humor, Romance, Drama
Type of fic NOT wanted:	N/A
Slash:	Sure.
Harshness Level:	Depends how bad/good the story is. Obviously if it is good then I won't be that harsh. If it is completely void of any good qualities then I would tell the author. I generally don't worry about the author's feelings when beta-ing because I think that it doesn't help the story at all and why waste time searching for euphenisms?
Response Speed:	A couple days to a week. If anymore time then that I'd let the author know.

*****

Name:	Lily
Nickname:	Dewey
Email:	[email protected]
Max Rating:	Up to and including R
Expertise:	I'll be majoring in English in college and so have a tendency to delve deeply into characterization and the development of plots. As most readers of my stories can tell you, I'm also insanely descriptive in my stories, and so creating metaphors, imagery, and similes come natural to me. Catching grammatical errors comes just as natural, as I can easily tell when the flow of a story is disrupted by the smallest error, and I can pretty much tell merely by looking whether or not a word is spelled correctly. I love historical accuracy and try my best to adhere to the times when writing my own stories.
Special Skills:	On fanfiction.net, I am the author of over twenty stories, many of which are multiple chapters in length. Having been writing newsies fanfic for two years now, I've matured as a writer and have grown in my writing skills. I'm focused, and so won't divert my attention elsewhere while beta-reading, and I love to be entertained while reading. ^_^
Type of fic wanted:	Any genre is fine with me. I usually tend to enjoy dramatic romances, but I always enjoy a good laugh from comical stories as well. Once again, any genre is fine by me.
Type of fic NOT wanted:	I prefer to read serious fics; nothing excessively...'fluffy'.
Slash:	No
Harshness Level:	I'm not the type of beta who will flat-out insult your work or criticize you. Rather, I make constructive criticism on the content as a whole, including suggestions for the storyline as well as corrections in spelling and grammar. However, the story is ultimately your own and I respect that. I will only suggest, but not demand that you implement those suggestions. ^_^
Response Speed:	It varies. Most of the time, I will read over the story, or chapter, the day I receive it and then go back either that same day or the next day to make any corrections and suggestions. After the editing, I will send the excerpt back along with the corrections that need to be made the same day. However, if I'm running behind schedule, I will drop you an email and alert you to the delay, as to not leave you hanging. : D

*****

Name:	Becca
Nickname:	Flit
Email:	[email protected]
Max Rating:	Up to and including PG-13
Expertise:	Pretty much everything except factual accuracy. I'm a total stickler for grammar and spelling.
Special Skills:	n/a
Type of fic wanted:	Mostly romance and humor, but I can do pretty much anything except horror.
Type of fic NOT wanted:	Horror, graphic slash, anything with really dark themes (witchcraft, etc.)
Slash:	Yes
Harshness Level:	It varies. I can get really harsh, or I can be really nice, only pointing out the big stuff.
Response Speed:	Depends. Probably about a week or so, depending on how much my real life takes over.

*****

Name:	Anne
Nickname:	Blaze Lanigan
Email:	[email protected]
Max Rating:	Any rating (including NC-17 and unrated) is fine
Expertise:	My mother taught English so I've heard about grammar and spelling since the day I was born. I'm big on factual accuracy and description as well. I tend to be long-winded when it comes to descriptions, so I usually look for that in stories. I love characters that are extremely well developed and different from the average newsie.
Special Skills:	I speak some Spanish so if we've got immigrants in the fiction, I can help with dialogue!
Type of fic wanted:	I love drama the most. The angsty, I can't-stop-reading drama. I'm also into the humor fics. I get a bit lost in the action/adventure ones, but I'm willing to give it a try.
Type of fic NOT wanted:	I will not beta time travel unless it's incredibly spectacular.
Slash:	Yes.
Harshness Level:	I'm not that harsh. I like to show the writer their potential and the great things they have accomplished way before the things that may need improvement. I also like to insert the 'bad' in the middle and end with the good again, because a writer should be left with encouragement and not discouragement.
Response Speed:	24-48 hours right now.

*****

Name:	Jo
Nickname:	Tuesday
Email:	[email protected]
Max Rating:	Any rating (including NC-17 and unrated) is fine
Expertise:	I am grammar expert and can think of at least three different ways to reword any sentence that given to me. I have an obsession with accuracy and love to research things, so factual accuracy is also one of my strengths. I'm known for being incredibly descriptive in my own writing and am an ace at witty repartee. But spelling...ugh, that's an entirely different story.
Special Skills:	My one true passion is character development. If I spent half of the time that I do creating and developing characters on other aspects, I'd be unstoppable.
Type of fic wanted:	I love moody, atmospheric stories that read like poetry and are uber descriptive. I also enjoy serious fics with unusual story lines and plot twists. Dark romances and stories with bittersweet endings really do it for me too.
Type of fic NOT wanted:	I will not read anything that reads as follows: Girl runs away from home, meets random newsie who takes her to live in the lodging house. Girl learns how to sell and falls in love with one of the newsies. She and her chosen newsie have a rough time of it because of her tragic past, but in the end everything else turns out just fine. Story ends by girl realizing her one true dream of singing and finds her place in life singing at Medda's theatre.
Slash:	Yes
Harshness Level:	Ha ha. Very harsh. I am bluntly and brutally honest, and have a tendency to pick apart and question everything. However, if one writes something really fabulous, I am, of course, less severe.
Response Speed:	It depends on length of the story and how well written it is. For stories/chapters 20 pages or more in length, about a week. For stories shorter in length and well written, two to four days.

*****

Name:	Amanda O'Neil
Nickname:	Flicker
Email:	[email protected]
Max Rating:	Any rating (including NC-17 and unrated) is fine
Expertise:	Grammar, Spelling
Special Skills:	N/A
Type of fic wanted:	all
Type of fic NOT wanted:	N/A
Slash:	Yes
Harshness Level:	I'm not very harsh. I just give my opinions and corrections.
Response Speed:	Not terribly fast, but not terribly slow either. I will definately try my best to be quick.

*****

Name:	Tinamari
Nickname:	Pumpkin
Email:	[email protected]
Max Rating:	Any rating (including NC-17 and unrated) is fine
Expertise:	Spelling, dialogue, characterization, plot, description, factual accuracy.
Special Skills:	I can also help with writer's block and suggest prompts and other such things as I am mostly heavy on helping plot, dialogue, and characterization.
Type of fic wanted:	Any, and all kinds, I will be more than happy to beta!
Type of fic NOT wanted:	N/A
Slash:	Yes
Harshness Level:	Well, it mostly depends on how hard you want me to be! I will adjust to the writer, so if you want it easy i'll be sure to take it light, and if you want it hard and heavy i'll be happy to do that too.
Response Speed:	Depending on the length of the story, I will usually respond between 1 and 5 days. If you want response while i'm reading, you can AIM me at SilentFairyTear and I will be glad to go line by line with you.

*****

Name:	Alana
Nickname:	Trolley
Email:	[email protected]
Max Rating:	Up to and including R
Expertise:	grammer, spelling, dialogue, historical accuracy (somewhat), believability, characterization
Special Skills:	I can see the best or the worst in any story!
Type of fic wanted:	humor, action, drama, one-shots
Type of fic NOT wanted:	slash, romance, extremely long
Slash:	No
Harshness Level:	I tell the honest truth of what I think, and, based on the person, can be rather brutal
Response Speed:	If I have a deadline, I can make it in the alotted time, but otherwise I may tend to procrastinate (I am rather busy!)

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