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Beta Appreciation Day
Well, I think I'm in under the wire, but who would know. It's before midnight here, so it's still before midnight somewhere.
I am, however, eternally grateful to the following wonderful, unpaid, make-my-writing-not-suck betas:
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llembasGoddess extraordinaire. Neither of us knows why she picked my 90+ page Rohirric-centric story out of Parma to be beta'ed last August a couple of weeks prior to me being en route to Australia, but thank Eru and all things holy that she did. Before Jen, I couldn't have punctuated my way out of a paper bag. ['The comma goes inside of the quotation mark, lol!'] Thank heaven I've
And she's MINE. So don't go asking her to be your beta. :P
Just kidding.
Other virtual flowers and the most expensive champagne I could buy go to:
romanticalgirlI would wait months for your next writing. And your betas are always spot-on, and insightful. Thank you, thank you. Whether het or slash, you get to the source and point out the flaws. ♥
snottygrrlYou've only done the one, but it was perfect. Poor, underserved HP het. Why do people only read slash?? *ponders* (((massive smooches)))
qowfThrough you, I've learned to be exceptionally wary of adverbs. Thanks to you, "The Hours" was a semi-finalist in two categories in the Mithril Awards. Amazing, absolutely amazing you are. And cutting. Which is part of the point.
(stifling hugs)
In other news, I want to thank myself for betaing for many others, and hope that we all are learning as we write.
Because isn't that the point??
**does happy dance for all beta writers, including her comrades-in-arms at HASA and checkmated.com**
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Seriously, thanks. That made my night! And my pleasure and anytime. Just let me know!
That work for the Mithrils, well, that was all yours. I just cut some things. That's just an awesome story. It really is.
I've been writing smut tonight. Dunno. I'm going to sit on it overnight. Actual Arwen/Aragorn. Go figure.
Anyway, thanks again. More writing from you, yes?
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More writing from you, yes?
*sigh* Yes. Always. Maybe not a lot of Ardaverse, but the HP is going strong if I could get the energy to finish a couple of things. Not in the best of places in my own head, so I haven't been quite as productive, but I'm sure that will change.
Yay for smut!
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