Beta Volunteer Post

[holmesticemods]

"Watson," said he, "if it should ever strike you that I am getting a little over-confident in my powers, or giving less pains to a case than it deserves, kindly whisper 'Norbury' in my ear, and I shall be infinitely obliged to you."



— The Adventure of the Yellow Face

Because even Sherlock Holmes sometimes needs someone to look over his work.



If you're available to beta or Britpick for someone, please leave a comment with the following information:



Email: (or other preferred contact method)

Types of fanworks you can beta: (fic, art, graphics, vids, etc.)

Fandoms: (Doyle, BBC, Elementary, 22nd Century, etc.)

Pairings: (it's helpful to name what you are willing AND not willing to work with)

Ratings: (if you will or won't beta explicit sex, graphic violence, etc.)



If you have any other limitations or areas of expertise, please feel free to include them! Suggestions include fic length, time constraints, availability, areas of special knowledge, or particular strengths or weaknesses.



If you need a beta, please check the comments to see if someone is right for you. (Show a care with your anonymity, please, and refrain from leaving public comments that suggest what you're making for the exchange.) If you can't find who you need in the comments, please email the mods at holmesticemods@gmail.com, and we'll help you find someone.



Also! We recommend sherlock60's Round 5 Discussion Posts. scfrankles spent over a year compiling historical linkspams on topics inspired by the original canon stories, and then generously shared what she learned with all of us. I highly recommend the collection for anyone needing inspiration or background for Victorian- or Edwardian-era fanworks!

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[tadhana_writess]

Henlo! Here to help!

Email: tadhanawritess@gmail.com

Types of fanwork: fic

Fandoms: ACD Holmes, Soviet (Lenfilm) Holmes, Granada Holmes, Bert Coules adaptation, most anything Victorian!Holmes

Pairings: Mary/Watson, Holmes&Watson, the rest is fine so long as it's platonic and/or QPR

Ratings: no sexual content, no matter how mild, but most anything else

Areas of Expertise: I do anything from character development to plot development (I'm better at the former) and I can also do proofreading and surface editing.

Other details: I'll beta fics up to 10k in length and I can do more in-depth edits in a week's time or so, though that can vary. I also cannot Britpick at all. I am quite honest in my comments and will point out what I think can be improved in your work.

Contact me anytime during the week, but I only answer as soon as I can, which is weekdays.