Beta Reader Appreciation Day

[selenak]

In no particular order, those generous ladies who've helped me over the years: kathyh, who isn't just my oldest internet friend but has always been there for me, beta-wise, even drafting her husband when technical advice was needed, my other K.H., honorh, like Kathy there from the Highlander days onwards and the one who taught me that in English, you put " after the , - ; penknife and artaxastra, who aren't just fantastic authors but ready to beta essays about characters from fandoms they're unfamiliar with; likeadeuce whose only fault is that she stopped playing in theatrical_muse; andrastewhite (it's been a while since I seduced her into another fandom; I feel old!), monanotlisa (admit you're a sci-fi fan already!) and hobsonphile, who aside from inspiring a lot of my B5 stuff beta'd a multiverse story without hesitation; kangeiko, who is both a sharp beta and a source of inspiration; and Kate who came through for the lengthy Connor essay in a wonderful way.

*feels like Andrew Wells in Chosen with his Oscar speech*

This is for you:

Comments

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

I ADMIT IT!

*&hearts sci-fi*

And aw, thank you!

::goes back to cleaning the apartment, reluctantly::

By the way, isn't this icon superfantastic? Go check out the icon-maker; she has one recent post that will blow your mind.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

It is superfantastic. *checks out icon post* Wow. And I eye my icons in despair, pondering which to delete, for some of these beauties...

[kathyh]

Oh, pretty flowers! Thank you so much. And it's always a pleasure to beta-read for you even when you're putting the characters through some refined form of mental torture :)

[selenak.livejournal.com]

I aim to learn from the best! *points to icon* Also, that's probably why I end up fangirling folks like Arvin Sloane and Winn Adami...

[astridv.livejournal.com]

who taught me that in English, you put " after the , - ;

I had to learn that from fanfic, too! Why won't teachers in German schools bother to mention that little detail, I wonder.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

It's a mystery. Fanfic wins at life!

[honorh.livejournal.com]

*hugs* We love you, too!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

In that case, can Honorificus write a review of School Reunion, complete with fashion critique?

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Your word is my command! Just lemme give it a second watching.

[kangeiko]

*smooches you*

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Thanks; I'm just glad for the times I can help.

I was recently getting nostalgic for TM, and it occurred to me that dropping completely out of RP mostly coincided with coming into Marvel fandom. I was thinking -- "I miss those crazy insane plots we used to come up with in TM. Where do I get that fix now? Oh yes. With Marvel, it is canon."

And you totally pimped me into that fandom too (though I probably would have picked up AXM after X3 ,anyway, if I hadn't already).

Speaking of drawing people into fandoms -- I have a RL friend who is obsessing over Alias, and is reading a lot of fic at websites, but i can't convince her she needs to get an LJ. Any comms, meta, LJ-based fics, or people I could refer her to to convince her? She is particuarly obsessed with Jack, Jack/Irina, and Weiss (and, though she's only on season 3, is basically spoiled for everything -- being one of those people I don't understand who reads summaries before watching the episodes!)

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Fic-community wise, there is alias500 and alias_fiction; the former, though limited to short fic (duh), has far more variety than the later. operatian_alias has icons and meta of varying quality, some excellent, some not so much, about all the characters. For Jack and Jack/Irina, yahtzee63 is a perfect first address (her fanfic site URL is in her user info), and she likes Weiss, too (hence wrote some Syd/Weiss as well).