07/26/09 Message~ I WILL STILL TAKE REQUESTS! HOWEVER I am going to be off the computer/net from July 28th through August 5th. My friend from out of town is coming for a visit and therefore I will be busy with her. So I WILL NOT be beta'ing during that time. However if you want to make a request feel free to leave a PM to ask, I will reply to all PM's on August 5th at night. I will start betaing again on the 6th and finish as soon as I can. Thank you for your understanding on my break, and to people who I just answered back, if this break hurts you I'm really sorry. ~Saku~

I am a very flexible beta reader. I can take all pairings M/M; M/F; F/F and all characters (even original characters), it does not even matter if I hate the pairing or character.

The only thing I do ask of those who are wanting me to beta for them is that they have a chapter almost finished. I have gotten people that want me to beta paragraph by paragraph and that is really hard to do. It makes the paragraphs before hard to understand.

As for how I beta I read over the chapter about 3-4 times each time looking at a different aspect. And when I find a problem I bold and red it next to the error. I leave it up to the writer since it is their baby. I do not get mad if the writer asks extra questions or if they do not want to make the changes. Each person is their own, and my suggestions are just that suggestions. I do not kick people away for that. I usually take a week- unless my dad messes with the internet cable- then it might take longer. Also I do email if it's going to take longer then a week.

I excel at spelling. Also I'm really good at finding what word does not make sense- like a tense problem or just that the word does not work in the paragraph. I can also find paragraphs that do not make sense or that are confusing.

I'm kind of good at grammar and punctuation- there are times though that those fail me. I'm really good with people who's second language in english and needs help with that.

And I'm good with catching MarySue's or GaryStu's. And I'm pretty good at catching when characters are out of character (OOC) at the fandoms that I know.

I'm also good with those who are new at writing.

My weaknesses would be trying to find a more colorful vocabulary for stories. I'm good at writing it and checking it but I tend to have it fail me when I'm beta'ing. Also I tend to lack at the whole advanced grammar (grammar Nazi) type of checking. I can take care of the easier grammar errors but some rules do still fail me.

As stated above I am good with all pairings and characters. I can take M/M, M/F or even F/F. I have not found anything that has squicked me, though there are some topics I rather stay away from. But I am usually really laid back when I beta.

I really have not turned away anyone just because of what they have written. I prefer that I beta the fandoms I know, just because I can pick out errors easier and I can catch when a character becomes out of character. However if the writer is in a bind I will check those out of my fandom.

Also I prefer to stay away from pairings that have really young children with way older adults (like those around 10-11), young teens are totally fine with me. But I have even broken this to help out.

So honestly I really do not see anything that I would turn away from. Though those that I am not familiar with the fandom I may ask for the writer to find someone who knows it better then me for the actual fandom check of it.

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