Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

I can help beta read: •American English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Experience: None as of yet

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read:

Additional Comments:

Ratings I'll sensitivity read for: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days

Experience: I've never formally beta or sensitivity read before! I do edit and co-write professionally so hopefully those skills transfer over.

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: I'm not down with anything involving positive portrayals of underage sexual relationships, highlighted age gaps, or age play. No shade, it's just not my thing. That sometimes takes me out of the running for fics set in in the very early seasons. Obviously Buffy and Spike are almost always going to have a massive age gap but if it's a fic where baby Buffy is having sex with Spike and that's highlighted strongly I may have to pass. But Buffy being super young when she's dating Angel and that being presented as problematic, for instance, is totally fine.
I'm cool reading or betaing for literally anything else though. Violence, abuse, and explicit sexual content is all fine.

Additional Comments: I'm a professional copywriter and freelance writer and do a lot of editing and co-writing for work. I have a B.S. in English with a focus in Poetry. I'm also knowledgable when it comes to:
- Many modern witchcraft movements and practices and some historical pagan practices
- Historical costuming and period-accurate historical accounts of the American 1800s.
- Traditional and survivalist skills including bushcrafting, gardening, traditional medicine, cooking, etc.
- Some firearm and mixed martial arts skills
I have "not currently beta reading stories" checked but I'm happy to provide insight on any topics that may be helpful even if it isn't strictly "sensitivity reading". I'm just not editing other works at the moment.

Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

I can help beta read: •American English  •British English  •Grammar  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days

Experience: Proofreading/editing scholarly work for the most part, and I’d like to try something not so boring.

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read:

Additional Comments:

Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R 

I can help beta read: •American English  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days

Experience:  I have yet to beta anything, however everyone I know has called me the most amazing writer and or editor they know.

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: Just pornography. I can't write porn or seduction to save my bloody life.

Additional Comments:  I'm in school, so I may not be the best choice. I'm often unable to use this site, so it is likely I will only be of help on the weekends.

Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

Ratings I'll sensitivity read for: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

I can help beta read: •American English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-2 weeks

Experience: I've betaed for writers like ClowniestLivEver, simmony, Desicat and I also betaed for other writers outside of BTVS and ATs Fandom. 
Since I'm a Psychology graduate and have done minor counseling session for survivors of SA and abuse on women and children, I have experience handling trauma. I'm also good with crossovers and have Beta read some from MCU writers as well as DC writers, and other fandoms, I have a large array of fandoms I follow. So I can help you with that if you're writing a crossover fic.
 

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: I would like to avoid any Suicide Attempts or mentions of Suicide as much as possible. However, if it is part of the fic because of trauma from SA then I can take it. But other than that, I'm alright with anything.

Additional Comments: I have a 10+ experience in fic writing, and I also do research papers and journal writing for Psychology topics. If you're writing themes that involved mental health and counseling, I can also help with that. As I've mentioned, I have a great array of fandoms I follow and can help whenever you need ideas for crossovers. I have also watched the series so many times and can help with making sure your fic stays as canon as possible.

Ratings I'll beta: •NC-17 

I can help beta read: •American English  •British English  •Canon Elements  •Plot Suggestions 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days

Experience: NOTE: APRIL 2024 - I remain on the beta list, but life is busy as RL impinges hard upon my online & writing life. Write me please have a ready sample you've worked on) and we will see what is possible as I love to beta/edit. Bear in mind that I work with people on other sites as well as editing original fiction. 
Also: If I have refused you on multiple occasions, please do not keep asking. 
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I've done a lot of informal beta reading and commentary for people (mostly on Twisting the Hellmouth) over the last 10 years.
I've beta'd for several writers on EF as well.
I've written over 1.25 million words of fiction that have been well received.
Although I live in the USA, I grew up in the Commonwealth, so I tend to notice linguistic differences in English usage across the diaspora. (There are differences in English usage beyond just the UK/US, though that is most germane to the stories we write).  I don't care how you, the author spells words in your narrative, but how characters speak (and the way they think) differs and that matters a lot.   I will be very vigilant about that.   I don't know all the minutia of Cockney rhyming slang, but I do know the real origin of Berk...
I'm best at: helping people get canon right, helping people avoid internal inconsistencies and plot holes.  Also getting small (especially real-world) details right so that the fantasy is grounded in believable reality. I will edit sex scenes... but I'm brutal about them being good, vital to story and NOT sounding like crappy porno.
Though I am not a grammarian, I am very good about words... Use the right ones.  Use them in correct tense and form... I'm very very good at noticing when people use words like pique, peak and peek interchangeably... DON'T!! The spell check is NOT a substitute for editing.
Important note: I do not hate ANY of the characters.  Yes, I will work with someone who shows their work and creates a believable villain, or just a Scooby/former hero going off the rails.  Sometimes the story is revealed in the ‘ugly’.  No, I won’t facilitate someone’s unprocessed rage by helping them with pure character bashfic.  If you truly, floridly hate a character, you cannot be objective when writing them.  To create a believable villain OR hero, you need a degree of objectivity.  Kill or damage your darlings... Those are what the reader will FEEL.
I actually find I can best get into the heads of the characters that I love the most… and see their darkness.
All that said, I like happy endings. 

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: Won’t write and don’t want to beta:

• Pure character bashing.  (see above)

• Mary Sue-ing.  There’s NO perfect character in the verse… if they are perfect, they’re god.  Just no.

• All human.  I don’t hate it, but it has zero interest to me.  If I already have an ongoing relationship with a great writer, I will consider it and I have read a couple decent ones, but it’s not my cuppa. 

• Also not so fond of vampire Buffy, though I have seen it done well a couple times.

• On screen rape sex, particularly lovingly described.  I’m a rape (child sex abuse) survivor.  I don’t get a kick over it.  That said, I can read and have written about some awful situations.  I think the ‘AR’ in Buffy was necessary to the narrative, though I hate it and it turns my stomach and it should be upsetting.  I won't be triggered by ugly.  I just think the violation of humans (men, women and children) needs to be shown for what it is.  VILE.

All my rape related writing has been from the perspective of and with full sympathy for the victim/survivor.  I will get into the head of the bad guy, but I won’t celebrate violation of anyone of any age for any reason.  As a former first responder, I’m not easily squicked, but I have clear feelings that truly non-consensual sex is not ever a good thing.
I will not write, read or beta anything which DESCRIBES sex between an adult and a child (anyone below 17).  Brief description of a crime is not included in this.
Edit 5/21/2021- regarding Blood Play... with clarification.  If you have questions about this, please ask and please be specific if you can be.
I am NOT fond of blood play.  No, I'm not even slightly squeamish about blood, so writing about situations where there is blood or injury or surgery will not be an issue. Having seen enough of the real thing, I find bleeding for entertainment not sexy in the slightest. Also, casual biting of the neck is likely to cause a stroke even if it doesn't lead to bleeding to death. Torn carotids bleed out fast. (Yes, I know, i think too much!) 
There will (of course) be instances were people are bitten and that's fine - it's part of the genre. I just don't find it romantic. 
To be clear: Buffy saving Spike by giving him her blood does NOT bother me. 
Buffy as a lovely 'sexy' snack (whether from neck or oral sex ) really really does b/c fundamentally, I think it's demeaning and diminishes Buffy as a woman and that is not sexy to me.  I don't think menstrual sex is dirty, I just don't see it as a dinner opportunity.

A vampire is a predator.  A woman who for fun and giggles gives herself to a vampire as a snack is PREY, not a girlfriend. 
By contrast: Being a blood donor (to save or heal someone) whether it's directly from the body, or the more usual way is NOT being prey.
NOTE: While I don't believe that 'claiming' is canon,  I don't have any objection to betaing a mutual 'claim'. (I don't really think of this type of quick exchange as blood play)

Additional Comments: Interest in things medical.  Former first responder with a nursing degree. 
Good at writing fights & action. Done a lot of research about the military and law enforcement because I tend to write crossovers that include them.
Have been told I'm good at writing sex.  I'm also HUGELY opinionated about writing sex well.  You have been warned.
I really, really love crossovers with other fandoms.  If you have a crossover idea, run it by me and see if we are fandom compatible. Even if I haven't read/watched your fandon, I am probably game unless it's something I truly dislike. I'm pretty open to new fandoms.
My thread on writing sex:
Blue's sex writing thread
My thread on not misusing words:
Blue's word misuse thread (rant)

Ratings I'll beta: •NC-17  •Adult Only

I can help beta read: •American English  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Experience: Oct 2023: I've been reading for the lovely honeygirl51885 and the lovely alittlemoretime for a couple years now and you'll find my name pop up as beta here and there on other stories throughout EF too.

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: I'm not huge on underage stuff, though I understand it's part of canon. A little tends to be fine, but I'm not keen on sifting through tens of thousands of words about it 

Additional Comments: So I'm a decently good copyeditor (as my day job is creating educational materials) and can tell your from you're, to from too and know when to properly use an 's. I'm big on BtVS, but less on Angel and haven't read any comics at all. I can review (Canadian) French. I like smut, but otherwise don't mind any type of story. I don't mind reviewing older stories too, if that's helpful.
My turnaround is usually a chapter (or 10 pages) a night, depending on how many authors I'm reading for. So if I've agreed to read for you but you haven't heard from me in a couple days, feel free to ping me.
I prefer working in Google Docs in 'Suggesting' mode, but am open to hearing about other workflow options if authors have their own preferences. 

Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17 

I can help beta read: •British English  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Experience: .

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read:

Additional Comments: I don't have any experience betaing for anyone but I love reading and writing Spuffy and my grammar and punctuation are excellent. The biggest problem I have with writing my own stories is I forget what I have already put in and put it in again so I know that having someone look at a story with fresh eyes is really important.
Also technically I have Irish English, no different from British English but worth a mention I thought.

Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

I can help beta read: •American English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Experience: I  haven't betaed any story but i want to try and help, i'm French but it's been ten years i've been reading stories. It's worth a try.

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: i will read any stories

Additional Comments:

Ratings I'll beta: •G  •PG  •PG-13  •R  •NC-17  •Adult Only

I can help beta read: •American English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Experience: I'm currently doing some beta work for Melme1325, Maxine Eden, ClowniestLivEver, and Simmony. 

Story types/topics I will not beta or sensitivity read: I'll give anything a chance! However, I'm not terribly familiar with the comics or Angel, apart from the crossover episodes. 

Additional Comments: I have a torrid love affair with commas that I'm eager to spread around. As a screenwriting student, my strengths are plotting and refining, and I deeply enjoy episode, season, and series rewrites. As such, I'm your gal if you have a longfic in the works. I have pretty strong opinions about canon that I won't allow to affect my work, but I'm happy to share if requested.