Beta Reader Appreciation Day
Oct. 13th, 2005 11:06 amI see on my Friends list a mention that apparently today has been declared Beta Reader Appreciation Day. (Thanks for passing that on, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pinkdormouse!) Because I have gotten such invaluable help from my own beta readers, I could not pass up an opportunity to throw out some public accolades!
mamishka and kathrynt, you babes are fabulous for being sounding boards for ideas already rolling around in my head and giving me brilliant suggestions for how to rearrange them into an order that makes infinitely more sense. Meems, your ability to help me step back and take a second look at something I've written is invaluable. And Kathryn? You rock at helping me figure out exactly how to write me a corrupt, Machiavellian priest.
gerimaple, you rule for helping me find that one continuity error in Chapter 12 of Faerie Blood, as well as helping me realize that of COURSE Millicent Merriweather is the kind of plucky old lady who'd belt back a good 12-year-old Glenlivet. ;) kriski, you were fabulous for helping me work the first few chapters of that book into a more logical order, as well as unflinchingly pointing out Mary-Sue-y things I really needed to excise out of my heroine.
wrog and framlingem, once I get around to writing Child of Ocean, Child of Stars in earnest, oh, your times will come. I haven't forgotten all your wonderful science-geeky input back when I started trying to work out what Nereus is like in my head, and I am dead certain I will need to be calling upon you again once that book starts taking shape.
For every single one of you who helped me out by proofreading Faerie Blood and giving me input both great and small, a thousand thanks. It wouldn't be sitting at Luna getting looked at right now without your help. To every single one of you who'll be stepping up to the plate when I'm ready to hit you with the full-bore, double-barrel completed first draft of Lament, consider yourselves thanked in advance, too!
Thank you. Thank you all!
pinkdormouse!) Because I have gotten such invaluable help from my own beta readers, I could not pass up an opportunity to throw out some public accolades!mamishka and kathrynt, you babes are fabulous for being sounding boards for ideas already rolling around in my head and giving me brilliant suggestions for how to rearrange them into an order that makes infinitely more sense. Meems, your ability to help me step back and take a second look at something I've written is invaluable. And Kathryn? You rock at helping me figure out exactly how to write me a corrupt, Machiavellian priest.gerimaple, you rule for helping me find that one continuity error in Chapter 12 of Faerie Blood, as well as helping me realize that of COURSE Millicent Merriweather is the kind of plucky old lady who'd belt back a good 12-year-old Glenlivet. ;) kriski, you were fabulous for helping me work the first few chapters of that book into a more logical order, as well as unflinchingly pointing out Mary-Sue-y things I really needed to excise out of my heroine.wrog and framlingem, once I get around to writing Child of Ocean, Child of Stars in earnest, oh, your times will come. I haven't forgotten all your wonderful science-geeky input back when I started trying to work out what Nereus is like in my head, and I am dead certain I will need to be calling upon you again once that book starts taking shape.For every single one of you who helped me out by proofreading Faerie Blood and giving me input both great and small, a thousand thanks. It wouldn't be sitting at Luna getting looked at right now without your help. To every single one of you who'll be stepping up to the plate when I'm ready to hit you with the full-bore, double-barrel completed first draft of Lament, consider yourselves thanked in advance, too!
Thank you. Thank you all!
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