Screen Name: It's uh.. on the post. But, I'm lostladyknight

Contact Details: Email me, PM me, catch me on messenger. No matter here. Just tell me who you are and why you're contacting me.

Rating(s): I'll beta any rating. Almost any ship. And almost any content matter. I do NOT do suicide, rape, or adultery.

Fandoms: I'll beta any fandom. The ones I know best I'll be able to do more with characterization and whatnot but basic mechanics I can do for anyone.

Special Skills: I'm a lot better with plot holes and stuff than spelling/grammar but I'm useful to have around for all of it.

Times: I'll usually start working within the hour I receive the piece and not walk away till I'm done. Not always though. Some longer stuff has been known to take me upwards of a week.

AOB: My style of editing changes with the person I'm working with. It's whatever is easiest for them, honestly. I have a quirk where I prefer to edit via AIM or other messenger but not many people can do that. I just find it's 10 bajillion times easier to explain some of the more technical stuff.

Screen name: Speed_Cochrane

Contact Details: PM me, add me to MSN, Yahoo or AIM. My email isn't the most reliable because it's got perpetual PMS and Alzheimers so nothing ever goes through.

Ratings: Any rating. I will not beta incest. I'm not much of a shipper but I have dabbled in E/C, D/F and D/L.

Fandoms: CSI:Miami, CSI:NY, Supernatural, Smallville, Dark Angel, Star Trek Voyager, House. I'm not great at CSI:LV but I'll be happy to check out plot holes/grammar/structure.

Special Skills: Grammar, Characterization and Research. I also speak English and French fluently.

Times: If I'm not busy, I'll start right away and have the fic back within 1 hour to 2 days. If I'm busy, it might take up to a week.

AOB: Like LLK, my style changes with the person. If I know the author is pretty seasoned, I'll take the whole fic to PM and just go over it with some basic notes at the bottom. If the author is inexperienced/unsure of their talents, I like to work with them in case there's any problems or misunderstandings. Some people need extra help, some people just need the basics. And I'm not against listening to how the author wants to work it all out--I'm flexible! And I'm not finished until I've done the best job I can.

Screen Name: Racefh853629

Contact Details: PM first, then I'll give you an email address

Rating(s): Anything up to R. Het/slash, and everything in between, but I'm not a fan of sex/smut scenes.

Fandoms: I'm pretty familiar with all the CSIs. House and Gilmore Girls I have yet to write, but I know enough of them. I'm also really familiar with NCIS, and am growing more and more familiar with Criminal Minds, which means I can help with those too.

Special Skills: I'm really good with grammar and spelling. I'm good with characterizations as well, and know a lot about what's happened in the fandoms. I can identify plot holes and can help fill them.

Times: Depends on how much I have going on, but it's usually not more than a day.

AOB: I'm like the others- really adaptable. I can get a feel for your style and can help you out with it. I'm usually available later at nights, and on some days, I'm available most of the day, too. I enjoy working closely with you, helping you to better yourself. I also don't mind just being an extra set of eyes on something!

Screen Name: HappilyHappy

Contact Details: e-mail me at pictureperfectrain@yahoo.com

Rating(s): I'll do het/slash, but nothing beyond R rating.

Fandoms: I am comfortable with CSI, CSI:MIAMI, and Supernatural. Pairings: Calleigh/Ryan, Ryan/Valera, Greg/Sara, Sara/Nick, Nick/Greg, Eric/Ryan, and Bro!Dean Bro! Sam (no incest)

Special Skills: Spelling and Grammar I do. I'm great with characterizations (listed above), descriptions. I'm also really good with dialogue.

Times: Depends on the length. I usually read the piece, then re-read it again searching for grammar/spelling and then reread it again for characterizations/descriptions, any possible re-writes. It can take me about an hour once I read it.

AOB: As stated above, I read it first to get a feel for your writing. I am adaptable, bendable.

Screen Name: Same as my real name - Jacqui

Contact Details: either PM or email - doesn't matter to me!

Rating(s): I could be called a beta whore - I'll do anything.

Fandoms: CSI:LV, Harry Potter, and Jane Austen are my top three (odd combo, I guess).

Special Skills: I've been called a Grammar Nazi and love dialogue.

Times: I like to be thorough, so it usually takes a handful of days (between 2 and 3, or possibly longer depending on how long the piece is), but I promise quality feedback.

AOB: (What does this mean, BTW?) I can work with the writer on this, but when I have beta-read in the past I've taken the piece into Word and used the comments and track changes features. This allows me to write out my thoughts/comments as I come across them. But again - whatever works for the writer is good with me!

Screen Name: marymagdalen

Contact Details: PM me first, let me know what you want, then we can swap email addresses to make things easier

Rating(s): No slash, nothing too X-rated. Won't do extreme violence either.

Fandoms: CSI all the way! Quite familiar with CSI:LV and CSI:NY, but really I'm a total CSI:Miami junkie!
Not keen on crossovers, unless they're one CSI to another.
Canon / ships - not always great at this stuff because I watch so much I get confused!!

Special Skills: Spelling and grammar are my forte. Also good at spotting plot holes, tips on formatting and layout etc. Been told I'm good on characterisation, especially for Miami. Speak French and German enough to get by!

Times: Depends how busy I am and how long the piece is, but - a week at the outside.

AOB: Style of editing would be however the author wanted it - we'd have to discuss that.

Just give me a shout if I can help you out (ooh, that's poetic!)
Leni

I'm going to amend my offer a bit:

It may take upwards of a couple of days to complete a beta now... because I'm so busy all the time. But, I'd still be very glad to do it for anyone if you have a request.

Promise.

Screen Name: HappyHarper13

Contact Details: happyharper13@gmail.com

Rating(s): All ratings, all pairings, including slash and het. The Love (a.k.a. NickGreg) and Yo!Bling are my favorites, but I'm willing to beta anything. Most of the stories that I have betaed so far have been either NickGreg or Greg/OC.

Fandoms: CSI is my primary fandom. I've watched just about every episode of Gilmore Girls, though less from later seasons. I'm fairly well-read, so book-based fanfictions are definitely also good. TV shows I can probably beta for include Bones, Homicide: Life on the Streets, anything Joss Whedon (i.e. Buffy, Firefly, Angel), and CSI: Miami. There are probably a few more that I'm not thinking of at the moment.

Special Skills: I would have to say that my biggest strength seems to be punctuation -- though I think that has more to do with the nature of writing on FFnet than my own writing and betaing. Basically, I know how to use commas and devote increasingly excessive amounts of time to correcting and explaining comma usage in other fics. Grammar and general flow in writing are also big for me. I have a decent background in journalism and have an eye for making writing more readable, through varying sentence length and structure, appropriate word choice, proper grammar and various literary techniques. I have more specifics on my FFnet profile (same screenname). I speak Spanish, though not fluently. I like to think I'm pretty decent at plot elements as well. Pacing is always the biggest issue in my own writing, so I tend to pay special attention to it.

Times: I generally try to get stuff back within 24 hours. However, I tend to fail at this. A lot. The more PMs/emails the writer sends me reminding me to beta, the quicker it gets done. In general, free time is pretty sporadic for me, so oneshots are definitely best.

AOB: My style of editing varies based on the story and author. Some of the people that I beta for are looking more for extensive, constructive advice to help improve their writing, and, in this case, I often make edits to be accepted or rejected and leave in-text comments, so that the author can see all edits. I pretty much always send feedback regarding general issues in the text and things that I think the author should work on in the future. When the author isn't looking for help improving their writing, and just wants someone to look over their piece for basic grammar and spelling, I just make edits directly into the text without marking or commenting. I'm pretty computer-savvy, so I'm comfortable with just about any form or format of betaing. That said, I only have a rudimentary word processor on my laptop, so things requiring comments and accept/reject options will almost certainly get done more slowly because I have to go elsewhere (even though it's not that far at all) to get to a PC w/ Microsoft Word.

Screen Name: peaceloverainbow

Contact Details: email @ nicoleneurotic@hotmail OR pm. =) I'm fine with both.

Rating(s): I'm fine with anything and everything.

Fandoms: I can help with practically anything in all the CSIs, Heroes, Twilight, Numb3rs, Scrubs and Harry Potter. I know a lot of other fandoms that I can help things with, so just tell me what the fandom is and if I'm not able to do it, I will gladly hook you up with a beta who can.

Special Skills: I'm good at grammar, spelling, style, sentence structure, usage errors, and I will help fill up any plot holes that may be in the story by asking you questions about it. I'm fairly good at characterization and can help with that as well.

Times: Less than 24 hours; sometimes more in the summer [yay, family camping trips!]

AOB: I usually color code my edits. I ask lots and lots of questions, unless you want the reader to have a bunch of questions after reading your story.

Screen Name: MyOwnWorstCritic

Contact Details: A.N.Sybesma@gmail.com

Rating(s): Any rating goes, and het/slash too

Fandoms: Hiphuggers (CSI: Miami), Jibbs (NCIS), Huddy (House, MD), Smacked and DLicious (CSI NY, although I'm not that grat at DL characterization)

Special Skills: I am good at grammar and spelling; I speak quite a few other languages.

Times: a day, two at most, but on holidays or vacations shorter (I'm a pretty busy girl, have to keep the grades up and the community service)

AOB: I absolutely LOVE fluff, and like to balance it out with a nice amount of angst, but I don't like mentions of rape/abuse/suicide. I can balance it out by saying that I really enjoy reading smut