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[darkluna]

Matt/Near fluff getting longer and less fluffy by the minute. Enough so that if I ever manage to pull together all the threads it's sprouting, I'll probably need a very loving, picky beta. I kind of have to decide how difficult I want to make things for Matt. This is always a problem for me. I hate to be mean to characters, even if things are going to work out OK in the end. (Or as OK as they ever get in this fandom. *sigh*)

I have a lot of work. Six projects at the moment, and they've all started moving. Often, one book will be idle and a couple will be busy, but right now, they're all busy.

People might not know, so what I do is this: I'm a production editor, and I work on computer books. I'm in charge of making sure chapters get to everyone who needs them, from the indexer to the proofreader to the author. I also make sure all the art gets done, and I review each chapter for house style and stuff. I'm the one who decides when they're content-final, and the one who kicks everybody else so we make the print date. :-) I love my job. It lets me be as anal retentive as I like.

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[angryhamster.livejournal.com]

i would love to beta, if you don't mind me possibly being a tad slow for a while because of college. :) but i have done beta work for years and matt/near is mah ship. :D

ps: your job sounds amazing, how did you get into it?

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

Oh, I remember what a big help you were with "Lullaby." This story has a way to go, but I may hit you up for beta-ing when it's done. Thanks for offering!

I was an English major at school, and worked as a tech writer for a little while. Then I decided I liked editing better. I found my current job on craigslist and was a freelancer for a while before joining up for real. The tech experience helped, but most of my co-workers are just plain English or journalism people.