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

I can help with: •American English 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Beta experience: I haven't betad any fanfic but I have done some professional editing and writing, and I taught writing for adults at one time.  I love some angst, and building tension - not so good with the fluff.  My favorite seasons are the late one, and my sweet spot is post NFA.

Story types/topics I will not beta: No mpreg, all human, or major character bashing.

Additional Comments: I love research.

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

I can help with: •American English  •British English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days

Beta experience: I've worked with a couple of authors so far, but I'm not a master-beta*—yet (wink).  Get it?! Sorry. I love innuendo and lame puns! 
I'm a Word-gal myself, but I must admit to enjoying life on the dark side (Google Docs) for how easy it is to edit, suggest and comment in real time with the author.
I don't want to over-check and cramp your style, but I am a stickler for traditional grammar rules. I'll always try to give positive and constructive feedback!
Please proofread your own work before handing it off to be checked. I know from personal experience that if I look over my own stuff a day or so after I've written it, I can usually find a tonne of mistakes I was blind to.
If you can give me a heads-up on what your deadline is, I'll try to get it back all ship-shaped and shiny by that date.

Story types/topics I will not beta: I'll read almost anything, but please don't scar my poor, imaginative beta-brain with gratuitous violence, torture, or rape scenes if it's not essential to the story or character development. I remember that shit and DREAM about it. 😨
I love a good smutty Spuffy story (also alliteration!), so bring on the PW/P or PW/OP, BDSM, erotica, whatever! The spicier, the better! 🌶
I love All Human and AU. You take those characters and fly, girl! ✨
Sorry, but I'm not a fan of fics written in the first person.

Additional Comments: I teach grammar (ESL) and speak Australian English, which is mostly British English, but with a few Americanisms and some weird slang no one understands. I know nothing about US or UK school systems. 
I've binge-watched BTVS too many times to count, so canon, quotes, and stinky herbs are a go. I hate Angel, so I've only watched AtS maybe twice, but I know all the crossovers. I'm reading the comics now, but comic dyslexia is a thing, and I'm struggling.
I'll use whichever system you're using (UK or US English) for spelling and punctuation, but together they are unmixy, people! When in doubt, I'm going to refer to the Chicago Manual of Style, but if you have a personal style you'd like to keep (E.g. "Wha--" vs. "Wha—"), then let me know and I will follow your lead. 💛
I mostly use QuillBot and ProWritingAid for first checks, then do a thorough check afterwards. I do not like Grammarly. It is the devil and makes characters' speech sound like AI robots. 🤖
Oh, and I'm fluent in Japanese. Pfhht. Like anybody needs that. If you come to Japan, I'll be your Spuffy-friend tour guide, though.
On that note, I use a Japanese keyboard (Japanese keyboards have like a billion extra kinds of dashes and dots), so I'll try to be careful not to use characters that don't appear correctly on English-only computers. Also, our time zones are likely to be different, so keep that in mind for deadlines and response times for messages, emails, etc. Yoroshiku! I hope we can make great Spuffy together! ♡

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

I can help with: •American English  •British English  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Beta experience: I did some beta for ssddgr, paganbaby, darkrivertempest and pixiecorn back in the day, and more recently for maryperk.
I do editing as a freelancer as a side biz, as LMO Editing (website under construction). Oh and I have a degree in English.
No way I'd charge to beta fanfic though.

Story types/topics I will not beta: Non-con, SA, 

Additional Comments: I will be your cheerleader and you will always know how I feel about your story.

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

I can help with: •American English  •Grammar  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Beta experience: I have very little experience betaing in fandom, but I'm willing to be super involved (send as many drafts as you want!) and I have experience critiquing writing from an "academic" standpoint (creative writing minor)

Story types/topics I will not beta: Angel bashing is a hard no, and baby/pregnancy fics and all human aus are a soft no

Additional Comments:

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

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

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days

Beta experience: I betaed a chapter of "A Slayers Fortune" by VeronaFiernan. I aslo betead "Inner Demon=Literal Cat" by Desicat (on EF). I have participated in several workshop based creative writing classes where I read other students' work and offered my thoughts and suggestions. See my "works betaed" tab on my profile for the complete list of stories that I have beta read. 

Story types/topics I will not beta: I will not beta stories with the following:

• Smut. Nope. I generally won't beta smutfics unless I know the author and have worked with them before. Fade-to-black is fine. This is why it says I won't beta NC-17 or Adult Only stories. If your story is rated for violence and not sex then I WILL beta it. 
• Incest. Sire/child could be considered pseudo-Incest but I am fine with it. True incest, however, nope, not gonna happen. Basically, I'd be fine with Angel(us)/Drusilla but not Joyce/Dawn.
• Stories with temp Spike/other or Buffy/other, especially temp Spike/Dru or Spike/Angel, or Buffy/Angel or Buffy/Riley. This isn't because I hate those pairings, quite the opposite. It's because I like them too much and get sad reading about breakups. If it goes polyship-y that's fine, I love polyships. 
• Anything with character/ship bashing. I like most of the characters. Don't want to read about how awful they are. 

Additional Comments: My knowledge of BtVS canon is great. My knowledge of AtS canon is a lil shaky for the later seasons. My knowledge of the comics is very broad ideas of a few storylines. 
Weird, niche knowledge about: Biology (cellular/molecular/biochemistry, anatomy and physiology, evolution etc), the Sims, folklore, cheerleading.
Will talk your ear about any of the above things. Loves to debate vampire biology.
If I think you're character bashing I will tell you. (Personally I don't care for it, but it has it's place. If it's intentional let me know.)
I love violent stuff please send me all the horrible torture. 
I love to work with authors and help them talk through what they're trying to accomplish! I also try to give more neutral feedback and less value judgements, but willing to offer opinions. Basically I will adapt to what you're looking for.

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

I can help with: •American English  •British English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 4-7 days

Beta experience: I've better for several authors, tho I'm not sure their fics are still in print.

Story types/topics I will not beta:

Additional Comments:

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

I can help with: •American English  •British English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-2 weeks

Beta experience: I was a translator and a copy editor for most of my professional life (many, many years), and English is my strongest suit. I am quite finicky about basic style rules, but will always respect the author's style. I'm madly in love with Spuffy and so grateful that the authors here keep them alive. I am also primarily an avid reader who needs to be captured by a story and the words used to bring it to life. I  shudder when I read grammar mistakes because they interrupt my reading enjoyment. I  could be described as a canon-nut, but enjoy moderate-to-wild fantasy as long as it has some canon in it, especially if the goal is HEA, but not necessarily. I like time travel, but as a reader I can find it confusing, which can be useful to point out (?). Those are the aspects I look out for, and would expect any work submitted for beta-ing to have aspired to fulfill them to the best of the author's abilities.
I've been copy-editing--I guess you would say beta reading?--the last few chapters of Perfect Clarity, which is something of a jewel. And I've been working with a few other authors, loving it.
I've also worked on a couple of the latest chapters of Encased in Sunshine, and had the honor of working on flow's contribution to the Spiral Spuffy event.

Story types/topics I will not beta: Not really interested in AH. Would not be comfortable with horror or excessive violence. Smut is fine, except when it seems to reflect the author's personal fantasies more than anything inherent to the original characters (e.g. gigantic dick, over-the-top SM) and I'm not fond of threesomes, not even to check for typos. So I would not be the beta to go to for those.
Not interested in writing that feels like a first draft that the author has not even re-read.

Additional Comments: I currently (May-July 2023) have some health issues and am undergoing tests, so it's best to first make sure I'm available to revise your work.
I'd also like to qualify my turnaround time. I checked 1-2 weeks but this a conservative estimate, because you never know what life will be throwing in your face that will need immediate, time-consuming attention. So far, I've been sending work back far within a week, and 1-3 days can be totally possible.

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

I can help with: •American English  •British English  •Canon Elements  •Grammar  •Plot Suggestions  •Punctuation 

Turnaround for an average length chapter: 1-3 days

Beta experience: Currently active for Holly, occasional beta for Cosmic Tuesdays. Am willing to tackle anything. 

Story types/topics I will not beta:

Additional Comments: Am a good witch like Tara, not a bad witch like Willow. Love writing Drusilla, Illyria, and Faith. And Spike. Knowledgeable about IS law, mythology, and geography. Can also choreograph fight scenes and sex scenes.