Surprise

[indri]

There's a story about Drusilla that I've been working on now for six and a half years, on and off. I've surprised myself recently by finally finishing a draft. I'll probably need another week or two to do fact-checking and finish a second draft, but after that I would welcome a couple of betas. I guess the ideal beta readers would travel widely in Europe and/or have a good knowledge of 1840s England. (I'm assuming a knowledge of Buffy, Angel and grammar.)

Any volunteers? It's about 10 000 words. Speed is obviously not of the essence for this one.

Comments

[shapinglight]

Er..I'm not widely travelled in Europe, but otherwise would I do?

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Bit iffy on Eastern Europe but major Western cities plus 1840s England I can do. If that's any use, let me know and I'll send you my email addy.

[gillo]

I'm an English lit graduate, fairly well-travelled in Western Europe, living in England. PM me if you're interested

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

I am only very narrowly traveled in Europe, and doubt I have more than a passing knowledge of 1840s England, but I am v. v. happy to know there is a Dru fic by you coming! Excite!

[ex_peasant441]

Send it over if you want.

[indri]

I am keen to get your input, particularly for this one.

I went looking for the Aurelian timeline at the Plot but the link is broken. Is it down permanently? I would welcome a copy so I can fact-check my dates (hence my egregious typo - I meant 1860s not 1840s above).

[indri]

Then I hope it lives up to your expectations :)

[ex_peasant441]

I'm very keen to read it. I remember you talking about it a number of years ago.

http://peasant.notanothersite.com/gate/history.html

Was working a minute ago.

I'm so stupid today I didn't even notice you had put 1840s. This possibly doesn't recommend me as a beta reader ;)

[indri]

Just reread it all, thanks. No errors in my story when compared to it, so that's good.

I really enjoy the dry sense of humour in your timeline comments. I snickered quite a few times.