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Looking for someone to take a look at a series of 7 one shots (based on a future novel not yet completed). Each One Shot is about 1500-2000 words but one is longer and 2 are shorter. Mostly I'm looking for someone to catch any bad plotting or failed charecterization. Maybe some last minute spelling and grammer me and my spell check missed. Ive never worked with a editor/beta reader but did beta reading for a friend once. I prefer to use comments in google docs but other arangements could be made. The story is about a family of shifters as they adopt a new member and the relationship between the two boys. Excerpt: Aidan woke up when he heard the door click open. He pulled the younger boy closer, hiding his body behind him. He smelt his parents enter the room. He made sure the blanket was covering the smaller boy completely, to keep him warm of course, before rolling over to face his parents. “I told you he would make it. He’s a shifter like us.” “What happened last night Aidan?” His father asked carefully. “He changed.” Gwen gasped and put a hand on her husband’s arm, “There’s no way, Lennox. He’s too young. Could he be bitten?” “No, he knew what was happening. He’s definitely a born shifter.” Aidan turned back to the sleeping boy. His face was soft, almost angelic in sleep. He knew behind those softly twitching eyelids were the brightest blue eyes he had even seen. “Aidan, he can’t be more than 10.” “I know, I know. But that’s what happened. And he is completely healed.” “Maybe his injuries triggered an early change?” “Maybe he’s just special.” Aidan said absent mindedly. “Hmm…” Lennox grunted. “He IS special.” Aidan insisted. He turned his head towards his parents, one hand gently playing across the young boy’s hair. “He can stay with us, right? We can’t leave him alone. I’m going to keep him. I’m going to take care of him now.” He looked back down on the boy, his voice going soft, “My special little pup. I’ll take care of you.” Without waking the little boy pushed his head into Aidan’s hand, deepening the contact. His breath soft and even, his heart beating steadily. Completely synchronized with Aidan’s.

I'm working on a story for the Fall Anthology, due date October 28. The story is just short of 20k and a sci fi story. A beta would be great to catch any inconsistencies and an editor would have a field day with my commas and Swinglish... If you want to help me out, just let me know!

I am looking for someone who can do a turn around of a couple of days per chapter. I have worked with betas before and I am looking for someone who help with someone who can help me make sure that the plot makes sense to the readers; as I am very bad at editing my own work. It would be nice to have some help with grammar but also some general advice. So far I have 9 chapters written 24,094 words. I use Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or Open Office. Primarily Word. I have no preference to whether inline or comments are used. Here is a snippet of the first chapter: I stood there and watched as they folded the flag that had been laid across my brother’s coffin. I couldn’t believe that he was actually gone. He was my best friend and the only one in my family that knew I was gay. Even though he was in the Marines, he was ok with having a gay brother and loved me, regardless of who I loved. My parents stood next to me and you couldn’t tell that they were burying their first born son. Dad believed that real men didn’t show emotion. I could feel his eyes on me and knew that he would be disgusted with me because I was crying for the loss of Sam, my brother. I looked around and saw that there were several Marines from his unit here. There was one in particular that caught my eye. He stood about six foot six with about two hundred and forty pounds of solid muscle. He looked like a typical guy’s guy Marine. I could tell that he was all business, but there was something about him that kept drawing my eyes over to him. My eyes were drawn back to the casket as an officer handed my mom the flag. Thank you for the help in advance.