Beta Resources Post

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If you can offer your beta skills for a particular fandom, or culture, ethnicity, language, religion or other identity, please comment here! We will be making a list of all the offers so that people have an easy way to find the help they need.

If you have specific needs, feel free also to post here requesting a beta; anonymous comments will be unscreened, and can be replied to by a beta letting you know how to contact them. To maintain challenge anonymity, we are also happy to act as go-between if you have exhausted all other resources; just email us at darkadmn AT gmail DOT com.

DO REMEMBER: No beta is a magical minority fairy! They are not the One True Arbitrator for their People, and cannot be held responsible for other people finding fault with your story. Also, it is best to have done your own research and leg-work before asking your beta for help.

Also check out the Official beta post over on yuletide, which also has detailed instructions for how to go into yuletide chat and wrangle a hippo for beta help.

If you think you are going to write a last minute treat or extra story in a fandom, do try to plan for a beta in advance, because we cannot promise to be able to find you a last minute beta!

( List of Chromatic Yuletide Beta Offers )

Last Updated: 21 Dec. 2010.

Chromatic Yuletide 2010 Resources Post

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Sign-ups for yuletide are now live, and will close on Friday, 19th November 2010 (U.S.A. time).

As you sign-up on the website, we would like to remind you about a few things.

( Reminders and Friendly Suggestions! )

The short and simple version:
Step 1 - Officially sign up for our challenge!
Step 2 - Start signing up for Yuletide 2010. (If they seem confusing, check out these videos walking you through the process or this transcript of the videos.)
Step 3 - Use our masterlist of Chromatic Fandoms and Characters (html version) to populate your offers and requests. Use your freeform option wisely! (Suggestions: 'Chromatic yuletide', 'character of colour', 'fix it fic')
Step 4 - Scan the list of needy fandoms to see what fandoms you can rescue with a request or offer.
Step 5 - Finish your sign-ups, and wait to receive an emailed copy of them in your inbox.
Step 6 - Write a 'Dear Author' letter, post it to your journal or the yuletide's official Dear Yuletide Writer post. (Optionally, you can write this before you sign up and include a link to it in your requests.)
Step 7 - Enter your fandom, character and request details into our Chromatic Yuletide 2010 Prompts form (spreadsheet) along with a link to your 'Dear Author' letters.
Step 8 - Sign up at our beta resources post for whatever fandom- or culture-specific betas you think you can offer.
Step 9 - You're done! (Except for all the obligatory panicking about receiving your assignment, then writing it, then uploading it, etc.)

Remember, you can always comment or PM us with any questions, or email us at darkadmn AT gmail DOT com

Yay! Thanks for doing this with us!