Looking for an editor

[AmethystMarie]

Hello,

I'm looking for an editor to look over a novella length work in progress, currently standing at 83 pages but will double or triple when my brain stops. The piece is a plot driven NC-17 (more words between the smoochies)story.

This is a Harry Potter -verse fanfic - all adult characters with two original characters that I am trying to cure of conspicuous Mary Sue-age. In it are romance, BDSM, power/control, some non-con, mostly fluffy het, slash, angst, darkfic, and yes, even some badly conjugated Latin. Main canon characters are Sirius Black and Severus Snape – though not together. Since I won't age up any minors or make either gay, they needed new characters to play with - hence the Mary Sues.

I’m looking for a grammar nazi who is comfortable enough in HP to point out any glaring canon errors, thought holes, dead plot bunnies, slow spots, pedantic writing, and any other minor (or major) suckage, while not ruining my over-inflated ego.

On the good side – I looked up the Latin rather than making up words and I’ve spell checked it – mostly.

Should there be anyone looking for a challenge, I’d be happy to provide one.

Thank you!

 

[snooper]

Caution

J.K.Rowling's IPR police are almost as vicious as those of Disney, Microsoft and McDonalds.

 

[KillerMuffin]

Good luck on the editor!

Lit will not publish Harry Potter fics.

 

[AmethystMarie]

Thanks!

I have seen the lack of the stories on Lit so figured it might not be accepted here. However, I do want this thing done and out of my head, possibly to post elsewhere.

From the research that I have done, and all of the C&D's I've read, the publishers aren't worried about fanfic, they are worried about unlocked doors that kids can go through.

There are now a few websites that require age statements and passwords. Before they were passworded, they too got C&D's, but, having taken care of the "concern" expressed in the letters, they have since, not been hassled.

Laurel might want to check out ChillingEffects.org to read more about the C&D's that are sent out and what can be done about them. Either way, it's a good read for legal information.

Thanks for the input! Looks like I'm still looking for that editor.

 

[snooper]

Re: Thanks!

Looks like I'm still looking for that editor.

Yes. Your required qualifications didn't encourage offers. While I am a known "grammar nazi" I am not "comfortable enough in HP" to do a proper literary editor's job in that genre.

As a further point on IPRs, I really don't blame the authors. I have to declare an interest though; I have a series of books published (for money), all set in one fictional location, all based on a dozen or so characters, and the support files run to 12Mb just to keep the details straight. I don't want someone else ripping off my universe and probably getting it wrong when I have done all the work. Worse still, if they then give it away for free on a site like Literotica. That wouldn't be fan-fic; that would be plagiarism.