Posted: 1/12/2015 7:01 PM
Post subject: Request: Proof reading my short story
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Walker_Boh
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Hello, Tasvideos! As some of you might know I'm an author, with five novels behind me. Recently I was asked to contribute to a sci fi anthology. The anthology consists of short stories, written in english by swedish or swedish speaking authors. I have now finished a short story that I'm satisfied with. I've come to realize though, that since english is not my native language, it's very challenging to have the same feel for the language as you have with your own native language. Hence there is bound to be risks for bugs in my text, and this is the reason for this post. I would like to ask if there's anyone here, that has english as his or hers native language (or that is extremely skilled), that would like to proof read my short story? I have a deadline to meet, so if you are up for this you'll have to read it in a few days. I can't offer much for it, but if this sounds interesting, please give me a pm and I can share more details, should I've omitted something here that slipped my mind :) The anthology will be called "Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep". One can read more about the publisher here: www.affront.se, although the information is in swedish. Thank you very much for your time! BR Hans Olsson (Walker Boh)
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Posted: 1/12/2015 7:14 PM
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Nach
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How long is this short story? 5 pages? 30 pages?
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Posted: 1/12/2015 7:20 PM
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Walker_Boh
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That's a good question, which I apparently omitted! It's 26 pages, 1.5 points of line spacing. So for a short story it's fairly long, but not extremely long.
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Posted: 1/12/2015 9:31 PM
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Walker_Boh
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I got two voulunteers! Big thanks guys for your support. I'll send you a pm shortly, and for the rest of you, should you be interested, I'll get back to when and where you can read the anthology!
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Posted: 1/13/2015 1:29 AM
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ALAKTORN
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I might’ve wanted to volunteer but looking at your first post scared me. Whoever will be proofreading it is gonna have to fix a lot of stuff. Good luck. Edit: the easiest thing I can tell you is that languages go capitalized in English.
Posted: 1/13/2015 7:47 PM
(Edited: 1/14/2015 7:04 AM)
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Walker_Boh
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Edited.
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Posted: 1/13/2015 8:11 PM
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Feel free to PM me with a link to your story and I might take a look.
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