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gracefulpinecone is offering:
Organizations this auction benefits: Congo Leadership
Initiative *, Crips for eSims for Gaza, Disability Law United *,
Environmental Integrity Project, Global Project Against Hate and
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Type of fanwork: Fan labor
Subtype(s): Betaing,
Culture picking, Sensitivity reading, Specialist expertise,
Translation
Fandom(s): Any
Highest rating:
E
Minimum Bid: $5
Audience: All
ages
Length/scope: Translation: Less than 1k words.
Everything else: Depends how much the bidder
contributes.
Special interests (what is this?): Aro/ace characters,
Canonically trans or nonbinary chars, F/F ships, Gen (no ship) or
platonic works, Poly ships, Trans or nonbinary interpretations of
canon characters
Fanwork Details:
Betaing: I am able to offer beta-reading for either American
or British English. I typically offer a more technical beta-reading
for spelling, grammar, word choice and overall sentence structure. As
part of this, I may additionally be able to provide a handful of
suggestions/concrit, if I am familiar with the fandom. However, I am
not generally comfortable offering in-depth review/concrit of the
story's plot, characterisation, style choices, etc., so if this is
something you're seeking, you may be better suited to a different beta
reader.
Culture-picking: I can offer culture-picking for the USA, and
especially the East Coast, as well as Colorado. Additionally, I can
offer a lighter culture-picking for the UK (specifically southern
England) and Spain, though if you are looking for either of these
exclusively, I might first look into others who may have more
in-depth/native experience.
Translation: I am able to offer translation from English into Spanish
or vice versa. However, due to the specific complexity required, I am
limiting this offering to works of roughly 1k or less.
Sensitivity reading: I am able to offer sensitivity reading as part of
the following communities/life experiences:
-The LGBTQ community as a whole, and specifically the trans (male),
bisexual, and queer experiences, as well as experience with ENM and
the asexual spectrum
-The disabled community as a whole, and specifically experience with
mental health conditions including a spectrum of anxiety and
depressive disorders, PTSD and CPTSD. I may also be able to provide a
lighter reading of invisible chronic pain conditions, though this is
dependent on the nature of your work
-The neurodivergent community as a whole, and specifically experience of ADHD
-Adverse childhood experiences and parental abuse
-School shootings (this is subject to discussion, and is only offered
depending on the nature of your work)
-Growing up and living as a fat person
-Moving/adjusting to a new country and culture as a teenager (and
adult), including studying abroad
-Christianity as a whole, and specifically Lutheranism
Specialist expertise: I am able to offer general expertise in the
American and British foster care systems, from multiple perspectives -
as a service user, foster carer, and social worker. I am especially
familiar with the services surrounding teenagers.
Relevant experience/background:
Betaing: I have been reviewing/editing/beta-reading on and
off for the past decade. This has included both fanfiction and
original work, though I have more experience with fanfiction. I also
co-founded my school's first writing club, which I lead for a number
of years. As part of this, a significant portion of time was spent
reviewing and editing others' work.
Culture-picking: I am originally from the USA, originally growing up
on the East Coast and spending my formative years in Colorado. I now
live in southern England, and I originally moved here as a minor, so I
have also spent a significant (formative) portion of my life here.
Finally, through my degree, studying abroad, and significant
involvement with the language and culture through my wife and her
family, I have a cultural and linguistic understanding of Spain. I am
also able to run more in-depth queries by my wife for her native
expertise.
Translation: I am a native English speaker educated to a degree level,
and proficient to roughly a B2 level in Spanish, which was also a
significant portion of my degree. Part of this degree was spent
learning translation from both languages. Additionally, my wife is a
native Spanish speaker from Spain who also grew up fluent in English.
Any translation I provide (whether English into Spanish or vice versa)
will be checked by my wife for accuracy (and, in the case of English
into Spanish, to ensure the sentences flow at a native level).
Sensitivity reading: All of the listed topics and communities are
those I have lived experience of, in order to offer the most authentic
voice I am able to. I have spent a significant portion of time within
each of the communities, including volunteering with others whose
experiences differ significantly from my own.
Specialist expertise: In addition to significant amounts of
volunteering, research, and lived experiences, I am currently
undergoing certification to become a foster carer, and am a
prospective social worker.
Additional notes about labor offered:
I am happy to offer any/all of the selected fan labour as
part of the same package for the winning bid, with the exception of
beta-reading for Spanish works, as I am not a native speaker and
therefore do not feel comfortable providing this. Adicionalmente,
podemos comunicar en español, pero a veces prefiero usar ingles para
los sujectos más complicado (ej. "sensitivity reading").
Unwilling to address:
Actual, graphic non-con (explicitly stated CNC is fine) and
extreme underage, extreme violence/torture/gore, cannibalism,
HNC/situations of general hopelessness/tearjerkers,
non-canon-compliant MCD (or canon-compliant MCD where the entire focus
of the fic is on the death), body horror, mind fuck, extreme substance
abuse, bugs, furry, feeding/feederism, foot fetish, wet and
messy/"gross" smut fics.
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