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I was eeked by a beta today. I want to dance with this woman, her honesty was overwhelming, I eeked myself when she showed to me that not only did I end a sentence with 'though' I did it in an EEK award winning way.

Beta readers (especially her) are the biggest gift the internet has to offer.


Have you ever had an EEK moment?
 

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Absolutely. And like you, I was thrilled to get it. Anything that makes my present work stronger and helps me avoid future mistakes is most welcome - no matter how eeky it makes me feel. Honest betas and critters are simply made of gold, I tell ya.

ETA: I really should have said "Yes, LOTS and I was thrilled to get them."
 
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My moments are more like "Gah!", generally.

But yeah, I've had quite a few of them. I love it when betas catch that sort of thing and let me know about it. :)
 

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wtf is an "eek?" Is it anything like a "squee?"

An eek moment is very much like a squee. Eek, is more something a woman on top of a chair would scream at a mouse. Squee, could be a reaction to a range of things.
 

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I was eeked by a beta today. I want to dance with this woman, her honesty was overwhelming, I eeked myself when she showed to me that not only did I end a sentence with 'though' I did it in an EEK award winning way.

Beta readers (especially her) are the biggest gift the internet has to offer.


Have you ever had an EEK moment?


Does having a heart attack and being diagnosed as a type II diabetic on the same day count?
 

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Hie thee to cuteoverload.com. Squee is the sound you brain makes as you contemplate something so cute it could destroy the earth.

I hadn't considered squee as a good thing. I got a couple of those as well.


And I've definitely had EEK! moments. Usually, though, they're when a reader says, "This scene is too monstrous to keep. I can't believe you have this stuff in your head. Why did you make me have it in mine?"
 

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I haven't written anything particularly long enough to have a beta yet. But I can't wait!

And now I want to watch Eek! the cat...
 

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Oh yeah, plenty...and I relished in each. Re-read and re-worked to make something I am proud of.

The other good thing about EEK moments is ... you rarely make those mistakes again.
 
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