Critter Notices
Critters is 30!
Last November, Critters turned 30 years old! Wow! Thanks so much to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!
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Critters Autopilot / Multi-week Batch Mode...
If you see a notice that Critters is on Autopilot, that means the Critter Captain is not available and/or we're in the middle of a multi-week batch of manuscripts. This happens over many holidays when a lot of people travel and critiquing is at a lower pace than usual (and/or when the ol' Cap'n' is just out of town). Critters is about 99% automated, but the Cap'n monitors some of the software as it runs so those processes get held.
During multi-week batches you should still do one critique per week; there will be more manuscripts posted than for a normal week so there are more to choose from. If you're a new member, no new manuscripts will be emailed so choose manuscripts to critique from the online queue.
Multi-week batches also mean different rules are in effect for the MPC award.
When in autopilot...
- Critiques are processed as normal, so send them in (early and often)
- New manuscripts submitted to the queue are not added (but are stored and will be added in order received when autopilot is switched off)
- The Critter Captain is quite possibly unable to answer emails, but send them and he'll get to them when he returns
