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Books from Critters!

Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.

Stayin' Alive

If you want to make a career of SF writing, STAYING ALIVE - A WRITER'S GUIDE by three-time SFWA President Norman Spinrad, published by your Critter Captain's ReAnimus Press, is an indispensable guide to the inside workings of the SF publishing industry by an expert.

How to Write SF

The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova, best-selling author and six-time Hugo Award winner for Best Editor. (This is one of the books your ol' Critter Captain learned from himself, and I highly recommend it.) (Also via Amazon)

Interviewed!

I was interviewed live on public radio for Critters' birthday, for those who want to listen.

Free Web Sites

Free web sites for authors (and others) are available at www.nyx.net.

ReAnimus Acquires Advent!

ReAnimus Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of the legendary Advent Publishers! Advent is now a subsidiary of ReAnimus Press, and we will continue to publish Advent's titles under the Advent name. Advent was founded in 1956 by Earl Kemp and others, and has published the likes of James Blish, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, Damon Knight, E.E. "Doc" Smith, and many others. Advent's high quality titles have won and been finalists for several Hugo Awards, such as The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy and Heinlein's Children. Watch this space for ebook and print editions of all of Advent's current titles!

Book Recommendation

THE SIGIL TRILOGY: The universe is dying from within... "Great stuff... Really enjoyed it." — SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock

Announcing ReAnimus Press

If you're looking for great stuff to read from bestselling and award-winning authors—look no further! ReAnimus Press was founded by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]

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CritFinder

Welcome to the
Critters'
Workshop Finder

Sponsored by Andrew Burt, Ph.D.
(founder of Critters Writers' Workshop,
the Black Holes response time tracker,
and a guy who writes stuff you might enjoy reading)

You might see also SFWA's list of local workshops

At the bottom of this page is a brief list of folks listed by geographic area (zip code) who have expressed an interest in joining a (presumably regional, in-person) workshop/critique group. By entering your own information you gain a password that allows viewing the more detailed list (includes contact information, notes, etc.). Feel free to add yourself to the list if you are either looking to start a workshop or have an existing one that will accept new members.

If you'd like to add yourself to the list (and be enabled to get contact information for others), please enter your information below and we'll email you a password.

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Comments (genre preferences, pro status, information about a workshop you run or what you're looking for, etc.):

To change your data, completely re-enter it above (leave blank to delete yourself), and your Password: , then .

Once you have your password: , you can
Other Workshop Reference Information
Comments, questions, etc. to Andrew Burt.

Public List...


Zip-code-sorted list of folks looking for or offering workshops
(passworded list has contact information and notes;
zip code since that's more geographic than state names;
non-US entries at end sorted by country):

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Happy minion   Happy minion — last donation was recent. About $2200 to go. A big Thank You! to Robert Richards, Charles Botsford, Philip Lindeman, and lots of other Critterfolk for their contributions!

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CRITTERS DIPLOMACY

Fundamental to Critters' success is how people deliver criticisms. Start by reading Critiquing the Wild Writer: It's Not What You Say, But How You Say It. and The Diplomatic Critiquer.

NOVELS

Critters has a special program to get whole novels critiqued. Read about it here.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Please follow these guidelines for formatting and submitting manuscripts to Critters.

WHAT'S IN THE QUEUE

Critters keeps a queue of manuscripts out or to be sent. See the Queue.

WEEKLY MPC AWARD

Want to jump to the head of the Critters queue? The Most Productive Critter or MPC is Awarded weekly to encourage mo' better critting. How to win...

AVOID SCAMS

General Guidelines & Tips on Avoiding Publishing Scams

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