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New entry Dec 07
Critter Notices
P&E Has a New Caretaker!
I'm very happy to announce that P&E has been handed off to a new caretaker! Check out the site for news and such. Hurrah!
Interviewed!
I'm being interviewed live on public radio for Critters 20th birthday. For those who want to listen, it's on the 10am (Mountain time) show on Thursday, 11/19/16, on Colorado Public Radio - www.cpr.org has streaming on the site or it's 90.1 FM in the Denver area. [Interview is done, you can listen on the site]
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!
Network speeding up
I'm switching the connection over to a new, shiny 10X faster network because of all the load. There might be bits of downtime as your boxes learn new addresses and things. Should be brief. Let me know of any prolonged outages you see.
Preditors & Editors Changeover
With the very sad passing of Dave Kuzminski, who ran P&E, I've taken over the P&E duties. Lots of what I hope are improvements; check it out at pred-ed.com.
Critters Server is Dying has been Replaced
See important details here in my blog. Let me know if you find anything that isn't working right. (Manuscripts are now available for this week, FYI.)
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 need help making ebooks from manuscripts or print copies—or finding great stuff to read—look no further! An ebook publisher started by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]
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News
Critters no longer accepting European Union members :(
It's with a heavy heart that I have to announce Critters can no longer accept people in the European Union as members. This is a result of the "GDPR" privacy laws going into effect. I'm a big fan of privacy, and applaud the general idea behind the GDPR, but the way it's implemented forces me to close the door to EU writers. [read more why...]Books from Critters!
Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.
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)
Space Travel for SF Writers
Hot off the presses from ReAnimus Press! Space Travel - A Science Fiction Writer's Guide— An indispensible tool for all SF writers that explains the science you need to help you make your fiction plausible. (Also via Amazon)
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The Critters Queue
Manuscripts themselves are here.
Queue of manuscripts out or to be sent (dates are estimated,
depending on number of mss. sent out, which depends on number of
members; probabalistically, the end of the queue is usually about
a month away):
Title Author
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Week of 10-Oct-2018 (Crits due 17-Oct-2018):
F It Comes at Twilight [mpc] Creag Munroe -#28045
SF Opposition Research Henry McFarland -#28046
SF Ascendancy - Renegade R2 Troy Mclaughlan -#28047
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn, Chapters 38 - 40 Eric Wilson -#28048
F Corridor Joel Schroeder -#28049
SF The Conscript - Chapter Three Scott Bradley -#28050
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 13 Jeff Naylor -#28051
SF Cosmic Moving Day Terry Voklirch -#28052
F The Mermaid Clock of a Curious Collection Michelle Henrie -#28053
SF Followed From Death Brian Palermo -#28054
F The Weather Channel Prophecies Neil Wesley Flinchbaugh -#28055
SF Jungle Chase Andrew Knoll -#28056
SF From the Field James Johnson -#28057
H Sex on the Beach M.B.Vujacic -#28058
SF Justice For All crit34932 -#28059
SF Forever Grey Chapter 2 Greg Tracii -#28060
F Captain Of Her Own Destiny Nicholas Kaelber -#28061
F RFDR The City of Dragons, _YA_ Query and Chapters 1-2 Melanie DeWitt -#28062
H White sacrifice Charles G Chettiar -#28063
Week of 17-Oct-2018 (Crits due 24-Oct-2018):
SF LACUNA Allison Estry
SF Dreams Die Hard Thomas Beck
SF Ashes to Ashes Amy Hammack Turner
F Athena's Demand Sheena Dawn Byas
F The Daughter of Allegheny David W. Wooddell
H Sea Level Rise Christopher Blake
SF The Goblin Twin's First Great Mistake Joshua Nardi
F Dead Girl Working Elena Zimmerman
SF Reflections of an Obsolete Man Paul Crawford
SF Outpost on Targus VII Keir Puplett
F Poppin with the Devil Mary Makarova
SF Throwaway Soldiers - Chapter 1 Colin Cortie
SF The Ghosts of Asteraceae chapter 2 Douglass Calmes
SF Starrunner Chris Turner
SF The Throat of San Dante Renan Bernardo
SF The Dome Project chapter 1 Elizabeth Dunbar
SF Descent Into the Cave of Dreams Alex Halimou
F The Deadliest of Poisons Hannah Azok
H Hit-and-Miss Madison Estes
H Blood Activism Matthew Duerst
F They Didn't Save Hitler's Brain Douglas Kolacki
H The Last Zombie Christina Wott
SF Pirates _Incomplete_ Tom Adams
SF This Olde House Steven Fritz
H A Change in the Quality of Light _opening_ Jesse Caedington
F Dragon Marked _chapters 1-5_ Marta Lozinski
H The Waves of Dark Hernan
F The War of Ages Saga: Age of Darkness James Eyler
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(Note, if the last week above looks abnormally large, it probably
needs me to add a new week, a task I do manually when I get around
to it. Future critique dates are approximate and subject to change.)
Symbols:
[@] - Pro [SFWA/HWA] author
[*] - Extra week(s) for holidays/aburt-out-of-town.
[mpc] - Most Product Critter Award winner
[!] - Special non-Wednesday dates because Critter Captain will be out of town
[ERROR!] - This means there is a problem and your manuscript will NOT be
sent out - Contact the Critter Captain ASAP if you see this by your name.
Waiting to enter Queue (Will enter at end of queue on "[date]"):
SF Stellar Jazz Zachary Arnold [?]
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 14 Jeff Naylor [17-Oct-2018]
F Sticks and Stones Keir Puplett [24-Oct-2018]
SF The Ghosts of Asteraceae chapter 3 Douglass Calmes [24-Oct-2018]
H A House Divided M.B.Vujacic [17-Oct-2018]
SF Artificial Hope _Version 2_ Brian Palermo [17-Oct-2018]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF The Teacher's Assistant Chapters 1-5 Tomas Lapas [25-Jul-2018]
SF Magic Studies Soren Berg [25-Jul-2018]
SF Through the Shadows' Edge Judith F. Abraham [25-Jul-2018]
F Betrayal, Prologue Jonathan Curtis [01-Aug-2018]
F To Wake a Dreamer Joshua F. Potter [01-Aug-2018]
H The Vape Shop D.W. Jones [08-Aug-2018]
H Not in This Economy Jessica Orr [15-Aug-2018]
F Warlord, Chapters 1-2 Keith McArdle [22-Aug-2018]
F Demanding Knoledge Brad Davis [22-Aug-2018]
H The Devil Took My Last Cigarette Jessica Orr [29-Aug-2018]
F Unhinged, Chapters 1-8 Mihika Biswas [05-Sep-2018]
SF Know When to Run Nic Barkdull [12-Sep-2018]
H A Limbo Wrapped in Plastic Austin Gragg [19-Sep-2018]
F The Feckless Toad Alfred Abrao [19-Sep-2018]
SF Nectar Giacomo Hatanaka [19-Sep-2018]
F Book One Elk Pack Series, "Bonded" Chapter 1 Shonda Sweeris [26-Sep-2018]
H StageFright, Chapter Andrea L.S. Parkinson [03-Oct-2018]
F One day, Prologue. Punpun Onodera [10-Oct-2018]
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>> Note 1: Held manuscripts are removed after four weeks on hold and
>> must be resubmitted.
>> Note 2: It is the *author's* responsibility to notify Aburt when
>> they have brought up their critique count and want their ms. sent out.
[Click here to see the queue including archival data from 1995.]