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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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FEATURED BOOK
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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.
The Sigil Trilogy
If you're looking for an amazing, WOW! science fiction story, check out THE SIGIL TRILOGY. This is — literally — one of the best science fiction novels I've ever read.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)
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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 20-Jun-2018 (Crits due 27-Jun-2018):
F Just Breathe [mpc] Emily Randall -#27745
SF Touch Henry McFarland -#27746
F Bone Stories Joanna Michal Hoyt -#27747
F Stellar Cruises Elena Zimmerman -#27748
F Sea Mage, Chapter 5-7 Chris Turner -#27749
SF Companions Wayne Martin -#27750
F Danume: The children Chapter 4 Philip Hays -#27751
H Fatherless Child Ed Kratz -#27752
SF Flobix to the Yolba Francisco Velasquez -#27753
H The Gift Christopher McManamon -#27754
SF Uncle Phid's Closet Maurice Humphrey -#27755
SF Plato Crater - Chapter 2 Carleton Chinner -#27756
SF Tele-Strike: Kill Active Shooters Bruce Considine -#27757
H Mr. Hailey's Magic Candy Nicole Woods -#27758
F The Accidentals _Ch. 1-10_ Nic Lipitz -#27759
SF Mutiful Chapter 1-2 Christopher J. L. Maloney -#27760
F Dissolutions Aleksandra Pantic -#27761
F The Chaos Art Blegen -#27762
F Asaric Lies, Chapters 1-3 Crispina Kemp -#27763
SF Forever Grey - Chapter 2 Greg Tracii -#27764
Week of 27-Jun-2018 (Crits due 4-Jul-2018):
F Wizards Don't Fly [mpc] Kevin P. Hallett
F By Wing or Fang? Kane Anderson
F Brade's Barn Bethany Rae Salway
SF Not Your First Question Joel E. Roosa
SF Died Alone, Returned Otherwise Brian Palermo
SF The R Aftermath Chapter 1 Laura Scroggins
SF The Way Home, Chapters 4-6 Deborah D. Ross
SF Ike Soren Berg
F RynRaven Vicki Glass
F The Science Jinx David Coffey
H GradeRite Alec Lownes
F I Found It In My Letterbox Aaron Dick
F Cup of Blues Mari Mitchell
SF The Last Living Indian Logan Giese
SF Lost, Loss Steve Donnelly
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 7 Jeff Naylor
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn, Chapters 27-29 Eric Wilson
F Sky Piercer, Chapter 6 Jorge Rodriguez
H The Wraith of Halsey Neck Russell Dorn
F Rise of the Cryptbringer - Emily's Introduction Keir Puplett
H Hunger Jefferson Retallack
Week of 4-Jul-2018 (Crits due 11-Jul-2018):
SF Dissecting the Muse Tasha S.
SF The Prisoner, Chapter 1 Sara Allyn
F Born of Soot and Bone Stephanie Wexler
SF Bed and Breakfast Juan Hernandez
SF The Twinkling, Chapters 0-36. John C. Christiansen
SF Untapped Fred Obermeyer
SF The Credit Score Nathaniel Murray
SF The Privateers, Chapter 1 Kevin Sullivan
H Piggy John DiNicola
F Attack Dog of the Court of Swords Carl R. Cole III
SF Sirens: The Beginning Guy McDonnell
H Blue Island - first part Brett Lovell
SF The Lense Samantha Caskey
SF Just Another Planetary Survey Ray N. Franklin
SF Incrimination of the Body Snatchers Russ N.
F DragonMarked.Prologue Marta Lozinski
SF Fallen Gods, Chapters 1-4 Michael J. Wyant Jr
SF Martian Mines, Chapter 2 Adriana T. Gomes
SF The Crown Prince Scott Bradley
Week of 11-Jul-2018 (Crits due 18-Jul-2018):
SF The Violet Band Geoff Bahlman
SF Ghost Station Gamma Jeff Cates
F Confessions of a Dungeon Boss Jace Wilkins
SF Call Me by Summer Remeres Jacobs
SF Outpost David Williams
F Chapterhouse Eternity Shaiyon Merkel
F Melissa's Garden _An Impressionistic Reverie_ Russell Adams
SF Stickshift Stardrive Eric J. Francis
SF The Crane Joel Schroeder
F Fields of Red Christina Barrow
SF Astera Vol 2 - Chapter 1.3 Joy Landa
F The Luxian Child, Chapter 1 Shanon D Huston-Willis
SF The Wrecking Heart And The Hand That Make Me Whole Renan Bernardo
SF Mermaid Tears Rob Tyler
SF The Best of Oblivions Jordan A. Chase
H Set Your Moral Compass to Fear Richard Zwicker
F The Farmer and the Fisherman C. Q. March
SF The Scheherazade Dilemma Kevin J. Miller
SF The New Century Adoption Clinic Eliot Bush
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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 [?]
SF Plato Crater - Chapter 3 Carleton Chinner [27-Jun-2018]
F Erkitie: Prologue and Chapter 1 Carl R. Cole III [11-Jul-2018]
F The Wizards of Llandwellyn, Chapter 30 Eric Wilson [4-Jul-2018]
SF For the Children Guy McDonnell [11-Jul-2018]
H Into the Sea Brett Lovell [11-Jul-2018]
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 9 Jeff Naylor [4-Jul-2018]
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 10 Jeff Naylor [?]
F Rescuing the Enemy, Chapter 11 Jeff Naylor [?]
SF The Average of Joes Juan Hernandez [11-Jul-2018]
H The Case of the Clockwork Killer Jeff Cates [18-Jul-2018]
SF Astera Vol 2 - Chapter 1.4 Joy Landa [18-Jul-2018]
SF Astera Vol 2 - Chapters 1.5 and 1.6 Joy Landa [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF Vectors, Chapters 4-6 Tunmike Ogedengbe [16-May-2018]
F The Shell Brian Williams [23-May-2018]
SF Glimpse: The Broken Chapter 2 Nicholas Martellacci [30-May-2018]
F Origin of Swords: A Tale of the Court of Swords Carl R. Cole III [06-Jun-2018]
F The Intelligence by Baumann Powers RAUL GONZALES [06-Jun-2018]
F Origin of Swords: A Tale of the Court of Swords Carl R. Cole III [13-Jun-2018]
F The Intelligence by Baumann Powers RAUL GONZALES [13-Jun-2018]
SF Circus Planetaria Ch1 Rob Tyler [20-Jun-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.]