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New entry Nov 01
Critter Notices
P&E Seeks New Caretaker
Unfortunately, much of the data on the P&E site has become stale and outdated, and needs a new caretaker with the time required to update the site. The listings are being removed until they can be updated by a new caretaker.
Note that the P&E/Critters Annual Readers Poll will run as usual in January.
If you are interested in taking the reins of P&E, and possess what's needed — at least 20hrs/week to volunteer, excellent investigative skills, in-depth knowledge of the publishing industry, ability to detect scams from not-scams, thick skin, good web site skills, good writing ability — please get in touch. Thanks for your interest!
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 is 21!
Yes, 21 years ago Critters was born. Wow! Thanks so much to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!
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)
New Book from a Critter Member
**NOW IN
PRINT EDITION
TOO!** Awesome new book,
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS,
from a Critter member whose unearthed a shard of The Secret
to becoming a pro writer. Really good piece of work.
"...if you're at all concerned about story openings, you'd be nuts not to read what Qualkinbush has to say." —Wil McCarthy, author of BLOOM and THE COLLAPSIUM
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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 19-Jul-2017 (Crits due 26-Jul-2017):
H Crave [mpc] Ashleigh Richie -#26934
F What Lies Beneath the Bandages Richard Zwicker -#26935
SF The Living Circus _Was Lonely Sky_ Amanda H. Geard -#26936
F Robots Have Feelings Too Darla Jackson -#26937
F Ashen Wings and Lightless Skies Mary Makarova -#26938
F The Land of Maja, Chapter 2 Chris Turner -#26939
F To Protect, Serve, and Save Shawn Proctor -#26940
SF Grains of Sand Ray N. Franklin -#26941
SF Our Turn Bret Parent -#26942
F The Sprite Who Caught Fire Avan Stallard -#26943
H Mermaid's Purse Tim Mudie -#26944
F Wings chapters 6 & 7 Robert Plowman -#26945
SF Election 3015 A.D. Larry Olsen -#26946
SF Untitled Western Derek Eklund -#26947
F The Last Quest, Chapter 1 _Part 2_ Brian Palermo -#26948
F The Scales on Our Eyes Jessica Kidd -#26949
SF The Way Home, Chapters 1-2 Deborah D. Ross -#26950
SF 3 <= Induction <= E3 <= Orb Charles Gull -#26951
SF KeyRas NM Whitley -#26952
SF The Forest of Allund J Rawelth -#26953
F Rise: Birth of a Revolution Forward-2nd Chapter Mark S. Moore -#26954
F The World after Raxelleon Fell, Chapters 1-2 Luke Aaron Pettis -#26955
H My Brother's Reaper Matthew Weber -#26956
Week of 26-Jul-2017 (Crits due 2-Aug-2017):
F Hell On Wheels [mpc] Lori Phillips
SF Side Effects Eli Cepeda
F Queensmen, chapter 5 Bethany Rae Salway
SF What Man Knoweth R N
SF Sister Shotgun, second draft Anna Salonen
SF Chicks in Space Amy Hammack Turner
SF The One Who Gets Away Christian Roberts
SF The Saboteur who Destroyed a Red Dragon: A 4th Millennium Earth Fable Lee P. Melling
F The Devils Will Hunt AJ Finley
F The Legend of Bleu Mayhem: The Martyrs, Chapter 1-3 Devon Browning
F The Third Angel Poured Julie Reeser
SF Alien Fireworks Part 2 Cassandra Morphy
F Cloud Cats: Chapters 1-3 Dawn Sciabica
F Spoils of War Trevor L. B. Porter
F Serpent's Wing parts 1-3 Ester Agishtein
F Argent's Boon Michael Stevens
SF Astera Vol1 - Episode 4: St. Era's Fire Part 2 Joy Landa
F Morals: The Book of Samson Luke Carroll
SF The Circle, Chapters 3 & 4 Shay Cormack
F Dragon Runs on Coffee - short story Reginald Kwok
SF Rising Tides Kristopher Horton
Week of 2-Aug-2017 (Crits due 9-Aug-2017):
F Two Tigers Rustin Lovewell
SF Death of a Hero Ciro Izarra
SF The Mimic Horse Madison Culler
SF Hidden - Part 3 Troy McLaughlan
H Extract Jennifer Morris
F A mothers love Brendan Melia
SF It Ain't Hard To Tell Artemis Theron
F Trigger Magic, The Hidden Coven Series, Book 3 Kim McDougall
SF Cheers Matthew Engh
F Much Abides Brian Koukol
SF Systems Start, Chapters 1-3 Karlie Weeks
SF Steer Us True Chapter 1&2 marjorie clodgo
SF Rise of the Cryptbringer Chapter 49-50 Keir Puplett
F Funneling Down to the Past Renan Bernardo
H Smartphone, Chapter 1 C. James Sweeney
SF Sagan and Ghost, Synopsis and Chapter 1 Pamela Najar-Simpson
SF Project Skylark Chapters 4-6 Jennifer Hart
F Book of Warlen Odran Young
SF What You Won't Remember Christopher Blake
F Arithmomania Margaret Moller
SF Pitcher Perfect, v2 Chet Gottfried
SF You Will Be Visited, Ch 1-2 Benjamin Shank
H The Cat Lady Joel Schroeder
F Hidden: A Pregnant Fairy Godmother's Journey, Ch 1-2 Joy Schultz
SF Rebirth Guy McDonnell
F Olivia Ela Mishne
F A Good Year For Frogs -- SYNOPSIS April Weeks
SF The Circuit Cage Eugenia M. Triantafyllou
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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 Astera Vol1 - Episode 5: Stand Up Part 1 Joy Landa [2-Aug-2017]
SF Astera Vol1 - Episode 5: Stand Up Part 2 Joy Landa [?]
SF Astera Vol1 - Episode 6: Era's Secret Part 1 Joy Landa [?]
SF Astera Vol1 - Episode 6: Era's Secret Part 2 Joy Landa [?]
SF Astera Vol1 - Ep 7: Justin's New Era _Finale_ Part 1 Joy Landa [?]
SF Astera Vol1 - Ep 7: Justin's New Era _Finale_ Part 2 Joy Landa [?]
SF 4 <= Induction <= E3 <= Orb Charles Gull [26-Jul-2017]
SF Rise of the Cryptbringer Chapter 51-52 Keir Puplett [9-Aug-2017]
SF Rise of the Cryptbringer Chapter 53-55 Keir Puplett [?]
SF Scattered Bret Parent [26-Jul-2017]
F Lest Ye Become Tim Mudie [26-Jul-2017]
H Howler, Preface, Chapter 1, Chapter 2 C. James Sweeney [9-Aug-2017]
SF The Mind's Door Cassandra Morphy [2-Aug-2017]
SF Even Though You're No More Renan Bernardo [9-Aug-2017]
F Wings chapters 8 & 9 Robert Plowman [26-Jul-2017]
H With It, He Goes On All Fours C. James Sweeney [?]
F My Human Twin Mary Makarova [26-Jul-2017]
F The Land of Maja, Chapter 3 Chris Turner [26-Jul-2017]
F The World after Raxelleon Fell, Chapter 3 Luke Pettis [26-Jul-2017]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF Doris vs. the Supersymmetrical Singing Slut [mpc] Aurora Barranco [14-Jun-2017]
H The Pefect Monster Timothy Ankney [14-Jun-2017]
SF Katabasis Joshua Silverman [14-Jun-2017]
F The Adventures of Ronnie Macabre J.M Bingham [21-Jun-2017]
H The Cycle, Chapters 0-1 Catherine Kovach [21-Jun-2017]
F Fearful Beginnings Edward L. Clary [21-Jun-2017]
F Legacy: The Reunion Michelle E. Lowe [28-Jun-2017]
SF Smuggler's Luck Nathan Conlon [28-Jun-2017]
F Before the Flying Carpet, Chapter One Heidi A Miller [28-Jun-2017]
F The Malign Pharaoh Natalie A. Wimmer [28-Jun-2017]
H Pinehill Murders Kyra Johnatone-Adrain [05-Jul-2017]
F Contracts and Cold Cuts: An intro to demonology. Kevin Sullivan [12-Jul-2017]
SF Time And Time Again Rahul Lakshmanan [12-Jul-2017]
F Truth of Ronan Nathan Chen [12-Jul-2017]
F The Circle, Chapters 1 & 2 Shay Cormack [12-Jul-2017]
F Young Gods Laurynn Lowe [12-Jul-2017]
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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.]