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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 who's 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
Interviewed!
I was interviewed live on public radio for Critters' birthday, for those who want to listen.
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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
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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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Preditors & Editors Poll results
2003 Official Results
Standings & #votes for category: Poems
1. Reflections and Dreams, Elizabeth Lucas-Taylor, Kingfisher Books, http://www.kingfisherbooks.com/
2. Kitsune, Erin Donahoe, Aoife's Kiss, http://samsdotpublishing.com/aoife/cover.htm
3. Two Hearts Beat as One in Full Moon Inheritance, Brenna Lyons, Treble
Heart, http://www.trebleheartbooks.com/WelcomePage.html
4. Sibling Rivalry (in STRAYING FROM THE PATH), Rie Sheridan, SunnySide
Up Publishing, http://www.sunnypub.com/strayingpathinfo.shtml
5. Manna, Marie DisBrow, This Christian Life, http://www.thischristianlife.com/articles/disbrow0103b.html
6. Not of this World, Julie Shiel, Twilight Times, http://www.twilighttimes.com/apr03/j_Shielp20.html
7. Brush Country (in BRUSH COUNTRY), Barri Bryan, Whiskey Creek Press, http://http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/Brush_Country.htm
8. Birth of Original Thought, Jacqueline Seewald, Metro Seven, http://www.metroseven.com/metrosevenwritersmarket/
9. Life on the Row, MJM, Writer's Hood, http://www.writershood.com/03nov/tp15_12_03.htm
10. The Perils of Cliches in Intergallactic Travel, Lynne den Hartog, Hoot
Island, http://www.hootisland.com/text/eroticha/perilsofcliches.html
11. His Origami Flower, C. E. Laine, The Metastatic Whatnot, http://metastatic-whatnot.com/1/origamiflower.html
11. Virus-Infected Love Poem, Robert Balder, Nth Degree, http://nthzine.com/
12. Secrets, Danielle
Ackley-McPhail, Fictionauts, http://www.fictionauts.com/poetry/secrets06162003.shtml
13. Tenderness, Intimacy, Hope, Fear, Love and Dreams, Jeanpaul Ferro, The
Rose & Thorn, http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/poetry63Tenderness.html
13. Multiplex Siblings, Jade Walker, E2K, http://www.netauthor.org/e2k/january2003/poetry.html1
13. A Beautiful Evil, David Bowlin, Double Dragon Publishing, http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/
13. Well Hidden, Stephen D. Rogers, Astropoetica, http://www.astropoetica.com/
13.
'Farming of Phrases', Anna Marie Fritz, Authors Den, http://www.authorsden.com/annamariefritz
14. Children of the Mutan Rain Forest, Bruce Boston, Strange Horizons, http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030609/children.shtml
14. Roses, Daniel J. Bishop, Fables, http://www.fables.org/
14. Prayer In
Praise, Jean Even, Whiskey Creek Press.com, http://whiskeycreekpress.com/Prayer_In_Praise.htm
14. Chokecherries, Theresa Boyar, flashquake, http://www.flashquake.org/archive/vol3iss2/poetry/chokecherries.html
14. The Path, Christina Sng, Tapestry Poetry Contest
14. The Hand
I've Been Dealt, A.P. Fuchs, IUniverse.com, http://www.apfuchs.com/
14. Mars Draws
Near, Don Webb, Bewildering Stories, http://www.bewilderingstories.com/
15. Green Sea, Bruce Boston, Fables, http://www.fables.org/summer03/green_sea.html
15. Conjured Lover, Michael Fantina, Dark Moon Rising, http://http://www.darkmoonrising.com/issues/dec03/default.asp?file=fantina
15. BeaStilled!, John Calandra, ExperiBreed, http://www.BathAvenueBoys.com/bestilled.html
15. First Impact, Mary Soon Lee, Magazine of Speculative Poetry, http://
15. Interstellar War, Nancy
Wilcox, Planet Magazine, http://www.planetmag.com/pm35/stellar.html
15. Without My Muse, Latorial Faison , The Big Lick Literary Review, http://www.johnjeffreymurray.com/twelve.htm
15.
1 Sandmans Lament (1), Louise Karczmarz, Scorched Wings, http://www.modernauthor.co.uk/
15.
1 Latha o Curiadh, Jonah Lissner, Lissner Publishing, http://thebestpulpfiction.com/lissnerspoemsandpoetrytales/id15.html
15. Incubus Revealed, Bruce Boston, SpecFicWorld.com, http://www.specficworld.com/rush.html
15. Reflection, Linda Ruzicka, Twilight Times, http://www.twilighttimes.com/jul03/l_Ruzickap21b.html
15. A Beautiful Evil , David Bowlin, Double Dragon Publishing, http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/
15. 10 Progressing Cinquains for Mother, Lori DeLozier, Amaze: The
Cinquain Journal, http://www.amaze-cinquain.com/vol_2_no_2/delozier.html
15. Pisces, Daniel E. Blackston, Astropoetica, http://www.astropoetica.com/pisces.html
15. Wink, Todd Matson, Decompositions, http://home.earthlink.net/~brosenberger/tmatson3.html
15. Tikkun Olam (repair of the world), Lisa Janice Cohen, Amaze: The
Cinquain Journal, http://www.amaze-cinquain.com/vol_2_no_1/cohen.html
15. Gray Ice, William Bolen, Quietus Ezine, http://www.quietusmag.com/Intro.html
15. Awakenings, Adrian Fry, Whispers of Wickedness, http://www.ookami.co.uk/
15. Lyric
#201, Laurance Pearsongreer, Author's Den, http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewpoetry.asp?AuthorID=799&id=41667