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New entry May 28
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Books from Critters!
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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 COLLAPSIUMHow 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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Preditors & Editors Poll results
(New votes may not appear immediately; database updates run at least once an hour)
New category this year: 'Promotional Firms, Sites, and Resources', for companies that do promotional work for authors, are sites where authors can promote their work, or offer resources for same.
You may now report errors in the poll more easily; see the 'Report an Error' links in various convenient places.
See also the Best-Ever Voters Poll for the best works ever written (not just in the last year)
Convert your work to ebooks! The votemaster runs ReAnimus Press
Also Enter and Vote the Best Idea Contest — $$ Cash prizes
Critique.org now has Workshops for Everything — all genres, music, video, photography, art, apps.....
(Note these results are not official until after the poll closes, reported errors have been attended to, and ballot-stuffing, anti-fraud software has been run)
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Review site | Bookstore | Promotional Firms, Sites, and Resources page |
Fiction 'zines page | Poetry 'zines page | Nonfiction 'zines page |
Writers' Discussion Forum page | Writers' Workshop page |
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Standings for category: poem
1. Beauty is the Beast, Heather Kuehl, Trapeze Magazine, [link]
2. Raven, Vonnie Winslow Crist, EMG-Zine, [link] [comments]
3. Our Canine Defense Team, Vincent Miskell, Asimov's SF magazine, [link] [comments]
4. Demon Daddies, Brian Barnett, Every Day Poets, [link]
5. Epitaph of Humanity, Thom Olausson, Aoife's Kiss, [link]
6. love, like, Ash Krafton, The Shine Journal, [link]
6. Shroudeater, Richard H. Fay, Hungur
6. Blood of Three, Thom Olausson, Hungur, [link]
7. Giving Away the World for Almost You, Vincent Miskell, Aoife's Kiss, [link]
8. Origami Man, Karen L. Newman, Paper Crow, [link]
8. Six Words For Edgar, Ash Krafton, Midwest Literary Magazine, [link]
9. The Buoyant Heart, Ash Krafton, Apollo's Lyre, [link]
9. Desperata Or, the Desiderada of H. P. Lovecraft, Lon Prater , Dark Faith, [link] [comments]
9. Blue Screen, Ash Krafton, The Fifth Di..., [link]
9. Stripped Poker, Tracy R. Franklin, JMS Books LLC, [link]
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