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I've long planned to offer workshopping in more genres, both writing and in other creative areas. But there are lots of options how to do that... so I'd appreciate your thoughts. Please share your thoughts here, so I can keep them in one place. Thanks!
Notice about Notices...
New notices layout much preferred, but I've got a CSS glitch to fix before I roll it out. :)
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Many Critterfolk have asked if they could advertise their books/stories/etc. on Critters. I know how important it is to get the word out — and how hard that is — so I decided heck, let's try it as an experiment and see how it goes. Details are here...
The State of The Future?
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Vote for Your Favorites!
It has polls for your all-time favorite books / short stories / poems / poets / authors, each in genres of mainstream / SF&F / horror / mystery / romance / erotica / thriller / childrens / young adult / nonfiction. (Ok, there's no "nonfiction poetry" category but... :) )
Please give it a try, vote for your favorites, and please spread the word. The more people vote the better the scoring gets. Hope you find it useful!
Wishes for the Future
What do you want the future to hold? World peace? Self-driving cars? Share your dreams of the future, big or small, on the Wishes for the Future forum. What would you love to see? (It's part of my NewNewForum.com site. Meant to be fun, and it's anonymous, so don't be shy!) We're 73% of the way there, thanks!
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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 1-Sep-2010 (Crits due 8-Sep-2010):
SF Laterally [mpc] David Barron -#18638
SF A Day in the Life of Marion James [mpc] Amber Hunter -#18639
SF Dream of Conquest Nicole Andrews -#18640
SF Tying Knots [@] Ken Liu -#18641
F The Hand with the Knife Jeff Chapman -#18642
SF The Sacrifice of Berra 4, chapter one David Erickson -#18643
F The Diver Sarah Gibbel -#18644
F Weird and Wonderful tony lavely -#18645
H Seven David Randall (Randy) Smith -#18646
F Calypso (Formerly Green Island) Anne Nicholson -#18647
H Untitled Short Story M. R. Zuchniak -#18648
SF Lingham 22 M.R. Zuchniak -#18649
SF Being, Bethany Victor Eremita -#18650
F Elemental Assassin - chapters 1-2 Rebecca Matthews -#18651
SF Hypnagogue M. I. Burton -#18652
SF How do I know you are not a human? David Allkins -#18653
F Grow Your Own Dinosaur J.P. Hooper -#18654
H The Take Christopher White -#18655
F Any Port in a Storm Patrick S. Tomlinson -#18656
F Anubis Arises Pam Bitner -#18657
F The Jongurian Mission, Chapter 1 Greg Strandberg -#18658
F Baptized Michael Gillen -#18659
F The Unpropitious Return of Antonio Dias Caldas Christopher Kastensmidt -#18660
SF Gap Years, Part 2 Gareth D Jones -#18661
SF Daniel the Duelist, Chapters 1-2 Derek Fair -#18662
F Spirit Shifter, Chapter 1 Gavin Cramblet -#18663
SF Ripples Deborah Jensen -#18664
F One Year Cameron Beman -#18665
Week of 8-Sep-2010 (Crits due 15-Sep-2010):
SF The First Conspiracy Nathaniel Wildermuth
SF The Heart of the Matter Annette Piazza
F Dead Men Walking, chapters 1-3 Arabella Chippindall-Higgin
F Needle Rain Chapters 1-8 Carol Dunn
H Hellbound Charles Brutsch
SF Leaving Providence Mary Elaine Califf
F Bear at the Door Dionisios Efkarpidis
SF Captured on Video Richard Zwicker
SF Cloud 9 from Outer Space R.W.W. Greene
F The Three of Wands â€" Virtue Nerine Dorman
H In the Forest of the Mountain Wolf (2nd Revision) Lawrence Vernon
H The Gift - Chapter 4 Brian Fischer-Giffin
SF In The Frying Pan Steve Everett
H The Spyglass Rob Jacobsen
F Things Might Turn Out OK After All David Ferrington
F The Retriever--Chapter 1 A.K. Karam
SF White Rooms Dennis Sun
F The Disintegration of Those Who Tame Demons (incomplete Annette
SF Neighborhood Watch David Haws
SF Necrotic Empire - Prologue Terry C. Simpson
SF Allegiance Alex Shvartsman
SF Dark Detour L Young
H And Then the Clock Struck Two Brian W. Matthews
SF American Badlands: Prelude Jeff Cook
H Never Bitten Chris Narbone
H Tattoos Andrea Leech
F Phoenix's Ashes Chapter 1 Juanita McConnachie
SF Murder at L5 Paul M. Frazier
F A Mother's Curse Charles D. Shell
SF With My Vortex .19 in Hand, I Boldly Go Forward Brad Baughman
Week of 15-Sep-2010 (Crits due 22-Sep-2010):
SF The Paralytic Converter William Hagberg
F The Cloud City Christina Bejjani
F The Black Orb, Chapter One Plus Outline Sabeen Aameir
SF Losing Zero Scott Malabarba
SF The Virtual Resort, Chapter 5-6 Rene L. Saucedo
SF Illusions of Control RFDR Colton Goodrich
F The Centaur's Bride Eric J. Juneau
SF Galaxy's Deadliest Creature Chris DeSantis
SF Wonder Dean Rodina
F Serpent's Heart Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
F The Book of Gaal part 1 Karl Sundsvold
F Avalina - Begining Laura Eschbaugh
H Book of Shadows, Chapters 28 & 29 & short epilogue A. R. Braun
SF Lost Gods, 22-24 with brief synopsis David Anthony
SF Seedling Ben Godby
F The Bridge and the Coin Michael Vella
F Dogs at the Table P.E. Zimmerman
F End of Days Prophecy Brad Slagowski
F The Heart of the Loadstone Chapters 1-3 James MacHaffie
F Princess Of The Damned Chapters 1-3 N.B. Yomi
F How the Isle of Cats Got Its Name James Hutchings
F The Sangam Arun Jiwa
F The Hardest Blow Justin R. Lawfer
F Beastmaster David Hiller
SF A Voice for Sandy Greg Hullender
SF Art for Aliens V2 Antha Ann Adkins
SF Frog And Genie Sean Lai
SF Intifada! Nigel Hall
SF The Porridge Minders anatoly belilovsky
F The CIty Ken Lindsey
Week of 22-Sep-2010 (Crits due 29-Sep-2010):
F Grandmother Spring Rachel H. White
SF The Lycanthropic Principle Carl Frederick
F The Gods Move On. Rowan Clemerson
F Sharachus, Chapters 1-3 Michael John Grist
F 300 Year Storm Peter Kovic
SF The Brave Little Trash-bot at the End of the World Michael Andre-Driussi
SF Another's Destiny Chuck Tay
SF Changing Horizons Xanise Twinn
SF Red Son Rising Rhonda Wright
SF New Orleans Fog Vaughn Cowart
F Love Letters Jonathan David Lim
SF Legacy Soldier Ch 19 Rob Gilliam
SF Resonics Revelations:The Senate Wars (Story 2 of 7) J. R. Calvo
F Falcon's Wings, Ch 3 & 4, 1st Draft Philip Quayle
F The Scribbler Plans His Next Magnum Opus Russell Adams
F The Sands of Al-Haasra Aidan Fritz
F Equus [rewrite as fate of aqauraius 1 to 1,5] G. Tonks
SF It Sang in the Silence Madison Henderson
SF The Lost Universe Chapter, Chapters1-8 John Colgrove
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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.)
[@] - 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
Waiting to enter Queue (Will enter at end of queue on "[date]"):
F The Four of Wands: Completion Nerine Dorman [15-Sep-2010]
F Five of Wands: Strife Nerine Dorman [?]
F Six of Wands: Victory Nerine Dorman [?]
F The Dead of Night Nerine Dorman [?]
F A Pearl for Anel Nerine Dorman [?]
H The Lucky Ones Leonard Dawson [?]
H Snakecharmer Nerine Dorman [?]
F A Covenant With Darkness Nerine Dorman [?]
H A Piggish Nightmare Lawrence Vernon [15-Sep-2010]
H At Three Past Midnight (3rd Revision) Lawrence Vernon [?]
SF To Sail the Winds of Song Donald Jacob Uitvlugt [22-Sep-2010]
H Over the Threshold Donald Jacob Uitvlugt [?]
H On A Foggy Day (2nd Revision) Lawrence Vernon [?]
H Patrick's Halloween Party Lawrence Vernon [?]
F The Hour of the Rat Donald Jacob Uitvlugt [?]
H The Gift - Chapter 5 Brian Fischer-Giffin [15-Sep-2010]
H The Zeva Project Lawrence Vernon [?]
H The Vampire at the Dealership [?]
SF The Orphan Steve Everett [15-Sep-2010]
H Oil Slicks Lawrence Vernon [?]
F Witch, Prologue and Chapters 1&2 Diana Lai [?]
H Outside, the Quiet Darkness Brooded Brian Fischer-Giffin [?]
H Shadows (2nd Revision) Lawrence Vernon [?]
SF Lost Gods, 24-26 with brief synopsis David Anthony [22-Sep-2010]
SF Lost Gods, 27-28 with brief synopsis David Anthony [?]
SF Lost Gods, 29-30 with brief synopsis David Anthony [?]
SF Ontology or The Reasons Why Steve Everett [?]
F The Jongurian Mission, Chapter 2 Greg Strandberg [8-Sep-2010]
F The Politics of Those Who Tame Demons (query) Annette [15-Sep-2010]
F The Bloofer Lady Donald Jacob Uitvlugt [?]
SF Legacy Soldier Chapter 20 Rob Gilliam [29-Sep-2010]
SF Legacy Soldier Chapter 21 Rob Gilliam [?]
SF Automated Victor Eremita [8-Sep-2010]
F A Plain of Dust, a Scrap of Wood Christopher Kastensmidt [8-Sep-2010]
H Z Company (Zombie Story) Eric J. Juneau [22-Sep-2010]
SF Gap Years, Part 3A Gareth D Jones [8-Sep-2010]
SF Gap Years, Part 3B Gareth D Jones [?]
F The Master Is Equal Parts Guile and Evil Ben Godby [22-Sep-2010]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF The Extravagant Vagabonds, Chapters 11-14 A.M. Cole [11-Aug-2010]
F The Tale Michael Bondies [11-Aug-2010]
F Bronze Raiders: A tale of Ancient Troy Part 5 Dan Bracewell [11-Aug-2010]
SF Xenophobia, Prologue - Chapter 1 Chelsea [11-Aug-2010]
SF Chana Ieva Melgalve [11-Aug-2010]
SF Mr. Walters Evan Witt [11-Aug-2010]
SF The Omega Protocol Part I Jonden Chickeness [11-Aug-2010]
F Hybrid Kurt [18-Aug-2010]
SF The Frontier World of Luna Chong Shang Shan [18-Aug-2010]
SF Legends - the Beginning, Prologue/Chapter 1/Outline Mohamed Moshrif [18-Aug-2010]
SF Farshift - Chronicles of a Wayward World, Chapters 1-3 Mike Carambat [18-Aug-2010]
SF Sir Lukan and the Dragon Jacob Ulasich [18-Aug-2010]
F And the Beast Missed Him, synopsis Hanna Carter [25-Aug-2010]
H Dead Cat Bounce Maeghan Kearney [25-Aug-2010]
F Skyler - The Beginning The Burning Quill [25-Aug-2010]
SF Knights Of Magi Betrayl chris pike [25-Aug-2010]
F Aqua Gints Zilbalodis [01-Sep-2010]
H Homer Michael Cooke [01-Sep-2010]
SF Hope Ian Hopkins [01-Sep-2010]
F 'Asrai, Chapter 1 Emily A. Forte Feliciano [01-Sep-2010]
SF The Extravagant Vagabonds, Chapters 15-18 A.M. Cole [01-Sep-2010]
SF The Video Michael Bondies [01-Sep-2010]
SF Resonics Revelations:Day of Reaping (Story 1 of 7) J. R. Calvo [01-Sep-2010]
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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.]