Captain's Blog
Ahoy, Critterfolk!
New entry May 03
Critter Notices
New Book from a Critter Member
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
Stayin' Alive
If you want to make a career of SF writing, STAYING ALIVE - A WRITER'S GUIDE by three-time SFWA President Norman Spinrad, published by your Critter Captain's ReAnimus Press, is an indispensable guide to the SF publishing industry by an expert.How to Write SF
Hot off the presses from ReAnimus Press! 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.)
Book Recommendation
It's like discovering a new Heinlein book:
POINT ULTIMATE
by Star Trek writer Jerry Sohl.
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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Writing/Critiquing Tools
Here are some tools and whatnot that live on the site here, both serious and for fun.
- The Bonsai Story Tree Generator — a program I wrote to make fascinating text out of input you supply; used in the
Atlanta Nights sting operation.
- Random character name/attribute generator
- CritStyle text formatter — reformats manuscripts for readability, by member Mike Alexander
- The Motley Collections of Stamps Postage Calculator
- "Time Limited" variant of the Creative Commons license (In beta mode; contact me if you'd like one.)
- Random drawing — picks random items out of a hat (as it were); for raffles, randomly creating worlds/characters/etc.
- iFiction (helps
authors sell their works directly to the public)
- The
Black Holes response time tracker -- see how long your manuscript should take to exit the editorial event horizon.
- Aburt's Loan Comparison Tool — check it out if you're getting a loan, refinancing, etc.
- Random Dungeon drawing tool
