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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Why do we care who you are?
Because writers are touchy about strangers reading their work.
I realize the net is a mostly anonymous place, and, indeed, I founded and ran for ten years what I believe was the world's first cost-free public access internet service provider; there I allowed folks to have anonymous usernames, and I protected identities fiercely. I'm not, per se, opposed to pen names and such.
However, Critters is one of those other kinds of net communities, where anonymity is not comfortable. Critters is more like a face-to-face writers' workshop where everyone knows who everyone else is. In other words, would you trust your unpublished work with people who won't even tell you their name? Critters requires a certain amount of trust on everyone's part. That begins with being honest about who you are.
I thus suggest you look around the Critters site a little more until you become comfortable enough to give your real name.
This is just the way Critters is, so if you're uncomfortable with the way we operate, I suggest you look over the workshops web page for the locations of other workshops you might prefer.
