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New entry Dec 13
Critter Notices
Network speeding up
I'm switching the connection over to a new, shiny 10X faster network because of all the load. There might be bits of downtime as your boxes learn new addresses and things. Should be brief. Let me know of any prolonged outages you see.
Preditors & Editors Changeover
With the very sad passing of Dave Kuzminski, who ran P&E, I've taken over the P&E duties. Lots of what I hope are improvements; check it out at pred-ed.com.
Critters Server is Dying has been Replaced
See important details here in my blog. Let me know if you find anything that isn't working right. (Manuscripts are now available for this week, FYI.)
Book Recommendation
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News
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The Critters Queue
Submission files 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 28-Jan-2015 (Crits due 4-Feb-2015):
F Gathering of the Gifts, ch 2 Memory within a Memory [mpc] Robert Shmigelsky -#24495
F Immortalis Carl Alves -#24496
SF Her Glimmering Facade Eleanor R. Wood -#24497
H The Tear Collector Justin C. Key -#24498
SF Pathifier Jim Adam -#24499
SF Future Awakenings Anna Salonen -#24500
H Paranormal Romance M.B.Vujacic -#24501
H A Glimpse of Green Filip Wiltgren -#24502
SF A Time Traveler's Guide to Messing Up Your Life, ch. 1 Brian Wightman -#24503
F Abacot R. Leigh Hennig -#24504
F Civil Blood, Chapters 0-1 Chris Hepler -#24505
SF Killer Features Janis Zelcans -#24506
SF Shift Tania Robinson -#24507
F The Fixer Walter J. Wiese -#24508
SF Just Another Day in America Amandeep Singh -#24509
SF See you soon, Mr. Travers Yaroslav Barsukov -#24510
F A Good Friend Sarah Morgan -#24511
H Daisy Loved Dafodils Race A. Dauer -#24512
SF Mission: Honeymoon Nessma A. Elsawy -#24513
Week of 4-Feb-2015 (Crits due 11-Feb-2015):
H A Name Worth Dying For Katherine Fairbanks\
SF Redemption Mark Rookyard
F Gathering of the Gifts, Ch 3 Robert Shmigelsky
SF Deluge Derrick Boden
H Brain Power Ralph M. Ambrose
F Spear Ch 10-11 Kristopher Horton
SF Form Letter Joel E. Roosa
H Orlov's Tears Richard Alison
F Daughter's Duel Chris Kenworthy
F Tales of the Black Dragon: Book 3 Ch 10-11 Charles Leighton
F Woe, Djinn Brad Preslar
H Toys to Play With Eric J. Juneau
F The Burning Heart Margie E. Prindle
SF Where Is Asteroid 2021gb Connor W. Anderson
SF Second Chances Joe Walker
F Boy God II Hernan Garcia
SF The Lady of Shalott, Chapters 1 & 2 _RFDR_ Learned Foote
SF Trade Route, Chapters 0-1 Curtis Manges
F Three Intersections, Two Lives Jason Parker
SF The Incident at Wolfe Creek, Chapters1-5 Leena Naidoo
Week of 11-Feb-2015 (Crits due 18-Feb-2015):
SF Avram Ed Kratz
SF Beyond Comprehension Russell Nichols
SF The Time Stone Jeffrey J. Estrella
F The Dauphin's Metaphysics Eric Schwitzgebel
F The Retrievers, Chapter 4 Mark A Dawson
F The Vampire Will Kim Smeltzer
F A Bad Day Traci Loudin
F The Rise of the Cryptbringer, Chapters 1-3 Keir Puplett
SF Crock Tom Grayhorse
H The Thing Robert Graph
SF The Maiden Voyage of the Ariona Dale W. Glaser
SF The Chain of Forests, Chapter 23 Ilias Stroulias
SF Jay's Investigation _Part One_ Joe Camera
SF Against All Odds A Wisham
F Rainfall Marko Cibej
H Gears of Iron, Gears of Bone, Chapter 1 Bill Stiteler
SF Spirit of the Polar Bear David William McKay
SF Lisa Rains, The Progeny, Chapters 0-5 Terry D. Pleasant
H Eastern State Penitentiary-REVISED Stacey Nilsen
SF Riding the Dinosaur Amanda H. Geard
SF Modified, Chapter 2: Maksym Chaz Josephs
H Paradise Cemetery David A. Forrester
H The Fawn Gwyn Case
SF Days of Past Futured Richard Zwicker
SF Tales of Midbar: Religious Intolerance, Chapter 1 Richard Pearman
H Forecast Rayne Hall
SF The Mind Cloud C. John Griffin
F The Scheming Sorcerer Christopher J. Piatti
F title: God's Gumshoe Draft 2 Chapters 4-6 _RFDR_ Russell Adams
F Post-Modem Alchemy Michael Andre-Driussi
SF Missing Pieces Craig McEwan
SF News from the Future Fraser Hannah
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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.)
Symbols:
[@] - 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
[ERROR!] - This means there is a problem and your manuscript will NOT be
sent out - Contact the Critter Captain ASAP if you see this by your name.
Waiting to enter Queue (Will enter at end of queue on "[date]"):
YA Enchanter RFDR E. B. Pike [?]
M The Shot Zimbalist L. Odhams [?]
M The Shot Zimbalist L. Odhams [?]
L The Six Samurai Chapters 1-3 John Endris [?]
F Our Father, Chapter 1 Brandon Byes [?]
SF Terra Prime: Fall of a Federation [?]
SF Rats in Space [?]
F Dollhouse of the He, Chart [?]
L Violin Playing Robot Chrissie Wranja [?]
H After Yule Rayne Hall [18-Feb-2015]
H Nine Rings of Silver, One of Bronze Rayne Hall [?]
SF Customer Service Justin C. Key [4-Feb-2015]
H My Soul, For Mommy's Justin C. Key [?]
H Virgins Of The Sea Justin C. Key [?]
SF Alone Again Traci Loudin [18-Feb-2015]
F The Beginning of the End Traci Loudin [?]
SF Inconspicuous Absence Brad Preslar [11-Feb-2015]
F The Retrievers, Chapter 5 Mark A Dawson [18-Feb-2015]
F Gathering of the Gifts, ch 3 part 2 Robert Shmigelsky [11-Feb-2015]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F Among the Orangutans Joseph E. Lerner [07-Jan-2015]
F Innocenza, Chapter 1 Joshua Ward [07-Jan-2015]
F Answer Hugo Xiong [14-Jan-2015]
F Night of Vlad Amal singh [21-Jan-2015]
H The Phantom Queen Stephen Lewis [21-Jan-2015]
F Once Upon a Midnight Moon: Feral Kaitlin R. Niblock [28-Jan-2015]
F The King's Blacksmith Cameron Huntley [28-Jan-2015]
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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.]