Critter Notices

Expanding Critters - Feedback Wanted

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!

Notices Layout

So, lookie, I've moved the notices over here because of popular demand. Hope you like. Don't forget to look at them though!

Free Ads for Your Stuff

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 a benefit of active membership. Read more...

The State of The Future?

What are your thoughts about the future (as in, "The Future")? Is the future healthy or are people burned out on it? Share your thoughts...

Ebook Pricing

The e-book pricing survey results are in! Read more...

As a result I'm doing an experiment to test the variable pricing, "Pay As You Like It" model. Read more...

Vote for Your Favorites!

I've launched a poll / reading list for your all-time favorite books, short stories, poems, poets, & authors, in each genre. Please vote and share the link. The more votes the better the scoring gets. Vote here...

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!)

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Manuscript Submission

Submit a Manuscript to Critters

This page is for submitting a PLAIN TEXT manuscript to Critters.

  • NOTE: If you'd like to submit an MSWord file, go here
  • if you'd like to submit a WordPerfect file, go here.

If you don't have an empty box and a "browse" button next to "filename to send" down below, sorry, your browser won't let you use this form. Just email it as usual.

Before you go to all the trouble of filling in the form here, you might want to check the format of your manuscript before you submit it, to make sure it conforms to Critters Standard Manuscript Format.

Your E-mail address (If this is wrong, you won't get any critiques!):

Your Name (Mixed caps & lower case, please, as in "John R. R. Tolkien"):

(Real Life name please, no pseudonyms)

Manuscript Title (Mixed caps, as in "The Return of the King, Chapters 1-5"):

Genre: Science Fiction    Fantasy    Horror

Form: What you want critiqued is a ...
Short Story/Novelette (self-contained prose fiction under 20,000 words)
Novel/Novella (chapters or RFDR -- prose fiction over 20,000 words or part thereof)
Poetry
Script/screenplay/stageplay
Query letter/synopsis
Other

Word Count (approx.):

Is this a REsubmission (revision) of something CURRENTLY in the queue:

Yes-- This is a new file for a manuscript already in the queue (or already submitted to Aburt to be added to the queue but for which you haven't yet received a confirmation from Aburt; i.e., no additional entry in the queue needs to be added, just use this file instead -- note that the manuscript title above must be exactly the same as it is currently in the queue (or as already submitted) or you will incur the wrath of Aburt!)

No-- 		This is a brand new manuscript neither currently in the queue nor recently sent in to be added to the queue; a new entry in the queue definitely needs to be added for it

Is this a novel you want marked as a Request For Dedicated Readers:

Yes-- This is for a novel I want marked as a Request For Dedicated Readers
No-- This is an ordinary short story or chapters of a novel for which I don't want dedicated readers

Manuscript (ASCII text!) filename to send:

Author notes to readers (will go at end of manuscript; this is where most notes belong):

URGENT reader notes (placed at top of manuscript; use to indicate e.g. mature content, British spellings, synopsis of prior chapters, or other URGENT things readers need to know before reading -- 99% of notes should go at the end, though, and not here [trust me!]. FYI, assume that readers understand things like _underlines mean italic_ or *stars means emphasis* etc. and don't bother mentioning those. Beware, I will relocate comments to the end that I don't feel are urgent!):

Any important comments to aburt (these will not be in the manuscript file):



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CRITTERS DIPLOMACY

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NOVELS

Critters has a special program to get whole novels critiqued. Read about it here.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Please follow these guidelines for formatting and submitting manuscripts to Critters.

WHAT'S IN THE QUEUE

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WEEKLY MPC AWARD

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