Captain's Blog
Ahoy, Critterfolk!
New entry Dec 20
Critter Notices
P&E Readers' Poll
Preditors & Editors / Critters annual best-of Readers' Poll is now open! Vote for your favorites!
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.)
Free Books
I've got five review copies of my newest ebook, A PRIVATE MUTINY and of the Vonnegut/Catch22-esque SIDE EFFECTS available for those who'd like one.
Book Recommendation
I wholeheartedly think you'll like this book ("Biff America" - humor) and want to recommend it to you.
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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Critters Autopilot / Multi-week Batch Mode...
If you see a notice that Critters is on Autopilot, that means the Critter Captain is not available and/or we're in the middle of a multi-week batch of manuscripts. This happens over many holidays when a lot of people travel and critiquing is at a lower pace than usual (and/or when the ol' Cap'n' is just out of town). Critters is about 99% automated, but the Cap'n monitors some of the software as it runs so those processes get held.
During multi-week batches you should still do one critique per week; there will be more manuscripts posted than for a normal week so there are more to choose from. If you're a new member, no new manuscripts will be emailed so choose manuscripts to critique from the online queue.
Multi-week batches also mean different rules are in effect for the MPC award.
When in autopilot...
- Critiques are processed as normal, so send them in (early and often)
- New manuscripts submitted to the queue are not added (but are stored and will be added in order received when autopilot is switched off)
- The Critter Captain is quite possibly unable to answer emails, but send them and he'll get to them when he returns
