Critters News & Notices
Critters is 30!
Last November, Critters turned 30 years old! Wow! Thanks so much to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!
Congrats to the Critter own SFWA Grandmaster!
Major congratulations to N.K. Jemisin being named SFWA Grandmaster! How awesome is that?
Congrats to the Critter Nebula winners!
Congratulations to Rachel Swirsky and Eric James Stone for winning in the Novella and Novelette categories!
Podcast guest!
I did a guest podcast talk about Critters, and critiquing in general.
Freebie Friday!
Free ebooks on Fridays... :) [More]
New— Critters Members' Store!
Buy ebooks (or music) from other members — and sell yours — with a share to the fund drive: Visit the Critters Members' Store
More Books from Critters!
Check out Books by Critters for books written by your fellow Critterfolk (but not necessarily in the store,) as well as my list of recommended books for writers.
Interviewed!
I was interviewed live on public radio for Critters' birthday, for those who want to listen.
Help Build A Diplomacy Database
New feature — help revise undiplomatic phrasings.
While few, the most common theme in complaints I get in Critters relate to undiplomatically phrased critiques. Usually there's a nugget of meaningful information in there, but phrased poorly.
So what I'm trying as an experiment — y'all know I like experiments — is asking authors to give more data about undiplomatic critiques when they fill out the critique ratings form (a link at the bottom of each critique) and help me build a database of these, by sharing problems they found and rephrasing them so they'd share the same content but phrased more diplomatically.
Check out the ratings form when you get a critique and let me know what you think. Thanks!
Captain's Blog
Check out the new Critter Captain's Blog. Thoughts on Critters, publishing, and life in general.
Critters Store
For books, magazines, and many other can't-live-withouts, check out the new Critters Store...
Random Character Generator
Drop by the random character generator if you need some ideas.
Bugs?
I'm working on the site, so let me know if you encounter anything that isn't working right (broken links, forms, etc.). Helpful if you send me the URL as well. 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...
Nicer Manuscript Formatting
Make italics and bold "real" instead of _this_, & other features for easier reading and critiquing. Read more...
Babel Story - Collaboration
I've restarted the "Babel Story Collaborative Fiction" project (fun, "wiki"-like project where members work together to create stories)
Visit the "Story Idea Seed Garden" to share or get ideas for stories.
