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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FEATURED BOOK
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Available Genre Types by Workshop
Use the follow codes when hand-crafting a submission block (that is, if you're not using the submission form):
critters
SF - Science Fiction
F - Fantasy
H - Horror
lit
L - Mainstream/Literary (written)
mystery
M - Mystery (written)
T - Thriller (written, fiction)
AC - Action / Adventure (written, fiction)
nonfiction
NP - Opinion, personal (blog entry, editorial, essay, politics, etc.)
NR - Review (product/service/movie review etc.)
NT - Technical, professional, reference (computers, Internet, how to's, training, manuals, etc.)
NE - Press release
NI - Business, finance, investing
NL - Legal forms, contracts (e.g. publishing contracts you offer — or have been offered), etc. (though not meant for legal advice)
NH - History, biography
NB - Health, mind, body
NF - Food, cooking, wine
NC - Crafts, hobbies
NM - Home, Garden
NA - Parenting, family
NN - Outdoors, nature, sports
NV - Travel
NG - Religion, spirituality
NU - Humor
NJ - Peer-reviewed journal/conference scholarly article
NS - Student school paper
NO - Other non-fiction (general, misc., anything not above)
script
SC - Script/Screenplay/Stageplay/etc.
kids
YP - Picture Books (approx. ages 0-5)
YE - Early reader (approx. ages 5-7)
YS - Children 7-9 - e.g. shorter chapter books (approx. ages 7-9)
YL - Children 9-12 - longer chapter books (approx. ages 9-12)
YA - Young adult (approx. ages 13-18)
BK - Books written BY kids
comics
CO - Comics (other, in general)
CM - Manga
CG - Graphic Novel
western
W - Western (written, fiction)
romance
R - Romance (written)
adult
XX - Erotica (written)
GL - GLBT (written)
video
VS - Short video / film / movie (fictional)
VL - Long video / film / movie (fictional)
VD - Documentary video / film (non-fictional)
music
MP - Pop, Rock
MC - Country
MJ - Jazz
ML - Classical
MO - Other music
AU - Audio (non-music; e.g. a podcast)
photo
PH - Photograph
art
AN - Nature
AH - People
AI - Imaginary (science fictional, fantasy, horror)
AO - Other
apps
AP - Apps
website
WW - Web Site
test
XM - Mystery (written)
XW - Western (written, fiction)
XS - Science Fiction
XF - Fantasy
XH - Horror
