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Notes for 12-Aug-2020...

Helping out the Critters Fund Drive this week is an amazing release from ReAnimus Press--
Three legends of SF, edited by a fourth--

	THE NEW ATLANTIS by Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin, James Tiptree, Jr., Gene Wolfe - $4.99

		ReAnimus Press Store: www.ReAnimus.com/1626
		Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B08FGJ9879/?tag=critters3a-20
		 (available in both ebook and paperback)
	
Three short novels by three of science fiction's greatest writers -- Ursula K. Le Guin, James Tiptree, Jr., and Gene Wolfe, edited by Robert Silverberg.

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Thanks for the donations, folks!  Thanks especially to

	Michael Benjamin
	Larry Hodges
	Richard Zwicker
	Daniel Villani

for their recent donations to help keep Critters going. Much appreciated!

[See http://www.critters.org/donate.php for more information.]


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Woohoo!  Congratulations to...

	- Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Roger
	and Hester - the Early Years" to Page & Spine.

	- LindaAnn LoSchiavo, who reports "New Interview & Sneak Peak of
	My Video". {AUTHOR INTERVIEW: LindaAnn LoSchiavo (Poetry Author)
	+ a bonus video-poem sneak peak!

	Interviewer: Althea Bernardo, The Moon Who Listens!
	https://themoonwholistens.wixsite.com/mysite/post/author-interview-lindaann-loschiavo-poetry-author-bonus-poem-video-sneak-peak
	}


Please report your Woohoo!s via the www.critters.org/telldaworld.ht web page.


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This week's Most Productive Critter award, for 2 critiques (at time
of judging), averaging over 4100 words each, goes to...

	Donald Jodon

To redeem an MPC, visit:  www.critters.org/usempc.ht

Congratulations!  To everyone else -- Crit early and often!

(For an explanation of the MPC award, see the www.critters.org/award.ht page.)

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Recommended Reading...
One of the best writing books - Secrets from the 6-time Best Editor
Hugo Award Master, Ben Bova: THE CRAFT OF WRITING SCIENCE FICTION THAT SELLS 
http://ReAnimus.com/store?item=1144
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This week we have... [get from http://www.critters.org/private/mss.php ]...
                                                 
     Title                      	Author
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Week of 12-Aug-2020 (Crits due 19-Aug-2020):
 F   The Bread Pirate Roberts           [mpc] Adam Pitts [?] -#29348
 SF  The Sum of Its Parts _part 1 of 2_  Richard Zwicker -#29349
 F   The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapter 25  Eric Wilson -#29350
 F   Of Wind and Lightning _Selah_      Ella Walker Henderson -#29351
 SF  Snikabah                           John Griffin -#29352
 SF  The Celebrity Scenario             Jamie M. Boyd -#29353
 F   Shadow's Birth                     Holden Lee -#29354
 SF  Engines of Immortality             Raghasudhan K -#29355
 SF  Galaxy Run, Chapters 2 and 3       James Edmund Dennis -#29356
 H   Changeling, Chapters 1-3           H. D. Grande -#29357
 SF  3 Billion Heartbeats               Jonathan G. Chew -#29358
 SF  Death Arbiter                      Franz Pattison (as H.M. Friendly) -#29359
 SF  accidental rider                   Ross Middleton -#29360
 F   Guilds of Aevalei, Prologue-Chapter 1  Adam Martin -#29361

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Recommended books on writing:

THE CRAFT OF WRITING AND SELLING SCIENCE FICTION by Ben Bova
	ReAnimus Press Store: http://ReAnimus.com/store?item=1144
	Amazon: http://Amazon.com/dp/B006MAZPEI

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS By (Critter member) Robert Qualkinbush
	http://ReAnimus.com/store?item=1184 | http://Amazon.com/dp/B007O272ZI

STAYIN' ALIVE - A WRITER'S GUIDE by three-time SFWA President Norman Spinrad
	How things really work in the art and commerce of publishing
	http://ReAnimus.com/store?item=1179 | http://Amazon.com/dp/B007SIC4I8

EXPERIMENT PERILOUS: THE 'BUG JACK BARRON' PAPERS by Norman Spinrad
	(A 99cent essay on SF and writing)
	http://ReAnimus.com/store?item=1180 | http://Amazon.com/dp/B007MF3MS8
 
Because you might enjoy it... IN SEARCH OF THE BIG BANG by JOHN GRIBBIN
`A remarkably readable guide to the mysteries of cosmic creation' -  Nature 
https://reanimus.com/store/?item=1454
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Pieces up for critique in other workshops...

In the lit workshop - http://critique.org/lit :
 L   Dreamer                            Joe Vance -#29318

In the mystery workshop - http://critique.org/mystery :
 M   Snakes and Leaders, Chapters 1-8   Michael Benjamin -#29362

In the nonfiction workshop - http://critique.org/nonfiction :
 NH  That Woman                         Wanda Little Fenimore -#29130

In the script workshop - http://critique.org/script :
 SC  Perspective in Three Parts         Sarah Joynt Borger -#29179

In the kids workshop - http://critique.org/kids :
 BK  Monarchs of Greenwood - Fly With Me, CH. 1-3  Emmanuel Agyei-Boatey -#29197

In the comics workshop - http://critique.org/comics :
 CG  Magna. logline/ synopsis           Brent Claridge -#28885

In the western workshop - http://critique.org/western :
 W   A Message to Santa Fe, Chap 1-3    Frank Coombs -#25375

In the romance workshop - http://critique.org/romance :
 R   Love and Other Experiments: First 3 Chapters  Tabitha Hapeman -#29363
 R   First 10 pages-- The Last Prince   Brandi Cote -#29364

In the video workshop - http://critique.org/video :
 VS  The Gallery of Henri Beauchamp     Jay DeTalente -#21424

In the music workshop - http://critique.org/music :
 MP  The Shade Riders and Nocturnal Ned song  Beth Zurkowski -#21675

In the photo workshop - http://critique.org/photo :
 PH  Dry Mud and Cinder Cone            Bill Wight -#19627

In the art workshop - http://critique.org/art :
 AH  Art Man, a portrait                Robert J Cleary -#27847

In the website workshop - http://critique.org/website :
 WW  ReAnimus Press                     Andrew Burt -#29320

In the critters workshop - http://critique.org/critters :
 F   The Bread Pirate Roberts           [mpc] Adam Pitts [?] -#29348
 SF  The Sum of Its Parts _part 1 of 2_  Richard Zwicker -#29349
 F   The Wizards of Llandwellyn: Part 2: Chapter 25  Eric Wilson -#29350
 F   Of Wind and Lightning _Selah_      Ella Walker Henderson -#29351
 SF  Snikabah                           John Griffin -#29352
 SF  The Celebrity Scenario             Jamie M. Boyd -#29353
 F   Shadow's Birth                     Holden Lee -#29354
 SF  Engines of Immortality             Raghasudhan K -#29355
 SF  Galaxy Run, Chapters 2 and 3       James Edmund Dennis -#29356
 H   Changeling, Chapters 1-3           H. D. Grande -#29357
 SF  3 Billion Heartbeats               Jonathan G. Chew -#29358
 SF  Death Arbiter                      Franz Pattison (as H.M. Friendly) -#29359
 SF  accidental rider                   Ross Middleton -#29360
 F   Guilds of Aevalei, Prologue-Chapter 1  Adam Martin -#29361
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You might also like... A KNIFE IN THE MIND by CRAIG STRETE
The Tragedy Of MAKONA, Shaman Of Kawdor.
https://reanimus.com/store/?item=1492

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Because you might enjoy it... THE NEW ATLANTIS by ROBERT SILVERBERG, URSULA K. LE GUIN, JAMES TIPTREE, JR., GENE WOLFE
Three short novels by some of science fiction's greatest writers
https://reanimus.com/store/?item=1626

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