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MattDovey · 2016-01-29T09:21:48Z

On the back of Stewart's astonishingly generous and selfless offer, and a couple of conversations I've had online recently, I thought this might be useful: a thread where people can mention a story they have in the critters.org queue, to try and make sure they get feedback. I figure we here want to help each other as much as we can as well, moreso than just random strangers on the internet Why? Partly because I don't have time to match Stewart's offer, even though it's something I'd like to replicate--but the reason I don't have time is because I have to keep up with critters, so doing it this way means I can kill two birds with one stone This should be a thread that exists independently of me, though; yes, I'll try and crit the manuscripts that are mentioned here, but I might be on holiday/ill/too busy at work/transcended to a higher plane of existence. On a more general level, though, I want to put this up here because it might encourage people to sign up for critters, and doing that was honestly the best thing for my writing for one reason: it forced me to give critiques. The access to beta readers is nice, sure, it's often a great sanity check, but I've not learnt much about writing from what others have said about stories I've already written. I've learnt far more from reading other people's stories and trying to dissect precisely why something didn't grab me, why it felt slow even at only 4000 words, why I didn't care... and the best times are when I read something astonishing on there and not only try to detail why it did work, but force myself to come up with something that could improve it. That always forces me to push myself. So: if you have a story in the queue (either spotted as upcoming on the queue page, or if you notice it when the Wednesday email goes out), post the title in here and those critters amongst us can try and give it a look in the week

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Reigheena

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My story "Refusing the Call" is currently live at critters. Thanks to anyone that wants to take a look.

Posted : May 18, 2018 2:53 pm

mikewyantjr

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My story "Refusing the Call" is currently live at critters. Thanks to anyone that wants to take a look.

I see it! Should have feedback for you Monday. Smile

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Posted : May 18, 2018 3:21 pm

MattDovey

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Well... aburt has rather overreacted to the introduction of GDPR and blanket-banned EU members from the site. I can visit, I can log in, but I can't view the queue. Which is rather unnecessary, as he clearly had consent for the basis of processing, but there it is: after five full years, I'm no longer a critter. I hadn't been about much anyway of late, tbh, but it's still the passing of an era for me. Sorry folks.

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