Weekly Notes 


Notes for 24-Jun-2009...

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Because next week has (US) Independence Day in it, this batch is a
DOUBLE batch.  That means that there are a bunch more manuscripts, but
you're expected to critique TWICE AS MANY (one for each week).  This gives
some more time to folks who might go on vacation, have houseguests, etc.
Critiques are due in two weeks, but the sooner you do them the better!
In other words, Critique Early And Often!

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Say, do any of you in Critterland work in advertising?  I'm looking
to create some ads for Critters for some sites that volunteered to
display them.  But I'm a hack when it comes to creating ads (as good
as my drawing ability, where I can draw a nice square shaped circle :),
so was hoping there might be some help from the audience.  Drop me a
line and I can supply details.

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For those of you following the events in Iran on Twitter (the #IranElection
and related hashtags for example), I created a twitter account called
@Time_in_Iran you can follow.  It tweets the local time in Iran once each
hour so you get a sense of what time of day it is there related to the various
events being described.  (I still find this unfolding situation fascinating
not just out of the hope that it might result in a true democracy there,
which I think would be great for them and the world, but also because it's
a futuristic sort of "revolution" with the digital component and for the
interesting comparison of tweeted "citizen journalist" news vs. the
mainstream media.)

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Woohoo!  Congratulations to...

	- Frank Oreto, who sold his short story, "Handy" to Withersin
	Magazine.

	- Richard Zwicker, who sold his (Critter'd) short story, "Late
	Programming" to Golden Visions Magazine. {Thanks, as always,
	to those who critique my stories.}


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 12 critiques (at time
of judging), averaging almost 900 words each, goes to...

	Hugh Perkins

And Instant Winner(s) (for 10 MPC-eligible critiques):

	Tara Passow

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