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Critique Guidelines

 The 3rd Tuesday of each month we will discuss writing that has been submitted by two members for critique Submission word count should not exceed 8 pages, at least not by very much. The submissions should be emailed to Crazy Buffet Critique mailing list by the 1st Tuesday meeting. The writers submitting should include something about what they hope to get from the critique comments. Any member can provide comments. They can email them to the writer, or wait until the critique meeting to give comments. The writers will read their submissions on the 3rd Tuesday, and then the work will be discussed. Before the end of the meeting, the next writers to submit for the next month will be identified. Writers that have submitted the least recently will be considered first.   More thoughts on critiques: I want to add something about critiquing. (Actually a couple of things) PAGE FORMATTING: Typically when doing page counts, the industry used this format: Double spaced, 12 point font (co...

WRITER INDEX

Blaire Adams Calvin Beam Cate Bishop Mel Curtin Noel Cumberland Elijah David Lindie Ferguson Innis Gee Kelley C. Handwright Jerry Harwood Lucius L. Hilley III Max Hermandez Meredith Hodges-Boos Jonathan Hixson Jack Huguelet  J. Smith Kirkland  Mischelle Lascelle J. I. Oxenttenko Donna Patton Kelle Z. Riley Peter Sculley Gary Sedlacek Riley C. Shannon Erin K. White Sherry White

Amazon Promotion

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Please spread the word on your social media: We have a promo for the first CB collection to reduce the price of .99 for a week. Sunday, June 30 8:00am - Saturday July 6 8:00am Over the July 4th weekend. Hoping that people would get it, and then get the 2nd one. Crazy Buffet Club (book 1) Crazy Buffet Club BBQ Edition (book 2) Currently trying to figure out how to offer free books if we use patreon, without having to physically mail the books or send the digital version. Maybe offer an Amazon code to get the download.

Collection Info

Time to make a 8th collection.    CONCEPT   We have agreed to create a collection of short stories that members of our group will write and edit for the purpose of publication.  All group members are invited and encouraged to contribute. All fiction genres, non-fiction, and poetry are acceptable. Authors are encouraged to keep their submissions to a maximum of 7,500 words, although that can be broken down into multiple pieces, and you can also write fewer words if you wish. . Remember, that though we are not putting strict limits on anything except total words, we would like like to be able to refer readers of all ages to this collection.     DEADLINES First draft to writers@crazybuffet.com by June 1. Two other members will read each story and provide comments and edits. If you contribute a story, plan to also read others'. Jim will make sure two people get the First draft to concentrate on developmental and overview edits .     Ready-to-polis...