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Sorry for not responding sooner, everyone! I completely forgot to mention that I was away this weekend at a dance festival, and might not have a chance to check the forums. My bad! I see @Mandamonhas already submitted-- @shatteredsmooth I hope you're still planning to submit as well!

So @shatteredsmooth and @Mandamon for Monday? Any other takers? (And yes! Gonna try and book my flights before the end of the month...so in the next few days.)

Oops, sorry everyone. I thought I had responded already but apparently I only dreamed doing so. Anwyay, I see @shatteredsmooth, @Mandamon and maybe @aeromancer up for today. Aero, I’d say that if that is what you feel would be useful, go for it. I would maybe outline that in your email/forum post just so people know what kind of feedback you’re looking for. As for being behind, we tend to be pretty forgiving when someone falls behind a bit... or, maybe you could also squeeze out one or two critiques for now and catch back up (as you see fit) in the fullness of time?

So @shatteredsmooth, @kais and @Mandamon for Monday. Two more slots if anyone wants 'em.

@MandamonLooks like just you and @kais, yeah, so I think you're okay to go a bit over.

@Mandamon, @kais and @shatteredsmooth for Monday. Two more slots if any one wants 'em. As for the length, if nobody protests before you get around to submitting I'd say go for it.

Glad to hear it! We do like being helpful.

We have @Severian4Scadrial, @kais, and @shatteredsmooth up for Monday. Two more slots if anyone wants 'em.

I like this idea. Feel free to start a thread. I may not pin it--we're accumulating quite a few pinned threads as it is, which sort of defeats the purpose--but there's a "resources/links section" somewhere in the guidelines that I'm overdue to update, I could include it there. Oooooh. Good to know. I'm stoked that I can nominate this year! And now, for the real reason I came here, this important announcement: Writing is hard. GAH.

I doubt we'll get three more requests at this point. Good to go!

Yep. With @Alderant and @kais we still have 3 slots left. Unless I've missed anybody?

Absolutely, if you think it'll be helpful for you, no reason not to! That means three slots still open.

@kais for Monday. Anyone else?

I'd say go for it. Pretty quiet week.

Sorry folks, this kind of fell by the wayside in craziness that has been the last few weeks. I've just messaged Chaos and asked him to make the changes for us.

Of course. This time of year is usually pretty quiet.

Please do! Sorry for the delayed reply.

Definitely!

It really was! I am provisionally impressed, assuming they use it to manage the mess that came out of this year's Worldcon programming.

I doubt it will be this quiet for much longer! But certainly, please do.

WELL. I have finally responded to their very detailed survey, only a week later than I was hoping to, because day job overtime, freelance deadlines, a migraine, a hot water tank that exploded at 5:30 this morning and started flooding our garage, and a plumbing company that didn't return my call until about 6 hours later. I can has treats and alcohol now?

No kidding. I'm trying to work my way through it now and yeah, they're... thorough.

Fingers crossed! Good to know that it is long--sounds like I had the right idea when I tried not to do it tonight. I'll aim for tomorrow after work.

Sounds good. Any other takers? (Ah, that NaNoWriMo quiet...)

Worth noting that the "Welcome to Reading Excuses" guidelines do address this (this line is kind of a holdover from the group's very early days, but it was a deliberate decision at the time): I'm in favour of the "all genres." One, because that way we're not inadvertently excluding genres with which there's a lot of SFF crossover (say, horror or paranormal romance) but also, I am personally a big proponent of critiquing across genres. As an undergraduate I spent a lot of team in creative writing classes where I was one of the few SFF writers, and seeing the variety of works across different genres was a real joy, as well as a good learning experience. That being said, aeromancer's also quite right. Since we're hosted on a Sanderson fan forum, the bulk of writers we're going to get are inevitably going to be SFF.