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@Luke Fellner I’ve laid out a lot of the basics in the first post at the bottom of this thread. 

As far as benefits go, the obvious one is getting feedback and detailed critiques on your work. Many authors struggle with getting the type of feedback you can get on Scribophile. You don’t have to solicit the feedback from individuals. You just post, and the critiques come rolling in from the community. It’s a great way to get feedback on a draft before posting it here, or to clean up what you’ve already made available on Inkshares. 

It’s also another way to gain exposure and build an audience.  

In terms of privacy, there are a variety of privacy settings available for the work you post and your personal profile activity.  

Information about copyright protections and other details are available on the Scribophile FAQs page:

http://www.scribophile.com/help/faq

Hope that helps. Feel free to PM me with any questions you don’t feel comfortable posting here. 
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    @P.H. James I’m concerned about the privacy of scribophile and how it’s used/what benefits it would bring me. Could you go more in depth for me? Feel free to DM me if you want to be more direct.
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      Robert Batten liked the forum thread, Looking for feedback? Join Critshares!
      I’ve just signed up and sent through a message to join the group. Thanks for the recommendation, it sounds like this will be invaluable.
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        Would just like to say welcome to Scrib PH. and to second what he has to say. I’ve learnt so much by hanging out over at scribophile for the last couple of years.  It’s pretty safe for me to say, that without the good folks over at scrib, I’d be producing utter crap, rather than the mediocre crap that I produce now. ;-)

        Cheers
        Al
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          Robert Batten liked the forum thread, Looking for feedback? Join Critshares!
          Lots of folks have been soliciting feedback on the forums for a few weeks now. As an Inkshares Drafter myself, I know firsthand how hard it can be to get feedback here. So I decided to do something about it!


          Critshares is a private group I’ve created on the online critiquing community Scribophile. Critshares was created to address the needs of Inkshares writers looking for detailed feedback on their work. The goal of this group is to help Inkshares authors put their ‘best foot forward’ in order to increase their chances of funding success. 

          WHAT IS SCRIBOPHILE?
          Scribophile is an active, online social writing workshop and writer’s community. It’s an incredible way to get detailed feedback on your writing, learn how to critique, make friends, and build an audience. The site also contains forums, public groups, and contests. I cannot stress enough how great it is, especially for new writers. And it’s free! FAQs here.

          HOW IT WORKS
          Scribophile works on a ‘credit’ system, where you earn credits to post your own work by providing critiques on the work others have posted.

          Critiquing earns you “Karma Points” (the site’s system of currency) which you use to pay for submitting. Once you’ve accumulated 5 karma points, you can post a work on the site. Each work ‘costs’ 5 points.

          Upon posting your first chapter, your work will go into the public ‘New Member Spotlight’ to help you get noticed and get your first critiques. Your work is guaranteed to receive 3 critiques from the community-at-large before leaving the spotlight. Critshares members are also guaranteed an additional critique from a group member once their work leaves the spotlight. 

          Typically, it takes 2-3 critiques to get enough Karma to submit. You get more Karma the more detailed your critique. This is quite easy to earn, but…

          NEW MEMBER BONUS KARMA!
          As an inaugural bonus, I’ll be gifting 1 Karma point (from my own Karma pool) to the first 5 new group members who join after the posting of this announcement and complete one critique. Scribophile gives you 2 points right away when you sign up. So you’ll be that much closer to posting your work and getting critiques!

          MEMBERSHIP
          Scribophile is free to join and use. There is a premium option which gives you access to additional features. Premium members also get a discount on a Scrivener license! 

          HOW DO I JOIN?
          1. Sign up for your free account. https://www.scribophile.com/join
          2. Go to my profile page: http://www.scribophile.com/authors/p-h-james
          3. Use the ‘send me a message’ link beneath my profile picture to request an invite to the group. You can also send me a PM here once you’ve created your Scribophile account.

          PLEASE NOTE: You have to sign up for your free account before you will be able to see any content or group pages on the site.  

          So if you’re serious about getting feedback and improving your work, come join the party!  Please feel free to PM me with questions, or post them here.
          Big shout out to @Billy O’Keefe for the logo, and @alex maher for referring me to Scribophile.

          DISCLAIMER: Inkshares and I are in no way officially affiliated with Scribophile. Inkshares is not formally affiliated with this group. I receive no form of compensation from either Scribophile or Inkshares for running this group, or soliciting members at either membership level. 

          @Heidi Rebstock  @Sam Fellows  @Luke Fellner  @Matthew S. Adams  @Siriano Lambert  @Nell Walton  @Emily Senft  @Catherine Hamlin 
          @Abigail Stark  @Pontus Karsten  @J. Graham-Jones  @Ryan Elliott  @Rebekka S. Leber  @C. Brennecke 

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            Once more, my friends, I turn to you for help.

            You... you did it. I mean, I never doubted your level of commitment but I thought the competition would be so fierce, so aggressive and overwhelming, that there really wasn’t any chance.

            But you magnificent sentient organisms you... you fraking did it.

            You got The Life Engineered nominated for a 2016 Dragon Award in the Science Fiction Category.

            I don’t even know what to say about that. Thank you? Seems a bit weak, so I’ll go with the next best thing; go vote again. Click this link and go put in your vote for The Life Engineered. We’ve made it this far, let’s find out the distance we can push this crazy thing.

            Simply magnificent...

            NOTE: If you’re in the mood to encourage other fantastic Inkshares authors along with The Lie Engineered, may I suggest An Unattractive Vampire and Asteroid Made of Dragons. Two fine books also in the Sword & Laser Collection.

            JF

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              I can’t believe I almost forgot to link this! Check out my interview with Regina McMenomy about Tantalus Depths! She was gracious enough to take time out of her schedule to show support for my campaign, so please show her and her book, Mothering: The Game some support as well. She’s made a great deal of progress and she worked her butt off during the Nerdist competition, and I’m eager to see her reach the Quill mark.
               

              Please note that we recorded this last week, well before the insanity with all the invalid pre-orders in my campaign came to light. It’s only relevant insofar as the number of pre-orders I still need and the time I have left to get them aren’t accurate to what we talk about in the video.

              Also, a further update on that point: Inkshares has generously increased my campaign’s extension from 30 days to 60, to ensure I have enough time to recover and finish the campaign. I don’t plan on needing 60 days, but I have them in case I do.

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                @Robert Batten  - haha, thanks! Well, if Steven Erikson is your style then I hope you feel I’ve done him justice - I think it’s fair to say his influence runs very strongly through my work.

                Look forward to hearing your thoughts!
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