Peter Cox

Peter Cox is known inside the Colony as AgentPete. If you’re not yet a member, join us now.

Peter Cox is the author of the UK No. 1 bestseller “Why You Don’t Need Meat” (US title "You Don't Need Meat") and with Linda McCartney author of the UK No. 1 bestseller and worldwide multi-million bestseller “Linda McCartney’s Home Cooking”. Together with his wife, Peggy Brusseau, he’s written many more national bestsellers. He founded Litopia way back when the internet was still a very nice place.
Litopia still is.

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Huddle It!

Writing A Killer Author Bio

Writing about yourself in the third person is the hardest thing for many writers.  Yet that’s what you constantly are required to do in today’s...
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Blogging Comes to the Colony

Peter Cox, AgentPete in the Colony I’m delighted to announce the launch of Litopia’s very own blogging platform. And I think...
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Huddle South This Wednesday

Our monthly Huddle South is set for this coming Wednesday, 6th March. All Full Members are welcome but preference will be given to Litopians living...
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Litopia Book Club Selections February – September​ 2024

I'm delighted to give you an early peek into this year’s Litopia Book Club selections, together with relevant purchase links.  It’s a particularly strong and...
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Kindred by Octavia Butler

Our Summary Despite being written 45 years ago, it feels like a modern work. It’s at once Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Speculative, and even Literary. Everything a...
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Out Now! The Definitive Writers’ Reading List 2024 – Essential Books For All Writers!

You want to read this. https://litopia.com/definitive-litopia-writers-reading-list-2024/
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Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore by Elizabeth Lyon

Our Summary Presents in a highly readable, organized way all of the elements of a novel, from the significance of genre and common to lesser-known...
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What’s Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges

Our Summary This is a coming-of-age fiction book about a 24-year-old boy who feels stuck in his small town taking care of his overweight mother...
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Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

Our Summary Down to earth advice, not so much about the craft per se as the practice (and pitfalls) of "being a writer". What I...
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The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

Our Summary a series of essays and short stories on the nature of story What I learned From It It does a great job of...

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