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Dear Grandpoppypops Wish you were here? Look at the size of the stamps now! So much larger than the penny black you showed me from your…
A Bowl o’ Stew
What would Flann O'Brien's much-loved character - The Brother - make of 21st century trends and fads? Imagine his reaction to Molecular Gastronomy and Nouvelle Cuisine...
This is my first post on this forum, so I wanted to do something short and light. What types of distractions interrupt you when you’re hammering…
Details Matter
Day One on the Job, I Interviewed a Killer—and Didn’t Know It
My first day as a professional writer, I lifted a police report from the pile at the Coffeyville station and read “Murder"
I love jumping between writing genres – I ‘pants’ my contemporary romances but plot my psychological suspense novels. Why do I do this?
Lucky seven they say – but the morning I had to load that many strong-minded mustangs onto a lorry at the top of the Swiss Alps with a 4am deadline, it seemed a doomed number
Why do we have such a hard time admitting we are stuck? We think ‘real’ writers don’t have this problem, that’s why.
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 carefully-selected…
You want to read this. https://litopia.com/definitive-litopia-writers-reading-list-2024/
It's Gold Rush Time - For Some
Selling highly-priced, poor-value seminars and writing courses to aspiring authors isn’t just unethical – it’s also damaging to the publishing industry, says Litopia’s Peter Cox in…
Coming Soon!
Coming soon from Litopia, the Internet's oldest writing community: Short Story Hunters! A weekly show featuring Flash Fiction stories drawn from Litopia's Flash Club and also…