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stablished over a decade ago, Litopia Writers' Colony is quite simply the 'net's pre-eminent community for writers. If you're serious about your writing, this is where you need to be.
The Orginal And Best
There is only one Litopia: the net's original writing community, and still the best. Yes, we charge a small subscription. But as Kurt Vonnegut wrote, "In this world, you get what you pay for". Litopia's low subscription (works out to a cup of coffee a month) is the best investment you'll make in your writing future.
Today's writer faces a myriad of tough decisions. Traditional publishing or self publishing? Physical or digital? Agented or alone? Don't panic! A helping hand from the net's most experienced community for writers is constantly available. Decades of practical knowledge, at your fingertips, guiding you to success.
Your time here in the Colony will be well invested. Expert and impartial (isn't that a nice word?) help is always just a click away. Stimulating and intelligent company is guaranteed. Our only concern is to support our members at every stage of their writing careers. Your success is ours.
What can you expect from your time in the Colony? Three vital things.
Develop
A good writer never stops developing their talent. Forget expensive and time-consuming courses and conferences: the best practical honing your craft can receive is right here, in the Colony. And yes, we cater for every genre.
Mix
Where else can you rub shoulders with some of the nicest, most talented writers on the planet? Yes, we have the net's best literary salon, run in the grand European manner. But it's not all wit and banter. Network with your peers here, and stay on the leading edge of change. If it's important to writers - you'll find out about it here first.
Sell
Selling your work is usually the biggest challenge for an author. Not for Litopians: you can take your first steps to market right here in the Colony. How do you construct your author's platform? We'll show you. Kick off your writing career with an unfair advantage. Litopians start - and stay - ahead of the game.
This week's Litopia After Dark features one of Britain's top financial writers, Alex Brummer. In his new book Britain For Sale, Alex shows how...
What is it about the early hours of the morning that makes bad things happen? These reflections start an hour or so after midnight. I wasn't awakened by what happened: I was already up and quite active....
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Hone your talent & make the connections, right here in The Colony. Litopians get publishing deals - click here for the latest.
Momentary bursts of thoughtful action and character development sprinkled throughout.
How do you feel about the future? Fifty years ago, most views would probably have been rosily optimistic: our faith in science to solve the most pressing problems was mostly untarnished, and our belief in...
Turning into my street yesterday evening after another stressed-out day, and there's a body sprawled across my path. At first look it's a pile of clothes, but no, there really is a human being inside.
Even in London, you don't just step over a body on your way home (*).
What to do? Is he breathing? Do I remember my CPR from a decade ago?
I gingerly expose his face. With some relief, I see his chest rise and fall. OK, so I don't have to put my mouth to his, thank God. If you've ever practiced CPR, it would have been on a nice, sterile, plastic dummy. Although no hobo, my unconscious friend is far from...
 I have finally decided to confess. I'm coming out of the closet. I am a thespian. Frankly, it's about time I came out, as acting in such a small space severely limits one’s potential audience - to hangers on. For years I’ve denied that I have much interest in treading the boards, but now I'm bored of treading on my dreams. The theatre thrills... |
 Fair Warning: Opinion & Old-School Reflection For the past few weeks between rewriting, I've been watching the antics of a group of motley trolls inhabiting some of the Amazon discussion forums. The bells, jingle caps and turned toe shoes really get me, every time. My special favorites are what author GRR Martin refers to as sock puppets. When the old sock currently in use becomes too nasty and stinky, off it comes and there'...
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 A couple of weeks ago, The Good Wife dealt with at-will employment in an episode called The Penalty Box. In that episode, Cary Agos, the former colleague of our heroine Alicia, who joined the prosecutor’s office in a huff a few years ago, decided to interview at Alicia’s firm. The prosecutor’s political consultant saw him and ratted him out. Cary had pretty much decided to stay at the State’s Attorney’s office,...
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 I think I'm being followed. It's never happened before and has triggered palpitations on an unprecedented scale. I've also had to make an extra visit to the bottle bank. By yesterday afternoon I was so jittery I wobbled my bike into Pru's gatepost on my way back from Tesco's. Only when my helmet bounced off the stone frog that tops said gatepost, did I realise where I was. Unfortunately, I have to make this fourteen-mile...
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 Just back from a ten night stay in Varadero. I fully planned on doing some quality writing on the beach but the beer poured too freely and the nightlife in Havana kept me too busy. It didn't keep...
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 Someone asked me why this blog is titled ‘Boneland’. There are several answers. The first is this: About six years ago I decided to stop dancing around the edges of writing...
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 I feel like a project some big developer has saved for his/her last meal. They have filed away plans, ideas, and planks of wood, bags of concrete and sand, steel girders, rolls...
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 I’m sure I’m not the only writer who is fascinated by names. The names of things, and of people and places – how they were acquired, what they mean, and the many subtle...
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I’ve just today, been on the receiving end of a flaming group of posts on an Amazon forum. I know, I know… why was I even there? The forum was...
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The fourth thing I did this morning, after rolling out of bed, swallowing a couple of aspirin and reciting positive affirmations in front of the bathroom mirror, was stare long and hard at my...
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One of our regular dog walks takes us through a disused graveyard. Most of the graves date from the 18th Century to the early 20th. There are no recent burials and the contemporaries of these dead...
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I suppose it came to me while I was walking the dogs. We have two of them, both lively and requiring a lot of exercise, so I spend a good deal of time out in the countryside...
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 The first draft is the caterpillar, munching its way through the vegetation, laying down words like layers of fat. It grows bigger and bigger, lumpy and spiny and vaguely formed, until it is huge...
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Dora Saint, better known as Miss Read, died one week ago, ten days short of her 99th birthday. As with the deaths of certain movie stars, she was one of those people I was vaguely...
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Some years ago my eldest son, now 19, chose to learn Mandarin, so I decided to have a crack at learning it too. Yes, I’m that malleable. Velly big mistake! The text sheets...
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If that existed, then the blocking could be a catch-all mitten for all sorts of maladies. I would be suffering from, amongst other things: Dusting and... |
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