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Guess the plot.
Posted by Hope
May 9, 2008

Do you tell people that you
write fiction?

Posted by geographer
May 9, 2008

hi
Posted by Rothfan
May 9, 2008

Similar to one below -
pennames?

Posted by tobyakid
May 9, 2008

Queries - advice from the
Guide to Literary Agents

Posted by Pelotard
May 9, 2008

Is all publicity, Good
publicity?

Posted by Bep
May 9, 2008

How you create stories.
Posted by tobyakid
May 9, 2008

Books you should have read,
but never got round too.

Posted by Pelotard
May 9, 2008

Online writing classes
Posted by Pelotard
May 9, 2008

Authors you stuck with
Posted by Crowe
May 9, 2008

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Welcome to Litopia Writers' Colony!

Run by writers for writers, Litopia is one of the web's most important writing communities. Part word palace - part literary salon - part sweat shop…and wholly inspiring.

Established for over five years, Litopia is a true social community of authors. Beyond that, it is a serious proving-ground for emerging new talent. If you want to get noticed, this is the place to be.

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Special Guest Alert! Kate Pullinger
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We’re delighted to announce that this Friday’s special guest on LITOPIA AFER DARK will be Canadian-born novelist and author of digital fiction, Kate Pullinger. Currently Reader in Creative Writing and New Media at De Montfort University, Leicester, Kate teaches the online MA in Creative Writing and New Media that she helped establish.

She has been writer-in-residence in many places, including Battersea Arts Centre, The University of Reading, the prisons HMP Gartree and HMP Maidstone, and in Maidstone itself. She was Judith E Wilson Visiting Writing Fellow at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, 1995/96 and the Visiting Writing Fellow at The Women's Library, London Metropolitan University, 2001/03.

Kate is one of the first literary writers to work in the digital field. In February 2007, De Montfort University and Penguin Publishing collaborated to host the world’s first wiki novel - "A Million Penguins" - using the same software that runs Wikipedia. Over a five week period nearly 1,500 people signed up to edit the novel, over 11,000 edits were made and it was viewed over 500,000 times leading the CEO over Penguin Publishing to muse that it was maybe the "most written novel in history."

Her most recent novel, A Little Stranger, was published in the UK by Serpent's Tail in January 2006.

Join us live in the UStream chatroom this Friday to be part of a special podcast! The chatroom opens at the following times, the show itself starts recording 30 minutes later.

  • 7:30pm London time
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Simon Flynn of Icon Books To Guest on Friday's Podcast
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LITOPIA AFTER DARK on Friday 2nd May will feature Simon Flynn, Publishing Director of Icon Books, as our special guest. Join us live in the chatroom as you watch and listen to the podcast being recorded, and ask Simon or any or panellist your quesions about the busniess of getting published. To join us, or visit our special page on UStream here:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/litopia-after-dark

Chatroom opens at:
  • 7:30pm London
  • 2:30pm New York / EST
  • 11:30am Los Angeles PST




Colonist Wins BEA Gold Medal
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And in addition to the good news reported below, we extend our hearty congratulations to Colonist, publisher and author Lynn Price, who received the gold medal IPPY for her novel "Donovan’s Paradigm" at this year's Book Expo America.  "Donovan’s Paradigm" takes a dramatic peek under the white curtain to explore the hearts and minds of two surgeons; what they believe, and how they react to the controversial use of alternative medicine within their hospital. Well done, Lynn!

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Congratulations to Colony Members!
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Very many congratulations to the following Colony members who have achieved significant publishing successes:
  • Colony member Donna Ballman has been signed by Behler Publications to author Let's Quill All The Lawyers: A Writer’s Guide to the Courtroom.
  • Colonist MG Harris has secured a two-book children’s deal with Scholastic Children’s Books through Redhammer Management. "This is the biggest children's deal for a first-time writer so far this year," says Redhammer’s Peter Cox. Elaine McQuade, Managing Director at Scholastic Children's Books says, "MG Harris writes so well. She has created an incredibly clever but accessible plot - it gripped us from beginning to end and we know that it will do the same for young readers."

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The LRT (Part I)
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