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    Craft Chat Literary Agents' comments and can I use them

    This is the sort of question that’s best addressed in the Steam Room or the Huddle. Without that shield of privacy I can only make fairly general comments. Rejection is often hard to handle, but it’s an inescapable part of the writer’s life, and indeed the agent’s life, too. Don’t assume that...
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    Thought for the Day Forgiveness is healing, especially ...

    Couldn't agree more! But hard. Hints and tips gratefully received :)
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    Help Please! Beta-Testers Needed…

    All beta-testers now have access to the Author Platform and the private beta-testintg forum here.
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    Help Please! Beta-Testers Needed…

    Just sorting out one final issue, then will be inviting beta testers inside. Probably tomorrow now.
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    Help Please! Beta-Testers Needed…

    …For Litopia’s forthcoming Author Platform, as debuted in yesterday’s Huddle. Please put your name down below and you’ll be granted (a) full access to the beta-version of the Author Platform; and (b) access to the Colony’s private Beta-Testers forum for your bug reports and suggestions. Thank...
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    News What Is Markdown? Should You Be Using It?

    Can I just mention that this Saturday’s Huddle will start with a short demo by Litopian @Ed Simnett about markdown. Markdown is the most basic sort of plain text editing you’ll find. It’s been around for decades. Today, an increasing number of writers are finding that it’s just their cup of...
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    Blog Post: Everything Has Changed

    Yes, great post. I know exactly what you mean.
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    I’m pretty shocked at how unhelpful Mastercard have been. Four large payments, exactly the same...

    I’m pretty shocked at how unhelpful Mastercard have been. Four large payments, exactly the same sum, to a Chinese company, over the space of a few hours? Smells like fraud to me! But card company didn’t challenge even once. We’ll see how this turns out.
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    Woke up to find a Chinese company who I’ve dealt with previously has successfully billed my...

    Woke up to find a Chinese company who I’ve dealt with previously has successfully billed my credit card four times for goods not ordered. It’s a lot of money. Credit card company says – “wait for the good to arrive, then see if you can return them for a refund”. This is so wrong! All my morning...
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    Help Please! Comparables I Don't Like

    That’s exactly it, Brian. If you want to refine this a bit, you might indicate how the market may have grown/developed/changed since the comp you’re referring to was published, and how your project meets that need. But I’d stop well short of criticizing the comp. For one thing, it’s quite...
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    Dandelion Break The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed

    So this is where the concept (mine, I do believe) of "appropriateness of medium" comes into play. It's an idea that is often not always understood or taken into account when planning a new venture, even books sometimes. Different media, even sub-media, have varying AoM profiles relative to...
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    Dandelion Break The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed

    We had an experimental internet radio station going for a while, “Radio Litopia”, and I absolutely loved it. I could set one up for you… :) :)
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    Dandelion Break The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed

    Yup, the “buying votes” thing is utterly extraordinary, surely jail time…? The (current) administration surely won’t lift a finger on this "ethical violation" issue, I feel sure. What puzzles me is the way the record labels have meekly fallen into line. It’s their funeral. There’s very little...
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    Dandelion Break The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed

    I’ve only just caught up with this (others here will already have done so, I’m sure) but it does repay careful reading, just to see what the @&%$ happened to the music industry… and could it happen to publishing? I’m inclined to think, not exactly.. but…...
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    Service Update The Online Safety Act

    The UK’s The Online Safety Act has now come into force and has some implications for Litopia. In summary, the OSA requires services which handle user-generated content to: Have baseline content moderation practices Use those moderation practices to take down reported content that violates UK...
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