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Hello, @NormD and welcome. Delighted you found us. Whatever you write, I'm sure you'll find lots of like-minded people here on Litopia.

Once you get to know the place, check out the Workshops, for giving and receiving critiques.

You can always submit the first 700 words of your own work to Pop-Ups if you'd like some advice on the beginning. That's on YouTube, Sunday evenings (6pm UK time, though of course NY will be different but it's easy to catch up with). There's excellent advice every week on writing and publishing in general. You'd pay a lot of money for the editorial advice our guests give for free. And it's great fun.

If you have any questions, please get in touch. I look forward to seeing you around the Colony! :)
 
A very warm welcome to the colony, @NormD

Nice to have you here. Hope you enjoy Litopia and do get involved as soon as you’re ready to.

This is a good place to check out (How-to guide) to see a lot of what goes on in the colony.

If anything is unclear do please contact me and I’ll be happy to assist if I can.
 
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