From a Sandy Recluse...

[Modquokka]

Hello Litopians...

This is quite a big step as I really am a recluse who hides in a shed and writes; my brain struggles so please do be patient. I've self-published a couple of short story anthologies and the short story 'Magpie' through Amazon and currently have four novel length manuscripts at various stages of edit...

I love writing and rediscovered it as a passion about four years ago when I fell ill. I used it then as a healing mechanism to try and stretch the brain when it wouldn't work at all. Now I'm editing all the words I strung together. I'd love to get published one day - but then don't all writers - but that isn't my be all; I don't think I'll ever stop writing now.

Two years ago I started reading again too (I couldn't before this). I'm focussing on shorter pieces (classics for the most part). Have discovered a love for Du Maurier.

I love books, art, folklore, my family and all the furballs we've adoted as kids (cats and dogs) and I'm quite active on Twitter @Modquokka

Oh - and I have a website too.

I hope to get more involved

 

[Marc Joan]

Hello Litopians...

This is quite a big step as I really am a recluse who hides in a shed and writes; my brain struggles so please do be patient. I've self-published a couple of short story anthologies and the short story 'Magpie' through Amazon and currently have four novel length manuscripts at various stages of edit...

I love writing and rediscovered it as a passion about four years ago when I fell ill. I used it then as a healing mechanism to try and stretch the brain when it wouldn't work at all. Now I'm editing all the words I strung together. I'd love to get published one day - but then don't all writers - but that isn't my be all; I don't think I'll ever stop writing now.

Two years ago I started reading again too (I couldn't before this). I'm focussing on shorter pieces (classics for the most part). Have discovered a love for Du Maurier.

I love books, art, folklore, my family and all the furballs we've adoted as kids (cats and dogs) and I'm quite active on Twitter @Modquokka

Oh - and I have a website too.

I hope to get more involved

Welcome!

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Hello Du Maurier is brill.

 

[Ancora Imparo]

Hello and welcome. I often wish I had a shed I could hide in and write. For now, the untidy back room will have to do

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Welcome! You'll find plenty of shed-dwelling recluses here. It's a pretty safe place for us.

 

[Howard]

Welcome aboard. I want a shed to hide in, too!

 

[Carol Rose]

Welcome!

 

[James Marinero]

Welcome! My shed is a boat. Does yours leak?

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Welcome to the Colony from du Maurier country. I like your website, which is stylish and a good example of less is more to entice the reader in.

 

[Masquereader]

Welcome. You'll find you're among friends here

 

[Modquokka]

Welcome to the Colony from du Maurier country. I like your website, which is stylish and a good example of less is more to entice the reader in.

Oh thank you

 

[Modquokka]

Welcome! My shed is a boat. Does yours leak?

Thankfully not...

 

[Modquokka]

Hello Du Maurier is brill.

I so love her work; and her writing. Have you read her biography by her daughter? It's a fascinating read.

 

[Michael S. Boyd]

Hi

 

[David Newrick]

Welcome Modquokka. Rebecca is a tremendous novel. Not so keen on Jamaica Inn or My Cousin Rachael etc. but always worth reading all the same.

Crime and social realism are my bag with forays into short fiction etc. See you around the colony.

 

[Richard Sutton]

Find a chair and settle in. We're all looking forward to meeting you screen to screen... by the way, I like your site design!

 

[Lex Black]

Welcome to the Colony!

 

[AliG]

Welocome to Litopia. Enjoy!

 

[James Marinero]

Great name - you have the makings of a brand there methinks. How many authors use single word names?

I can see it now - 'Tales from the Vienna Woods' by Modquokka.

Please don't read this as sarcasm - I am serious. Edit - but stupid. I now know that's it's a term in parlance. Still, you have the .com.

 

[Luciferette]

Hi Modquokka! I'm a recluse too, or would be if the pesky ironmongery-requiring general public didn't take up six days of my week.
Looking forward to getting to know you.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

I so love her work; and her writing. Have you read her biography by her daughter? It's a fascinating read.

Not yet, so thanks for the heads up. I was just trying to remember where I read her? short story about a young man who signed up to an experiment upon being diagnosed with a terminal illness, and whose soul got bottled by the 'mad scientist,' and trapped in a jar.

 

[Paul Whybrow]

I'm intrigued by your user name, as I didn't know that Quokkas were Mods...They're definitely not Rockers, either, but surely with their vegetarian lifestyle and peaceful ways, they could be called Hippies?

 

[Island Writer]

Welcome aboard - see you around the Colony!

 

[Geoff]

Welcome to Litopia!

 

[Patricia D]

Hello and welcome. Why are you sandy?

 

[Modquokka]

I'm intrigued by your user name, as I didn't know that Quokkas were Mods...They're definitely not Rockers, either, but surely with their vegetarian lifestyle and peaceful ways, they could be called Hippies?

I lived in Perth for ten years and played music in one of the few (only I think) all British mod bands over there in that there city

 

[Modquokka]

Hello and welcome. Why are you sandy?

I live in a place called Sandy now...