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Hi all. I've had a long rest from forums for all kinds of reasons. I used to be regular years ago and was lucky enough to be on Litopia After Dark - a superb podcast. Has that been lost forever? Just seen the pop-up submissions. Mint! Nice to see the place is still pushing boundaries. Quick bit about me - I write children's fiction. I started out in YA, wrote four books before deciding to start over in Middle Grade. That's all going well. So... howdy, from and old member
 
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Colin, how nice to have you back!

LAD is on long-term hiatus. I do remember having you on, and you were very good!

All our shows are still available here, still available as podcasts (still getting decent download numbers) and I’ve just added a radio stream as well (my little Easter project, you’ll find the player at the foot of the main index page here).

I’d love to add more shows – we currently only have two active ones, Burning Books and The Debriefer – but producing and originating completely new content is very time-intensive. What I think we could do quite easily is to offer a good home to an existing show or two. Any suggestions, let me know.
 
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Thanks all. Yup, I'm enjoying that learning curve of navigating the site. I've just found out the genre houses are still here but hidden for new members, which makes sense. I think when I joined first time round we had to upload a piece of writing for the moderators to look at - a way to keep the trolls at the gate.
 
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Carly said:
Hi Colin. I look forward to seeing some of your work on here, once I work out how to navigate the site.
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@Carly, I'm always interested in how new members engage with Litopia - what's easy, what's confusing, what's impossible, and so on. Would you consider writing up some notes for newbies, perhaps? Taken from your own experience?
 
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My experience is limited. I first found Litopia several years ago but I couldn't find the forums for critiquing, not realising that these are hidden until a member has been on this site for seven days and has gain twenty (?) points.

I returned after Colin recently mentioned Litopia on another forum and his comment reminded me about Litopia. It was then I realised that the critique forums are hidden, which explained why I couldn't see them before. My feedback would be that it's nice to see the standard of people's work and the critiques given, even if I cannot post. With this in mind, I would have preferred the critiquing section to be open to view but with the post option blocked.

I have joined from another writing site which, I feel, is easier to navigate but has few members due to only taking payment and not updating the site for many years. So, any feedback I give regarding Litopia would be based on my comfort with the layout of this other smaller site.
 
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Your avatar's all the cool you might need, I reckon, Colin. Every time I look at it I hear incantations and imagine you're casting a spell. ;):)
 
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MrDisco88

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