...from an old member

[Colin Mulhern]

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

 

[Carol Rose]

Welcome back!

 

[Amber]

Welcome!!

 

[AgentPete]

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.

 

[Rich.]

Hi Colin, welcome back. I look foward to seeing you around!

 

[Marc Joan]

Welcome!

 

[AngryPI]

Hello and welcome back to the forums!

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Welcome back!

 

[Barbara]

Welcome

 

[Tim James]

Welcome back.

 

[Kitty]

Hello Colin and welcome back.

And just to say - if you haven't read any of @Colin Mulhern 's YA books yet you really should - go look him up on Amazon

 

[Colin Mulhern]

Oh, thanks for welcome and the recommendation! (waves) \/

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Hello again

LAD was brill.

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Welcome back to the Colony!

 

[Island Writer]

Colin, it's great to see you back here! I'm not as active as I used to be as I'm focussing on editorial work rather than writing. I can't wait to read more of your books...

 

[Carly]

Hi Colin. I look forward to seeing some of your work on here, once I work out how to navigate the site.

 

[Colin Mulhern]

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.

 

[AgentPete]

Hi Colin. I look forward to seeing some of your work on here, once I work out how to navigate the site.

@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?

 

[Carly]

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.

 

[booknut77]

Hi Colin, I think I remember you. Glad to hear you are still around.

 

[Colin Mulhern]

I used to be here as Colin M. Now I've rejoined, I keep thinking I should have come back with a cooler username.

 

[Rich.]

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.

 

[Colin Mulhern]

Haha - thanks. My first Middle Grade book is basically Goldilocks meets Night of the Living Dead, so the publisher had me doing all kinds of zombie poses.