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HI, I arrived in Litopia today and just wanted to say hi.
I write Sci-fi/crime/thriller/mystery novels.
I like to mash up more than one genre in my stories.
I'm indie-published because some agents have said my novels aren't commercial enough for them.
I've written a Sci-fi saga containing four books and eight stand-alone stories which can have additional stories added to them.
My time is mostly used for writing or research for the field I study - Applied Linguistics.
Looking forward to chatting with Litopians.

Apparently, I should have added something about the following:

Where you're located in the world: Australia

Your reading tastes: anything I find interesting, could be genre specific, literary, mysteries, thrillers, crime. Dislike romance and military Sci-fi.

What areas of writing interest you: not sure what this means. Writing the first draft of a novel.

Life to date; surprises, successes, lessons learnt: I was initially surprised that I could write a novel, which I started writing while completing my PhD. I suppose the only the 'successes' I've had are finishing and novel and eventually writing 12 novels. I learned a great deal about writing since I first began writing and have managed to apply this in my writing (according to my editors).

Food & drink: I don't drink alcohol - avoid it like the plague because it doesn't me. I discovered this when I had my first beer, and thought, how can anyone drink this? As for food, I've been a vegetarian most of life. But since being diagnoses with liver disease (a genetic inheritance), I have had to eat a strict diet that includes meat - if I don't eat meat the ulceration on my low legs won't heal up. I mostly eat white meat and a truck load of vegetables. My favourite dishes are pasta dishes.
 
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A very warm welcome to the colony, @Robotics .

Nice to have you here with us. Hope you enjoy Litopia and please 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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Hello... I don't drink alcoholics either- they have a strange effect on me- either make me go to sleep or do a tarantella on the table- either are not desirable, I don't think. But coffee's nice. Welcome- do you have a proper name? and maybe even a picture of you. I love seeing what the person I'm talking to looks like, don't you?
 

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