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Madeleine Conway
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Hello.
I found Litopia circuitously - yesterday I started reading Mal Peet's final novel, The Murdstone Trilogy (am half way through, absolutely loving it, both as a satire of the publishing world and a parody of fantasy novels). I went back to Mal Peet's website - I knew he'd died at the beginning of March, but I just wanted to check just how autobiographical TMT is. From there, I found Redhammer and the suggestion to join Litopia.
My writing background is varied. I started out life as a journalist, and have written about refrigeration on container ships, natural gas markets in Europe and holographic labels on canned food... I then trained as a teacher and travelled quite widely. I've written several novels, five of which have been published under my grandmother's maiden name, Madeleine Conway, and after a hiatus while I completed a Masters in Education and moved from Belgium to the Isle of Man, I'm writing again.
I'm currently working on what I hope will be either a cock-roach killer historical saga or perhaps three more slender volumes in a trilogy, but recently, I've also submitted synopses and chapters to a well-known publisher of romantic novels.
There is a growing community of writers on the IoM, and a terrific literary festival entering its fourth year, but when I checked out Litopia, it seemed like a friendly forum.
I found Litopia circuitously - yesterday I started reading Mal Peet's final novel, The Murdstone Trilogy (am half way through, absolutely loving it, both as a satire of the publishing world and a parody of fantasy novels). I went back to Mal Peet's website - I knew he'd died at the beginning of March, but I just wanted to check just how autobiographical TMT is. From there, I found Redhammer and the suggestion to join Litopia.
My writing background is varied. I started out life as a journalist, and have written about refrigeration on container ships, natural gas markets in Europe and holographic labels on canned food... I then trained as a teacher and travelled quite widely. I've written several novels, five of which have been published under my grandmother's maiden name, Madeleine Conway, and after a hiatus while I completed a Masters in Education and moved from Belgium to the Isle of Man, I'm writing again.
I'm currently working on what I hope will be either a cock-roach killer historical saga or perhaps three more slender volumes in a trilogy, but recently, I've also submitted synopses and chapters to a well-known publisher of romantic novels.
There is a growing community of writers on the IoM, and a terrific literary festival entering its fourth year, but when I checked out Litopia, it seemed like a friendly forum.
