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    This is a place where you'll meet and make writing friends, and indulge in stratospherically-elevated wit or barometrically low humour.

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lrholland

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The first thing to do, it says here, is go to Café Life and introduce yourself. Well, here goes ...

First Draft
Once upon a time, there was a writer, editor, and one-man record label living and working in London. But one day while traveling, he forgot to take a left turn at Albuquerque and completely lost his way. After far too many years working for Big Oil, he now lives as a penniless writer in the Houston floodlands with his two children, their annoying cats, and a whiteboard full of big ideas.

Second Draft
In the words of the bard, LR Holland tells lies for fun and profit. He writes in many genres--but never romance--and is currently considering a series of cozy mysteries set in the English countryside, but knows he's still more likely to end up with something YA or brutally noir.

Third Draft
I was encouraged to join Litopia by a friend who would no doubt prefer to remain anonymous. I like words and sentences and paragraphs. I also enjoy telling stories. Please don't throw sharp anything at me.
 
Welcome to the colony! I suspect we can all guess who your friend is, at least those of us who've been around for a while and know which other Texan here works in oil...but we'll keep it quiet for now and blackmail you both later with it ;)
 
Welcome to the colony! I suspect we can all guess who your friend is, at least those of us who've been around for a while and know which other Texan here works in oil...but we'll keep it quiet for now and blackmail you both later with it ;)

I suspect you would all be making a mistake :)
 
"Welcome to the Colony".
Take this left, you've found the right place.
 
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