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Welcome, Deborah xx

Fellow Soul Scribblers, I have always been a writer (poetry, journals, grey lit and excellent letters to loved ones). Mostly, it was channeled into my other vocation (youth worker/academic). A lifetime of experiences was collected in journals...

Fellow Soul Scribblers, I have always been a writer (poetry, journals, grey lit and excellent letters to loved ones). Mostly, it was channeled into my other vocation (youth worker/academic). A lifetime of experiences was collected in journals...

Hello Deborah, and welcome to Litopia. I hope you enjoy your time with us. xxx

Good to confirm. I enjoy reading others work, almost as much as writing my own. I suspect I will feel the same if I ever have a grandchild. The joy and the relief when giving it back at the end of the day...

Sedayne, Ha. Yes! I feel like it is the book I had to get out before I could move on. I may need a kind word when I struggle to tackle the next set of critique.

Aloha, Dan. Nice post.

Fellow Soul Scribblers, I have always been a writer (poetry, journals, grey lit and excellent letters to loved ones). Mostly, it was channeled into my other vocation (youth worker/academic). A lifetime of experiences was collected in journals...

Welcome, Deborah. Take some time, look around, and then when you are ready you should begin posting your work, one chapter at a time in the lab for feedback. This is the best place for that.

Fellow Soul Scribblers, I have always been a writer (poetry, journals, grey lit and excellent letters to loved ones). Mostly, it was channeled into my other vocation (youth worker/academic). A lifetime of experiences was collected in journals...

Hi everyone, This is my first proper post on here, and I'm not afraid to say how far out of my comfort zone this is. I am not one for sharing much in person, let alone online. Last week, I became a father, and while sitting by my sleeping wife...

Hi @Wordknitter Welcome to Litopia. I hope you are finding your way around and settling in nicely. I too wrote a Bildungsroman. By the time I finished, I felt like I had led a second life of my own. And sometimes, I feel like I'm still...

Dan, You entered the site like your new little one. Angst and awe ridden. I am new too, in this space. Not new to motherhood. But I chose to skip the push it out of my own body part. Nonetheless, there is a visceral body response to these tiny...

Fellow Soul Scribblers, I have always been a writer (poetry, journals, grey lit and excellent letters to loved ones). Mostly, it was channeled into my other vocation (youth worker/academic). A lifetime of experiences was collected in journals...

There is one thing a novel must be: engaging.