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Beautiful People by Amanda Jennings, a psychological thriller. I bought this partly because it has amazing reviews and the kind of cover-line comments you couldn't wring out of your best friends. Also partly for psychological thriller research...

Just finished Alice Carver Manifests Her Perfect Life by Hannah Lake. Recommended, but not for anyone who takes manifesting seriously. I read it because it is told supposedly as Alice's entries in her Christmas-present 'manifesting Journal'. I...

Thanks for the rec. I looked for it on Audible, but alas, it's only in German. I'll get the paperback. I'm starting to buy more actual books again... I need more bookshelf space!

Rebel Skies by Ann Sei Lin (YA SFF): Brilliant! Great concept grippingly written. Kurara can craft paper into anything just using her mind. She wants to hone her skills so that she can join the Imperial Crafters and hunt Shikigami (paper...

I think this is an important book, revealing things more people should know about Facebook (or Meta). Everyone, in fact. Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Facebook's former global public-policy director Sarah Wynn-Williams...

Hi Rachel It’s great to meet you. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ve literally been here an hour, so very much finding my way around. Thanks for your suggestion on using the Lab. I’ll take a look. My novel is a dual timeline time...

Hi Clare @Lakeland Waffler Nice to meet you. I hope you're finding your way around and settling in. Congratulations on finishing your novel! What's it about? You're in the right place for help with tweaking your submission package. You can...

So hi, hello, how are you all doing? I’m Clare, aspiring author. I’m completely new here and I came across Litopia when researching agents. I’ve recently completed my debut novel and I’m currently looking at sending my manuscript to a fresh...

Oh, that's an interesting idea... a Litopia Substack. I don't know all the ramifications of that, but part of the daunting idea of doing Substack is the need for regular postings. Having a collective Substack page feels like one of the "Community...

WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES by James Charles What should we do about them? I know there is an increasing upward trend in sales with audiobooks lately; people listening to a book while multitasking, perhaps gardening with earbuds in, driving, doing...

Oh, that's an interesting idea... a Litopia Substack. I don't know all the ramifications of that, but part of the daunting idea of doing Substack is the need for regular postings. Having a collective Substack page feels like one of the "Community...

It is yet more work, so maybe a no go. Substack can build more publicity, and can be monetized, if Litopia starts up its own Substack, and shares selected content on there, in the publishing, literature and culture categories.

Sorry if this is a repost but thought it was appropriate.

At the recent wedding I met a relative of the bride who told me he's in AI something something companionship. So me being me I responded with "Ah one of the new AI overlords." He replied that he hoped not (hoped?), but he thought it was a brave...