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Hi folks, I was a member a few years back. Was just starting to make some progress with my book (with help from some very kind Litopians) when my health fell off a cliff, and I haven't been able to do much since 😑 Still, I'm starting to get back...

I think being conscious of this helps strike the right balance.

Critique as feedback from an unhappy reader is one thing. It's something else to set up a YouTube channel, possibly with the aim of monetizing, to expressly tear an unprotected indie author to shreds. That's less critique and more exploiting...

So well put, Matt :) 100% this.

Yeah, there's harsh with the intent to help, which is a good thing, and harsh just to be say something, which is not a good thing

I definitely prefer it when people are harsh when giving feedback about my work. It helps me fix it and highlights where I need to put the work in. I have to agree that readers are harsh, so it's better that feedback prior to publishing is at...

When the point of a brutal critique is to make people laugh, entertain an audience, then it's not really doing many favors to an author. but it is doing some favors. No one outside of Litopia, and the author's circle, will care, at all, for the...

Congrats! Super fab :) and good luck pitching to the agent xx r

So guess what? I won a pitch contest for The Correction compliments of Books Go Social and the International Dublin Writers Festival! I won $250 worth of amazon or facebook ads! And now that I broke this ceiling, a big lit agent who is coming...

Sydney daylight savings just ended. These times are still right however: Singapore: 3:30pm Sydney: 5:30pm North Queensland: 5:30pm London: 8:30am Auckland: 7:30pm I won't be able to make it until about 5:45pm.

Works 4 me

For simplicity's sake, I will start the zoom in the hour, so: Singapore: 3:00pm Sydney: 5:00pm North Queensland: 5:00pm London: 8:00am Auckland: 7:00pm I will put the zoom link in this thread and the other thread. Whoever is available can hop...

We can start on the hour since, I believe, @RK Wallis will be available due to daylight savings time. That should give us an hour with two Rachels.