Thoroughly enjoyed this!!! I would live in Antillia in a heartbeat. As for next story, you could make this epic, a ton of full books developing characters and storyline’s, I’d buy every single one 🤝🤩
Thank you Rosie. That’s very kind. This short story was more descriptive than plotful, but if I could find a larger interweaving story I’d love to explore the history, places and people of the island, along with all that makes it work and the potential challenges from within and without it has faced. Your lovely encouragement means I may just take on that task yet!
The pleasure is all mine. I love to read, a theme such as this would keep me enthralled. It could be huge! The potential for prequels, showing how the characters came to be there (not hard to imagine, life nowadays would give you plenty of material 😵💫🫤😅). I’m very envious of your talent and thought processes! Cannot wait to see how this develops! Go for it ✊🤝🤩
I haven't long finished a novella that might interest you, 'Five Years To Save The World', although I still have a lot of revising to do. I'll put up a chapter or two on Substack when I'm happy with it and hope you like it. But you've inspired me to already start writing down more Antillia based story ideas, so watch this space!
I’ve been thinking about why I love your concept so much! I think it was my upbringing on a Scottish council estate in the 80’s/90’s! Industry had been shutdown and moved abroad (cheap labour), ensuring high unemployment, poverty etc, feeling abandoned by governments (unless it was to be policed by them)! The community was everything to each other, assisting through every hardship by sharing food, emotional support, clothing, childcare etc! We didn’t need or want government intervention, we despised them actually 😅 my childhood was the best of everything, taught me more in an educational sense (thank you dad), taught me to be streetwise, have your wits about you, question everything and everyone from up the hierarchy 😂 (and your peers sometimes, but less so). The investment in the community, by the community was unreal! Taught sociology without realising 🤩
So, thank you for the reminder or how awesome humans are 🫶
As a child of the Thatcher years I saw many of the same things. Luckily some communities like yours rallied together and care for each other. I'm glad you had that experience of support and solidarity. People and communities are capable of amazing things, and it is often governments that get in the way of this.
Make this a book
Thoroughly enjoyed this!!! I would live in Antillia in a heartbeat. As for next story, you could make this epic, a ton of full books developing characters and storyline’s, I’d buy every single one 🤝🤩
Thank you Rosie. That’s very kind. This short story was more descriptive than plotful, but if I could find a larger interweaving story I’d love to explore the history, places and people of the island, along with all that makes it work and the potential challenges from within and without it has faced. Your lovely encouragement means I may just take on that task yet!
The pleasure is all mine. I love to read, a theme such as this would keep me enthralled. It could be huge! The potential for prequels, showing how the characters came to be there (not hard to imagine, life nowadays would give you plenty of material 😵💫🫤😅). I’m very envious of your talent and thought processes! Cannot wait to see how this develops! Go for it ✊🤝🤩
I haven't long finished a novella that might interest you, 'Five Years To Save The World', although I still have a lot of revising to do. I'll put up a chapter or two on Substack when I'm happy with it and hope you like it. But you've inspired me to already start writing down more Antillia based story ideas, so watch this space!
Aw I would LOVE to read it!! And so happy you feel inspired 🤝🙌🤩
I’ve been thinking about why I love your concept so much! I think it was my upbringing on a Scottish council estate in the 80’s/90’s! Industry had been shutdown and moved abroad (cheap labour), ensuring high unemployment, poverty etc, feeling abandoned by governments (unless it was to be policed by them)! The community was everything to each other, assisting through every hardship by sharing food, emotional support, clothing, childcare etc! We didn’t need or want government intervention, we despised them actually 😅 my childhood was the best of everything, taught me more in an educational sense (thank you dad), taught me to be streetwise, have your wits about you, question everything and everyone from up the hierarchy 😂 (and your peers sometimes, but less so). The investment in the community, by the community was unreal! Taught sociology without realising 🤩
So, thank you for the reminder or how awesome humans are 🫶
As a child of the Thatcher years I saw many of the same things. Luckily some communities like yours rallied together and care for each other. I'm glad you had that experience of support and solidarity. People and communities are capable of amazing things, and it is often governments that get in the way of this.
I agree 🤝 and Thatcher was a despicable old wretch! Good pals with Jimmy Savile too, sounds about right!