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Author Archives: Mark Hayes
Things to come… In Twenty Twenty-one
New years resolutions are always an exercise in futility and is 2020 taught us anything, its that all plans for a year are built on foundations of sand. This time last year I wrote that I hoped to write four … Continue reading
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Howard vs Lovecraft…
It is a reasonably undisputable fact that HP Lovecraft is more well known now than his most of his literary contemporary’s from the golden age of pulp scifi/fantasy magazines back in the 1920’s and 30’s. Indeed, were you asked to … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, amreadinghorror, amreadingscifi, horror, indiereads, indiewriter, Lovecraft, reads, Ron E Howard, sciencefiction, wierd tales
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Harvey VI: Erupting from the grave
Writing is a solitary activity, which suits me just fine. Anti-social introverts make good writers, and good writers tend (though not exclusively) to be anti-social introverts. This is not a bad thing, for we take flight in worlds of the … Continue reading
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Writing True Stories: A guest post by Kate Baucherel
As your mostly likely aware, on occasion I throw my blog open to guest posts from fellow authors. Normally these only happen in April and October, but when they have something new and exciting out it would be a shame … Continue reading
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Tagged block chain, blockchain, crypto, indie publishing, indiebooks, indiewriter, newbooks, non-fiction, technology, writerslife
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Yoole-Girthol – Holly Trinity and the Ghosts of York at Christmas
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She lowered her phone and glanced at the screen. What she saw there provoked a cry of sheer joy that echoed around the empty church as she leapt into the air. “Holy mother of flip,…
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A Harvey Christmas to all
Christmas is coming, the goose is looking worriedly at the chopping block, good will to all men, women, and those who define themselves as neither. the fat bloke in red with a beard you could lose reindeers in is preparing … Continue reading
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The November Indie reads pile
October came and went with twelve books, as i revisited David & Lynn Eddings grand opus as I am want to do every decade or so. As an exercise, rereading a huge fantasy epic with the eyes of a writer … Continue reading
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Never trust a politician with a beard, he’s hiding something
Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favourites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, beards, indiebooks, indieoctober, indiereads, indiewriter, politics, reads, writer, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity
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Echoes of a Cursed Ship part 2
Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favourites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, amwriting, amwritingsteampunk, bookblog, bookcovers, books, goodreads, indie publishing, indiebooks, indienovels, indieoctober, indiereads, indiewriter, reading, reads, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity, writingtip
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Fantastic Flash Fiction
Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favorites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading
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