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Author Archives: Mark Hayes
Indie-October looms…
Back in April as regular, and the occasional passing readers may remember I did a series of posts for Indie April. Posts all about various indie writers and creatives and their work. This was a surprisingly successful endeavour and as … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, books, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie novels, IndieApril, indieoctober, indiewriter, pointless things of wonderfulness, sci-fi, steampunk
Tagged indie publishing, indiebooks, indienovels, indieoctober, indiewriter, nanowrimo, writer, writerslife, writing
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Mark Hayes and the red weed menace
Originally posted on The Hopeless Vendetta:
By Frampton Jones Like many people who have washed up on the shores of Hopeless, Maine, Mark Hayes has told us many tales of his previous experiences. Some of those tales have been rather…
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Something wicked this way comes…
Hi, the blogs been very quite so far this month, as I have had quiet a lot on between real world work and some exciting writing stuff I am not quiet ready to reveal just yet… Here though is a … Continue reading
Posted in amediting, amwriting, books, Canadian steampunk, editing, fiction, goodnews, goodreads, Hannibal Smyth, humour, indie, indie novels, IndieApril, indiewriter, insomnia, novels, Passing Place, pointless things of wonderfulness, sci-fi, self-publishing, steampunk, writes, writing
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New England Gothic: A hopeless kickstarter…
Other girls believed there were monsters in the woods. If that were true, they paid Annamarie no attention. Sometimes she felt disappointed by this. This is going to be an odd review, because I am reviewing something i haven’t finished … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, cthulhu, dreamlands, dystopia, Goth, grathic novels, horror, indie, indie novels, IndieApril, indiewriter, pointless things of wonderfulness, rites, sci-fi, supernatural
Tagged cthulhu, gothic, hopeless, indie, indie publishing, indiebooks, indienovels, kickstarter, writer, writing
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This is where we are now…
I generally avoid talking politics on this blog. There are a number of reasons for this, not least of which is my desire not to enter into the kind of pointless ‘debates‘ on politics which are so common in these … Continue reading
Fiscal realities of publishing… and the pursuit of happiness…
‘If everything you do and everything you are is in pursuit of money, then you are already bankrupt.’ ~ Cake, Ink, Collective. Several things have happened in the last few days to inspire this post. It is a … Continue reading
Posted in books, indie, indie novels, indiewriter, self-publishing
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Hopeless Maine extras
Originally posted on The Hopeless Vendetta:
Let’s start with some technical details. It takes about six months of Tom working full time to draw a Hopeless Maine graphic novel. On top of this, I do about 2 hours of work…
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Editing Wisdom…
Soon I will be on with the final, final edit of ‘From Russia With Tassels.’ Once I get a working copy back from my editor. As such editing is a different skill set to normal writing I have been doing … Continue reading
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Book Lovers Day 2019
As I said last year, normally hate overly twee things like this… But I make an exception when it comes to books. So on the off chance, anyone doesn’t have a book to love here are a few recommendations from … Continue reading
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