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Author Archives: Mark Hayes
The economics of self-publishing
As a subject, I hate economics. Now, to be clear, the reason I hate economics is because I have studied it. A little under ten years ago, at the age of forty, I made the decision to do a degree … Continue reading
Posted in amwriting, books, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, publication, rant, self-publishing, writes, writing
Tagged #selfpub, indie, indie publishing, indienovels, publishing, self-publishing, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtip, writingtips
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Down Days… And uplifting words
I have on occasion written posts about my occasional struggles with depression. I don’t do this very often, but when I do they tend to be very personal and hard to write. Why I write them is because it is … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, books, depression, goodnews, goodreads, humour, indie, indiewriter, Uncategorized
Tagged bookblog, bookreview, books, depression, indie, mentalhealth
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A brief review…
I don’t always have the time to do long reviews on here, and sometimes long reviews are not whats needed. On other occasions I make a note to do someone a quick review on Amazon and then get distracted… As … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, indie, indie writers, steampunk
Tagged amreading, bookblog, bookreview, books, steampunk
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Insomniac awakenings…
Occasionally, while I lay staring into the darkness at the ceiling I know is above my bed but can’t see – trying and failing to count imaginary ovine flocks – strange thoughts occur to me. This then, is one of … Continue reading
Posted in dreamlands, dystopia, horror, humour, indie, insomnia, mental-health, pointless things of wonderfulness, rant
Tagged humour, insomnia, life, rants, thoughts, wierdtales, witterings
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November ‘Hopeless’ reviews#1
New England Gothic By Nimue Brown , illustrated by Tom Brown I am, as some readers may be aware, an unapologetic a fan boy when it comes to Tom Browns art, Nimue Browns writing and the world of Hopeless … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, book reviews, books, Canadian steampunk, cthulhu, dreamlands, fantasy, fiction, goodreads, Goth, grathic novels, horror, indie, indie novels, indie writers, IndieApril, indieoctober, indiewriter, Lovecraft, steampunk
Tagged bookblog, bookreview, bookreviews, books, cthulhu, graphic novels, hopeless, horror, Lovecraft, steampunk, steampunk fantasy
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From whence I write…
The place I write from is not a happy place. This was a lesson learn the hard way, but a lesson learned hard, is a lesson learned well. But all the same it is a bitter kind of lesson. Writing … Continue reading
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Nanowrimo and stuff update…
November had been a busy month of writer stuff so far. Not least because its NaNoWriMo and I have been determined form the start to make a fist of it this year. Hence I have been too busy writing to … Continue reading
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Free Harvey Duckman
To celebrate the release of Harvey Duckman Presents Book 3 on Halloween. The Kindle edition of the first book in this wonderful series is available free on Kindle on the 30th and 31st. If you have not yet got a … Continue reading
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NaNoWriMo: planning for the writing fest
‘Its the most wonderful time of the year…’ No not the one in December… NaNoWriMo is almost upon us, and if you are planning to participate this year, you may be plotting already, even if your plotting to take the … Continue reading
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