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Author Archives: Mark Hayes
How to kill a hundred people: A Indie October guest post by Nimue Brown
Let me begin by explaining Hopeless Maine. It started life as a graphic novel series set on an imaginary island off the coast of Maine. There’s now a role play game, prose books in the offing and other things in … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, blogging, books, Canadian steampunk, errol the bookcase dragon, fantasy, Goth, grathic novels, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indieoctober, indiewriter, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural, writes, writing
Tagged hopeless, indie, indie publishing, indienovels, indieoctober, indiewriter, steampunk, supernatural, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtip
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Alternate History Fantasy and Historical Fantasy: Indie-October guest post from Liz Tuckwell
Thanks to Mark Hayes for generously offering me the opportunity to write an article/have a rant about a topic on his blog. This one may be a little pedantic but is dear to my heart. As well all know, fantasy … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, books, fantasy, fiction, Harvey Duckman, indie novels, indie writers, indieoctober, indiewriter, opinion, reads, retro book reviews, writes, writing
Tagged indie publishing, indiebooks, indieoctober, reading, reads, writer, writers, writing
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The Joy of Thursday Nights: Indie-October guest post from Amy Wilson
I was absolutely not looking for a writing group. I had nothing against writing groups, I was sure that they were wonderful for some people. It’s just that I didn’t think I would be one of them. I had … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, fantasy, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie writers, indieoctober, indiewriter, opinion, reads, sci-fi, writes, writing
Tagged indieoctober, indiewriter, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtip
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Blurbing: Reduxed
Way back in December last year, a month or so before ‘A Spider In the Eye’ was released I made a post about blurbing. The art of writing a blurb for the back of a paperback. I was having a … Continue reading
Posted in amediting, amwriting, books, Hannibal Smyth, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, opinion, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, writes, writing
Tagged indie, indie publishing, indiebooks, indienovels, indiewriter, steampunk, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtips
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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…
Posted in pointless things of wonderfulness, sci-fi, steampunk
Tagged hopeless, steampunk
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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
Tagged #amwriting, #scifi, amediting, amwritingscifi, amwritingsteampunk, indie, indie publishing, indiebooks, indiewriter, sciencefiction, scifiscarbrough, steampunk, steampunk fantasy
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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
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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
