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Author Archives: Mark Hayes
Self-publishing: A Guidebook for the Tourist#4: Covers: a judgement call…
As the old saying goes… ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover…’ Unfortunately, the reason it’s a saying is that everyone does. It is a truism that you can not escape as an author. It is also one where so many … Continue reading
The Street: The Complete Lovecraft#12
The first time I read this story I was left feeling a little uneasy, and not sure why. If I had read it in the past, it escapes my memory, so it was one I came to fresh for this … Continue reading
Self-publishing: A Guidebook for the Tourist#3: Unlimited Questions..
“There are a whole lot of people out there in internet-land trying to help you become a self-publishing genius. The vast majority of them have one thing in common. They are trying to make money out of you.” But this … Continue reading
The White Ship: The Complete Lovecraft#11
Mankind seeks utopia, or arguably it should, it often seeks its own destruction instead, and when it finds utopia, it fails to recognise it for what it is and seeks something else. This is the core idea behind H.P.Lovecrafts ‘The … Continue reading
Posted in dreamlands, Lovecraft, pointless things of wonderfulness, retro book reviews
Tagged #amwriting, cthulhu, horror, Lovecraft
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War of The Worlds: H G Wells: Retro Book Review#2
War of the Worlds is a science fiction classic by anyone’s standards. It has inspired comics, movies, more movies, other novels, TV shows like the classic 1970’s series The Tripods, yet more movies, most recently starring Tom Cruise. A mass … Continue reading
Posted in books, Passing Place, pointless things of wonderfulness, retro book reviews, writes
Tagged #amwriting, steampunk
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Self-publishing: A Guidebook for the Tourist#2: Reviews
“There are a whole lot of people out there in internet-land trying to help you become a self-publishing genius. The vast majority of them have one thing in common. They are trying to make money out of you.” As I … Continue reading
The Transition of Juan Romero: the complete Lovecraft #10
‘The Transition of Juan Romero‘ is a strange fish as far as Lovecraft’s fiction goes. Like ‘Old Bugs‘ it was first published posthumously by Arkham House as Lovecraft himself disavowed the story, and refused to allow it to be published in his … Continue reading
Self-Publishing: A Guidebook for the Tourist#1
There are a whole lot of people out there in internet-land trying to help you become a self-publishing millionaire. The vast majority of them have one thing in common. They are trying to make money out of you. Indeed judging … Continue reading
Posted in publication, self-publishing, writes
Tagged #amwriting, #selfpub, self-publishing
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20000 Leagues under the Sea: Jules Verne: Retro Book Review
If you want to know about a classic, and any book that survives in print long enough generally gets considered a classic, there are plenty of dry Wikipedia entries you could read. No one reviews them in the way they … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, pointless things of wonderfulness, retro book reviews, steampunk
Tagged #nautalus, steampunk
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Hope Amid the Slaughter
There is the tiniest spark of hope in the face of a malignant cancer that is eating away at the natural world. However, I must start with the opposite of hope. The West African black rhino has gone the way … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, goodreads, politics, rights
Tagged #douglasadams, #rhinos, towelday, wwfc
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