Author Archives: Mark Hayes

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About Mark Hayes

Writer A messy, complicated sort of entity. Quantum Pagan. Occasional weregoth Knows where his spoon is, do you? #author #steampunk http://linktr.ee/mark_hayes

Genocide Watch

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Mark Hayes

One of the joys of doing a degree with the open university is learning new things, and that it makes you seek out further knowledge. The real joy is never the set reading but the further reading you seek out … Continue reading →

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Politics a bit of a rant

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Mark Hayes

(wrote this on my phone a couple of days ago while waiting for my girlfriend in a sports centre drinking a latte and generally passing time. so its a bit of a rant and perhaps not overly insightful , but … Continue reading →

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STRANGE SIGNS

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Mark Hayes

 Strange signs and portents appearing everywhere  what could this mean  never in the same place long  find the strangest of visitors  coming soon …… Or as soon as I get past the next draft, proofreaders and the hell of self-publication … Continue reading →

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When we were seventeen by Waiting for Wednesday Album review

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Mark Hayes

Having subjected everyone to my ‘music journalism‘ in my last post. I had no real intention of ever doing so again as I don’t claim to know much about music beyond what I like. I will admit what I like … Continue reading →

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Where This Now Finds Us , by Nervous ‘Orse album review

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Mark Hayes

Normally, in between random musings, occasional fiction and whatever else occurs to me, I review books on here by Indie authors. This being because as an Indie author myself I know how hard it can be to get reviews, and … Continue reading →

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"So Whats your book about ?"

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Mark Hayes

I keep being asked this question and it’s a fair question to ask. The problem is I still don’t really have an answer to it. At least not a short concise answer that sums up the novel. I wrote it, published … Continue reading →

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the art of the self publicist

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Mark Hayes

I am not by nature a graphic artist , my medium is words, as your probably aware. However, some of the Microsoft suite tools are useful for making fairly quick promo’s for even the list visually artistic of us. the … Continue reading →

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2015 the year of the Renaissance men

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Mark Hayes

Way back in the dim dark distant past. In an age when Mobil phones were for making phone calls but only a few of us had them. When the internet did not seem like something that would catch on as … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 29, 2015 by Mark Hayes
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A wonderful review and Book of the Month in November

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Mark Hayes

The wonderful people at The publishers Bookclub have made Cider lane book of the month for November.  The words over the moon spring to mind To read their full review etc you’ll have to wait till November the 1st ,, … Continue reading →

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