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

Depression, talking about it

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Mark Hayes

Depression is not a natural subject for me to write about because I have suffered from it more than once in my adult life. It’s not a subject I find easy to talk about in general, less still when it … Continue reading →

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What did the treaty of Rome ever do for us?

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Mark Hayes

With apologies to my Non-British readers. Who will probably read little further than this, this is a post about the forthcoming in-out referendum on the EU that we will be having in Britain in a few months. Which for the … Continue reading →

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its not what you think it is ……

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Mark Hayes

“Reality is not want you think it is, it’s nothing more than a perception your mind is trained to accept. The truth? The truth is far greater than you could ever imagine. That flicker of movement in the corner of … Continue reading →

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Play like a girl, spit out the blood and carry on

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Mark Hayes

There is a culture some parts of the gaming community of bullying and sexism, based on the simple, but entirely wrong, perception. That perception is that girls don’t play video games well. More to the point the perception that they … Continue reading →

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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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