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Author Archives: Mark Hayes
A growth of ivy
Not posted in a while, so as much to get back in the habit once more as anything else, here’s a little tale of black magic and horticulture that has been hanging around in my hard drive for a while. … Continue reading
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taking inspiration where you can , or what happens when you ask a few friends for a first line .
So in a mild moment of whimsy I put the following post on my face book page +https://www.facebook.com/mark.hayes.710667 ” Mildly bored and want a challenge, or just something to distract my self with.Someone give me the first line for a … Continue reading
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Characters seen through other eyes
The 4th draft of my novel has now been read by four readers (or possibly five if you count the very dodgy self publishing out fit i had the miss fortune to try) , all of which have given lots … Continue reading
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A little bit more Warrrarrgggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A continuation of the ongoing warrrarrrggggg!!!!! because a few people seem to like the stories and they are just sitting gathering electronic dust in a file on my PC. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Warrraggg rolled out of the pass and … Continue reading
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Slasher theory , or hacking it down to size
At a suggestion from a friend i am entering a writing a competition in the northern writers awards. On the flimsy grounds of nothing ventured nothing gained +http://www.northernwritersawards.com/enterawards.htmlif nothing else it has been an exercise in constraint, good editing and … Continue reading
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More Waaarrraaaaggg!!!!
As the first Ork story made a couple of people smile , here is a second short one. If people Like them enough will post more over time I have a few scattered in my 1000 word a day slush … Continue reading
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A thousand word a day habit , or Warrragggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last year in about March I decided to try and write a thousand words a day and make a habit out of it. Unsurprisingly I failed to make a good habit out of it with the pressures of everyday life, … Continue reading
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The Ballot ( short story )
The hardest thing for a new author is to get published for the first time, in particular with short stories as there are so few outlets for them. But unperturbed last year I attempted to get a couple of shorts published with a few magazines, if … Continue reading
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Third draft blues , or how not to write
Third draft blues so you send off the second draft to your proof reader, get great feed back, a long list of notes on things to work on, have a good discussion on what needs to be changed , what could be better … Continue reading
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Women in politics , politics in decline
Statistics from the World Bank state the percentage of the United Kingdom population who are female is 50.8%, While this figure is unsurprising I draw attention to it in order to highlight the oddity that this modern western democracy, which … Continue reading
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