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New release day…

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Mark Hayes

New release day 🙂   Welcome to the world of Hannibal Smyth on kindle  For those who live within the busom of glorious Britania https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07MB82RPZ   For those who reside on other shores https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MB82RPZ/ And Canada https://www.amazon.ca/Spider-Eye-Hannibal-Misadventure-Misadventures-ebook/dp/B07MB82RPZ Also available printed … Continue reading →

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Cover Story…

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Mark Hayes

To cut a longish story short, I moved publishers for my back catalogue of paperbacks last year. Admittedly I also didn’t move them at all, because I used to publish them from CreateSpace (Amazons old paperback publishing arm) to KDP … Continue reading →

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Free book giveaway…

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Mark Hayes

As A Spider In The Eye comes out in a couple of days, to celebrate what to me at least is a momentous event, I am giving away Kindle copies of my Novella and short stories book A Scar of … Continue reading →

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Hannibal the quotable…

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Mark Hayes

I have been known to throw the odd quote here and there. Followers of my itinerant wittering on here will be aware of that I am sure. I am something of a collector of quotes by the great and the … Continue reading →

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Blurbing…

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Mark Hayes

The writing of blurbs is a bit of an art form. It is also an art form I’ve never come close to mastering. The blurb, that little smattering of text on the back of a book is supposed to do … Continue reading →

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Artistic Indulgences…

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Mark Hayes

You’ll have to forgive me, or perhaps not as the case may be, but I have been rather taciturn on the blog of late. There have been few posts about writing because I have been busy writing. Few posts on … Continue reading →

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Dresden in Teeside: Book review: Brennan and Rix…

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Mark Hayes

I have an unfortunate habit… Okay, I have lots of unfortunates habits, starting blog posts off with irrelevant tangents before I even get in the vague vicinity of the point being one of them. But if you’re not a regular … Continue reading →

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Talking covers…

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Mark Hayes

So last time I had been up till silly in the morning making a cover for my next novel (still with the editor.) Having done so I put it out to the wide world of the interweb in search of … Continue reading →

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A not quite cover reveal…

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Bitten by a bout of insomnia, and a need to do something creative to tired my overactive mind I decided to work on a new concept cover for my forthcoming Hannibal Smyth novel, ‘A Spider In the Eye’. At 5:30Am … Continue reading →

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Blind Chance Theory: Amendum

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Mark Hayes

A quick follow up to Blind Chance Theory. I have now read the limited edition excerpt of C G Hatton’s ‘Arunday’s Convergence’. Book 2 of Thieves’ Guild: Bhenykhn Wars. A little one chapter bookette that C.G. had made for MCM … Continue reading →

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