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War of The Worlds: H G Wells: Retro Book Review#2

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Mark Hayes

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 →

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Worth more in scrabble…

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Mark Hayes

“England and America are two countries separated by the same language!” attributed to George Bernard Shaw, or possibly Oscar Wilde, or purely apocryphal, as its one of thsoe quotes no one is entirely sure about even the QI elves aparantly…. U … Continue reading →

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Valuing your craft

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Mark Hayes

How do you value the results of your craft?It’s one of those questions that’s always hard to answer, and harder to answer as a writer than, for example, as a carpenter.A carpenter makes a table. He cuts the wood, joins the … Continue reading →

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in case anyone is wondering…

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Mark Hayes

Just in case anyone is wondering about the new banner.The dragons name is ErrolMore fully he is Errol the Bookcase Dragon, a rare and wonderful breed of dragon I bought at Gothfest in Whitby a couple fo years ago. He … Continue reading →

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Passing Place

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Mark Hayes

No longer coming soon ,, its almost arrived …. “The Greyhound pulled away into the thunderous summer storm, leaving in its wake a dishevelled, world-weary figure in the dark, deserted bus station.”  Richard is a man come to the end. … Continue reading →

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Passing Place , Authors notes ,and Playlist

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Mark Hayes

Authors notes. This is a novel about many things, but more than anything else it is a novel about stories. The ones we tell, the ones we here and the ones we all know. How they influence our lives and … Continue reading →

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Kheris Burning, book review

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Mark Hayes

Not done a review for a while but stumbled over this gem in Stockton SFI festival a year after I read the original 4 novels by C.G.Hatton, which are reviewed way back in this blog about a year ago  link … Continue reading →

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New covers

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Mark Hayes

Cider lane has been reskinned, to go with the reproofing of the text. Very pleased with the new cover .  The back cover will appear here at some point in the next couple of days once the cover is live on … 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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Cider Lane Reviews

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Mark Hayes

A few recent reviews for Cider Lane :Of Silences and Stars from +Amazon.co.uk , as once in a while it’s nice to blow one own trumpet. 5.0 out of 5 starsI thoroughly enjoyed this incredibly compelling bookByMark AdamsFormat: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI thoroughly … Continue reading →

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