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Did I mention today is the offi Al release day of Harvey Duckman Presents Volume 7The now traditional 'shelfie' of my bookshelf of books I have writtenSo many Harvey anthologies now, and that doesn't include book 7 out this weekendComing this weekend, the latest Harvey Duckman Anthology,The first part of many is up now on markhayesblog.comThe latest Harvey appeared in the post todayNew Release
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Category Archives: editing
Writing the Lexicromicon
Over the course of the last four years I have somewhat inadvertently written a non-fiction book. This was a somewhat alarming thing to discover as it was never really my intention. I’m a writer of fiction god-damn-it. I don’t write … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, books, cthulhu, dreamlands, editing, goodreads, horror, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indieoctober, indiewriter, Lovecraft, mythos, Nyarlathotep, opinion, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, self-publishing, writes, writing
Tagged amwriting, call of cthulhu, cthulhu, indie publishing, indiebooks, indieoctober, indiereads, indiewriter, Lovecraft, lovecraftian, mythos, writer, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity
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Linkin Park, the Thieves’ Guild and why I was so angry in 2007
Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favourites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading
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The Complexity of a review…
A little over six years now I had a odd dream, woke up in a cold sweat, scribbled some rather idiosyncratic notes, and then tried fleetingly to get back to sleep. After an hour of staring at the ceiling, as … Continue reading
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The value of U…
“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 those quotes no one is entirely sure about even the QI elves apparently…. … Continue reading
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Harvey Live, podcasts, and the writers list
I’ve been involved in a couple of on line things to do with writing in the last few days. First there was the Harvey Duckman writers on-line get together and broadcast as part of Scarborough scifi on-line (which replaced the … Continue reading
Posted in amediting, amreading, amwriting, editing, fiction, goodreads, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie novels, indie writers, IndieApril, indiewriter, publication, reads, sci-fi, self-publishing, steampunk, Uncategorized, writes, writing
Tagged amediting, authors, editing, nanowrimo, novels, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity, writingtip, writingtips
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Making it pretty, and other vanities…
I really enjoy typesetting. There is something cathartic about it. For months I have been slaving away with first drafts, second drafts , third drafts , edits, redrafts, more edits, post editor editing, revisions… All fun stuff I assure you. … Continue reading
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Quotes for 2020 #14
A new year, A whole new decade. A daily series of quotes from my favorite authors. Just for the hell of it… Today’s words of ‘wisdom’ come one of the great pioneers of Sci-Fi Ray Bradbury. Neil Gaiman, who has … Continue reading
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Quotes for 2020 #7
As its not just a new year, but a whole new decade. I thought among all the other things I do here I would do a daily series of quotes from my favorite authors. Just for the hell of it… … Continue reading
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Nanowrimo and stuff update…
November had been a busy month of writer stuff so far. Not least because its NaNoWriMo and I have been determined form the start to make a fist of it this year. Hence I have been too busy writing to … Continue reading
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