Category Archives: humour

Writers on reading…

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Mark Hayes

The old sage and great whit Stephen King says in ‘On Writing‘ “If you want to be a writer you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” Occasionally I forget the former when … Continue reading →

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The Quotable Writers Block…

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Mark Hayes

We all get a touch of the dreaded writer’s block every now and again. Just as we all get a touch of the procrastination fairy, hit by wayward narrative bombs and once in a while manage to string a few words together without anything … Continue reading →

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Anthological thoughts…

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Mark Hayes

I have just sent the completed second draft, fully typeset, and nailed into book form, of ‘A Scar Of Avarice’ to my proof-reader. ASOA if you have been paying attention to my Blog, Twitter feed or Facebook accounts is a … Continue reading →

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Odd Moments Of Wonderfulness…

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Mark Hayes

We all need the odd moment of wonderfulness to brighten our days. Sometimes it’s a geeky little meme that just makes us smile or a quote from a favourite author that amuses us. On a rainy Tuesday after a rainy (and … Continue reading →

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Searching for an ending…

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Mark Hayes

I may be alone in this. For all I know, every other writer who has ever lived or ever will has never experienced this problem. I could be entirely an exception to the norm in this, but it is still a … Continue reading →

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The creative force of anger…

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Mark Hayes

The world lost one of its finest writers just under three years ago. Which means I am probably a little early with this post about the creative power of anger, of which he was perhaps one of the finest exponents. I … Continue reading →

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Obsessions…

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Writers in my experience have a tendance towards the obsessive end of the spectrum. We obsess about our stories. We obsess about our characters. We obsess about individual sentences. On occasion, we obsess about an individual word… Sometimes we obsess about where … Continue reading →

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Positive Is The New Negative…

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Last year I published a blog like this with quotes from the darker side of writer’s minds. In an attempt to balance this a little, and in the spirit of a new year, new hopes, new dreams and positive thinking, here … Continue reading →

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Geekgasm’s in the Nerdverse…

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Geek culture has moved ever more mainstream in the last decade or so. The internet has helped enormously with this. The ongoing wave of Marvel, DC movies and tv shows has fed it. The gamer generation has given birth to … Continue reading →

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Questions of insomnia…

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Mark Hayes

In the wee hours of the night, when sleep is a mythical beast and the mind runs over time, the strangest questions occur… Is it the S or the C that is silent in Scent..? While we are on the … Continue reading →

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