Category Archives: indie writers

The Leaf in the night time

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Mark Hayes

For reasons I don’t entirely understand, posts involving things form my scrap folder seem oddly popular. Admittedly I suspect having now said that, no one will read this post, as my audience is as predictable as a British summer. Bless … Continue reading →

Posted in #amwriting, amwriting, fantasy, fiction, indie, indie writers, indiewriter, insomnia, mythos, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Unleashening of Ben Sawyer

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Mark Hayes

Ben Sawyer is a fellow Harvey writer and novelist. His Holly Trinity novels are unique, delightful and set in the ancient ghost haunted city of York, a place for which I have no small affection. It has been something of … Continue reading →

Posted in amreading, indie novels, indie writers, supernatural, Uncategorized, urban fantasy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Post-Newtonian Magic

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Mark Hayes

When writing fantasy, be it high, low, grim dark, romantic, steampunk, urban or whatever, a writer can’t just throw words at a page and see what sticks. Well, that is not entirely true, that is in fact quite often the … Continue reading →

Posted in #amwriting, amreading, amwriting, books, fantasy, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiefriday, indiewriter, reads, steampunk, supernatural, urban fantasy, writes, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Esoteric Cricket Ball…

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Mark Hayes

Well its finally here, 3 years after the original short story, The esoteric Cricket Ball is pitching down the leg side… The novel started out as half page of dialogue between two unknown participants written about ten years ago. It … Continue reading →

Posted in books, Harvey Duckman, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, men in dark tweed, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural, urban fantasy, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

As days grow lighter… coming things

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Mark Hayes

We have past into winter, and the sun has begun its return and the writer within me is excited for the new year to come. My literary year of 2025 is going to begin early with a new Harvey Duckman … Continue reading →

Posted in amreading, amwriting, books, fiction, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, publication, sci-fi, steampunk, writes, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A semblance of Truth

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Mark Hayes

I am a bit of a fan boy when it comes to the work of Nimue and the esoteric creation Hopeless Maine (and Nimue’s writing in general). So when I was given the chance to read a early copy of Semblance of Truth I jumped at the chance. Continue reading →

Posted in amreading, book reviews, books, indie novels, indie writers, sci-fi, steampunk | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

What’s in a name

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Mark Hayes

I do like a good title. For example ‘The Long Dark Tea Time of the soul’ is one of the finest titles ever devised, despite the fact its is my least favorite Douglas Adams book. Admittedly that is like saying a particular orgasm was your least favorite orgasm. Its still a fucking orgasm, ‘The Long Dark Tea Time of the soul’ is still a fabulous Douglas Adams novel. Its just not quite as brilliant as ‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’… Continue reading →

Posted in amediting, amwriting, books, fantasy, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, reads, self-publishing, steampunk, supernatural, writes, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Lucifer Mandrake ~ Not a cover reveal…

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Mark Hayes

*my entire contribution to the Finch Ministries were the words ‘octopus catapult’ , I am ridiculously proud of this fact… Continue reading →

Posted in amwriting, books, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie novels, indie writers, reads, self-publishing, steampunk, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Yer, so about the tower…

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Mark Hayes

The Tower is one of those stories… A story that people tend to remember and ask about. It has a perfect ending in my opinion. Which is to say the ending is open to the readers imagination. This tends to generate the same question from almost every reader “What is the tower?” Continue reading →

Posted in amreading, amwriting, books, fantasy, fiction, Harvey Duckman, indie writers, reads, writes, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Supporting your local itinerant author

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Mark Hayes

I throw words into the wind and what them swirl around me and hope to catch them again, I am a writer, writing is what I do, occasionally quite well, it defines me in many ways and I believe through my writing I add to the zeitgeist of humanity in positive ways.

But I don’t always believe any of that to be true… Continue reading →

Posted in #amwriting, amwriting, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, reads, writes, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment