Category Archives: indie writers

How to kill a hundred people: A Indie October guest post by Nimue Brown

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Let me begin by explaining Hopeless Maine. It started life as a graphic novel series set on an imaginary island off the coast of Maine. There’s now a role play game, prose books in the offing and other things in … Continue reading →

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Alternate History Fantasy and Historical Fantasy: Indie-October guest post from Liz Tuckwell

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Thanks to Mark Hayes for generously offering me the opportunity to write an article/have a rant about a topic on his blog. This one may be a little pedantic but is dear to my heart. As well all know, fantasy … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Thursday Nights: Indie-October guest post from Amy Wilson

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Mark Hayes

I was absolutely not looking for a writing group. I had nothing against writing groups, I was sure that they were wonderful for some people. It’s just that I didn’t think I would be one of them. I had … Continue reading →

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Blurbing: Reduxed

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Way back in December last year, a month or so before ‘A Spider In the Eye’ was released I made a post about blurbing. The art of writing a blurb for the back of a paperback. I was having a … Continue reading →

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Scrap-ends…

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Mark Hayes

For no good reason, or perhaps the best reason of all, I’ve spent a listless hour pondering my way through a folder on my desktop that predates the hard drive. The folders called scrap-ends. It’s an apt description used as … Continue reading →

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Write What You Want

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Mark Hayes

As happens probably too often, on social media I found myself ranting a little over a shared post. Though in this case for once, it was not a post about politics, racism, dyslexia, homophobia or anything else on the worthy, or … Continue reading →