Category Archives: indie

Something wicked this way comes…

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Hi, the blogs been very quite so far this month, as I have had quiet a lot on between real world work and some exciting writing stuff I am not quiet ready to reveal just yet… Here though is a … Continue reading →

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New England Gothic: A hopeless kickstarter…

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Other girls believed there were monsters in the woods. If that were true, they paid Annamarie no attention. Sometimes she felt disappointed by this. This is going to be an odd review, because I am reviewing something i haven’t finished … Continue reading →

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The Occasional Bout of Self Publicity…

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Mark Hayes

COMING SOON  No really it is , I know I said it would be out in late June, then I said early July, I may have even said ‘definitely by august’ but it is genuinely close now… It in the … Continue reading →

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Fiscal realities of publishing… and the pursuit of happiness…

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Mark Hayes

‘If everything you do and everything you are is in pursuit of money, then you are already bankrupt.’       ~ Cake, Ink, Collective. Several things have happened in the last few days to inspire this post. It is a … Continue reading →

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Hopeless Maine extras

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Originally posted on The Hopeless Vendetta:
Let’s start with some technical details. It takes about six months of Tom working full time to draw a Hopeless Maine graphic novel. On top of this, I do about 2 hours of work…

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Editing Wisdom…

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Soon I will be on with the final, final edit of ‘From Russia With Tassels.’ Once I get a working copy back from my editor. As such editing is a different skill set to normal writing I have been doing … Continue reading →

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The Tentacle Reviews…

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Mark Hayes

In my hands there rests a thing of wonder, a thing of joy, a thing of imaginative splendour and chilling, spine-tingling, mind-bending weirdness… Actually, that’s a lie, it’s not in my hands, and it’s not an it, it’s a they… … Continue reading →

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The Good, The Bad, And the Just Plain Ugly: Amazon Reviews…

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Amazon reviews, like it or not, are the lifeblood of the indie author. There is sadly no way of getting away from this. It is also why there is so much grief caused by them, and the occasional bout of … Continue reading →

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Awesome Stuff Update: Summer 19

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Mark Hayes

An irregular collection of awesome stuff from my inboxes I get a lot of mail, facebook messages and twitterings full of awesome stuff, much to the disgruntlement of my postperson when I have stuff delivered I am sure. And what … Continue reading →

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The Colour Out Of Space: TCL#54

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Mark Hayes

It was a scene from a vision of Fuseli, and over all the rest reigned that riot of luminous amorphousness, that alien and undimensioned rainbow of cryptic poison from the well—seething, feeling, lapping, reaching, scintillating, straining, and malignly bubbling in … Continue reading →

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