Category Archives: publication

Nietzsche’s sister

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Mark Hayes

“God is dead” As a German philosopher of some little note once said, and for many people, that’s probably as much as they know about Nietzsche, the quotes. There is, after all, a lot of them, he is the most … Continue reading →

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Life in the Passing Place

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Mark Hayes

Step in from the cold, through the saloon door of the strangest bar in creation. A place where causality is just a set of rules and the rules can be bent. Where no one knows your name, but everyone has … Continue reading →

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Self-publishing: A Guidebook for the Tourist#4: Covers: a judgement call…

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Mark Hayes

As the old saying goes… ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover…’ Unfortunately, the reason it’s a saying is that everyone does. It is a truism that you can not escape as an author. It is also one where so many … Continue reading →

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Self-Publishing: A Guidebook for the Tourist#1

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Mark Hayes

There are a whole lot of people out there in internet-land trying to help you become a self-publishing millionaire. The vast majority of them have one thing in common. They are trying to make money out of you. Indeed judging … Continue reading →

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Self-Publishing Stigma

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Mark Hayes

I did an interview in November last year, just after the release of Passing Place, in which I got asked this question:   “Would you say there is a stigma to being self-published?“ Of all the questions I was asked, … Continue reading →

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Valuing your craft

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Mark Hayes

How do you value the results of your craft?It’s one of those questions that’s always hard to answer, and harder to answer as a writer than, for example, as a carpenter.A carpenter makes a table. He cuts the wood, joins the … Continue reading →

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#passingplace 2

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Mark Hayes

More single shot Passing Place promotions pictures The wolf king of Winter The corner of your eye The world-tree in the garden Faces in the dark

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Interviews

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Mark Hayes

I don’t do many interviews. There is a reason for this. I don’t get asked to do interviews very often … In fact as far as I remember the only actual interview I have done previously was for the publisher’s book … Continue reading →

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RELEASE DAY

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Mark Hayes

On the off chance anyone missed it My new novel Passing Place came out today.  Needless to say I am very happy about this 🙂 more news on this front in the next few days Fantasy and science-fiction collide with horror … Continue reading →

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Passing Place

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Mark Hayes

No longer coming soon ,, its almost arrived …. “The Greyhound pulled away into the thunderous summer storm, leaving in its wake a dishevelled, world-weary figure in the dark, deserted bus station.”  Richard is a man come to the end. … Continue reading →

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