Category Archives: steampunk

It’s the little things that drive you crazy…

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Mark Hayes

I’m currently working my way through a print proof copy of ‘From Russia With Tassels’, carefully trying to catch those last few little typo’s syntax errors and the very occasional misbegotten sentence that needs one final little polish. This is … Continue reading →

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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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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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Indie-October looms…

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Back in April as regular, and the occasional passing readers may remember I did a series of posts for Indie April. Posts all about various indie writers and creatives and their work. This was a surprisingly successful endeavour and as … Continue reading →

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Mark Hayes and the red weed menace

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Originally posted on The Hopeless Vendetta:
By Frampton Jones Like many people who have washed up on the shores of Hopeless, Maine, Mark Hayes has told us many tales of his previous experiences. Some of those tales have been rather…

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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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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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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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Book Lovers Day 2019

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Mark Hayes

As I said last year, normally hate overly twee things like this… But I make an exception when it comes to books. So on the off chance, anyone doesn’t have a book to love here are a few recommendations from … Continue reading →