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Dresden in Teeside: Book review: Brennan and Rix…

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Mark Hayes

I have an unfortunate habit… Okay, I have lots of unfortunates habits, starting blog posts off with irrelevant tangents before I even get in the vague vicinity of the point being one of them. But if you’re not a regular … Continue reading →

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Talking covers…

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Mark Hayes

So last time I had been up till silly in the morning making a cover for my next novel (still with the editor.) Having done so I put it out to the wide world of the interweb in search of … Continue reading →

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A not quite cover reveal…

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Bitten by a bout of insomnia, and a need to do something creative to tired my overactive mind I decided to work on a new concept cover for my forthcoming Hannibal Smyth novel, ‘A Spider In the Eye’. At 5:30Am … Continue reading →

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Blind Chance Theory: Amendum

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Mark Hayes

A quick follow up to Blind Chance Theory. I have now read the limited edition excerpt of C G Hatton’s ‘Arunday’s Convergence’. Book 2 of Thieves’ Guild: Bhenykhn Wars. A little one chapter bookette that C.G. had made for MCM … Continue reading →

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Insidious horizons: Hacked Future

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Mark Hayes

‘The future’s bright… Utopian in fact… No, really it is…” Erm… or then again, maybe it’s not as bright as it seemed in December last year when that jolly little quote above was the opening lines of a blog/review of … Continue reading →

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Cider Lane at a Sale price on Kindle for the week…

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Mark Hayes

As the title says. My first novel, which was published way back in the dim dark days of 2015, is on at a promotional price on Kindle this week of only 99c/99p. It’s a novel about bullying, self-harm, coping mechanisms, … Continue reading →

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Book lovers day

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Mark Hayes

I 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 past pages… Anything ( … Continue reading →

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NOT a cover reveal…

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Mark Hayes

This is not a cover reveal (quite apart from anything else, even though it is heavily manipulated by me the artwork isn’t mine) it’s just one of several mockups I have for cover designs. It just happens to be my … Continue reading →

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Cover story…

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Mark Hayes

Whats the old adage about judging a book by its cover? Well with that in mind I am contemplating changing the cover design for Passing Place. The original cover was designed, due to a desire on my part to have … Continue reading →

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An Authors Avarice…

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Mark Hayes

I may have mentioned this… But forgive me for being overly excited about a new release… Normal service, whatever waffling meanderings on writing, Lovecraft, politics, the world, and general geekery can be described as normal will resume shortly. But in … Continue reading →

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