Tag Archives: Canadian steampunk

A Squid on the Shoulder

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Mark Hayes

Queen Victoria is in the 200th year of her reign, and her Glorious British Empire faces a grievous threat due to the Machiavellian machinations of that most notorious instigator of insurrections Herbert George Wells. No longer an agent of The … Continue reading →

Posted in amreading, amwriting, book reviews, books, fantasy, fiction, goodreads, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, horror, humour, indie, indie novels, indie writers, novels, reads, sci-fi, writes, writing | Tagged amreading, amwritingsteampunk, books, Canadian steampunk, reads, sciencefiction, scifi, scifiscarbrough, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writing | 1 Comment

Narrative Complexities…

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Mark Hayes

As is perhaps to be expected when writing a series of novels narratives can become complex. While the central characters may well be there all the time, particularly in the case of a first person narrator, other come and go … Continue reading →

Posted in amediting, amreading, amwriting, books, Esqwiths, Hannibal Smyth, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, writes, writing | Tagged #scifi, amwritingsteampunk, Canadian steampunk, narative, sciencefiction, short stories, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writerslife, writing | Leave a comment

Maybe: A Victorian Steampunk Mystery

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Mark Hayes

Maybe, for anyone unaware, was released a week ago on the ides of march and despite all the current problems the world is facing, it’s done remarkably well. Sadly, however, several of the events I was due to attend with … Continue reading →

Posted in amreading, amwriting, book reviews, books, booksale, Canadian steampunk, dreamlands, dystopia, errol the bookcase dragon, fantasy, goodnews, goodreads, Goth, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, horror, humour, indie, indie novels, indie writers, IndieApril, indiewriter, Passing Place, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, sci-fi, self-publishing, steampunk, supernatural, world book day, writes, writing | Tagged amwritingscifi, blogs, bookblog, bookreviews, books, Canadian steampunk, ebook, goodreads, greatreads, indie publishing, reading, reads, research, reviews, sciencefiction, scifiscarbrough, self-publishing, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, stories | Leave a comment

Writing Female Characters

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Mark Hayes

I have over the years read too many books with shocking badly written female characters in them. I suspect I am not alone. Indeed I can give you a list of far too many ‘great’ writers who write awful female … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 quotes, amreading, amwriting, books, Canadian steampunk, fantasy, fiction, goodreads, Hannibal Smyth, humanrights, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, opinion, politics, quotes, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural, writes, writing | Tagged amreading, amreadingscifi, amwritingscifi, amwritingsteampunk, Canadian steampunk, characters, indie, indiebooks, indienovels, indiewriter, reading, reads, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingcommunity, writingtip, writingtips | Leave a comment

Maybe… Almost…

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Mark Hayes

So, finally book 1 of A Ballad of Maybes is almost complete, and just the final editing and beta reading to go, I even have the blurb written for the back. So it’s time to reveal the final actual cover … Continue reading →

Posted in amreading, amwriting, Canadian steampunk, fiction, goodnews, goodreads, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, supernatural, writes, writing | Tagged bookblog, books, booksale, Canadian steampunk, reading, reads, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, stories, writer, writers, writing | Leave a comment

Hannibalisums #3

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Mark Hayes

Old Hannibal says some strange things at times. As such this is an irregular series of quotes form the Hannibal Smyth novels, because occasionally one should probably remember to do some promotion work for ones own novels for a change… … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 quotes, amreading, amwriting, books, Canadian steampunk, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, humour, indie novels, indie writers, novels, quotes, reads, sci-fi, steampunk, writes, writing | Tagged blogs, bookblog, bookreview, books, Canadian steampunk, reading, reads, reviews, self-publishing, steampunk, steampunk fantasy | Leave a comment

Hannibalisum’s… #1

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Mark Hayes

Old Hannibal says some strange things at times. As such this is the start of an irregular series of quotes form the Hannibal Smyth novels, because occasionally one should probably remember to do some promotion work for ones own novels … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 quotes, amreading, amwriting, Canadian steampunk, fantasy, fiction, Hannibal Smyth, Harvey Duckman, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indiewriter, novels, sci-fi, steampunk, writes, writing | Tagged #scifi, amwritingsteampunk, Canadian steampunk, fantasy, scarbrough, sciencefiction, steampunk, steampunk fantasy, writerslife, writing, writingtips | 1 Comment

From Russia With Tassels

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Mark Hayes

The Second Hannibal Smyth Misadventure has landed, taking up the story of that notable and somewhat ignoble gentleman’s adventures from the Himalayan cell he found himself imprisoned in at the end of ‘A Spider In The Eye’. Our ‘hero’ has … Continue reading →

Posted in amreading, books, Canadian steampunk, goodnews, goodreads, Hannibal Smyth, indie, indie novels, indie writers, indieoctober, indiewriter, novels, pointless things of wonderfulness, publication, reads, sci-fi, self-publishing, steampunk, writes, writing | Tagged #scifi, amreadingscifi, amwritingscifi, Canadian steampunk, sciencefiction, scifiscarbrough, steampunk, steampunk fantasy | Leave a comment

FREE novella

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Mark Hayes

I’m giving away my novella/mini-anthology A Scar of Avarice this week on kindle So if you like satirical steampunk, alternative histories, sci-fi, horror or just a damn fine read, grab a FREE copy while you can before it goes back … Continue reading →

Posted in amreading, books, Canadian steampunk, fiction, Hannibal Smyth, indie, indie novels, IndieApril, indiewriter, novels, Passing Place, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads, sci-fi, steampunk | Tagged #, #novel, amreading, Canadian steampunk, Hannibal Smyth, kindle, kindlesale, kindleunlimited, novelist, novels, reads, steampunk, writing | Leave a comment

Indie April#4: Riftmaker

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Mark Hayes

It’s Indie April, a celebration of all things Indie, be it novels, movies, music or art. The idea being to encourage interaction between indie creatives, and that most elusive of beasties the wider audience, and it is a time to … Continue reading →