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Occasional self promotion… Maybe…

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Mark Hayes

2020 is hopefully going to be a big year for me, I say more in hope than expectation but if you can’t back yourself who will? Among other things I turn fifty on the ides of march. So I will … Continue reading →

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The Indie Christmas List…

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Christmas is coming, the annual festival of shiny barbarism and excess, and in theory at least good will and giving. Surprising as I doubt you find it, one of my favourite gifts to give or receive at Christmas are books. … Continue reading →

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A taste of Harvey…

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Just putting this here…. Okay maybe a little more explanation is needed. As regular readers will be aware I have over the last year been part of the grand undertaking that is the Harvey Duckman Presents… series. The series curated … Continue reading →

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The economics of self-publishing

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Mark Hayes

As a subject, I hate economics. Now, to be clear, the reason I hate economics is because I have studied it. A little under ten years ago, at the age of forty, I made the decision to do a degree … Continue reading →

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Nanowrimo and stuff update…

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Mark Hayes

November had been a busy month of writer stuff so far. Not least because its NaNoWriMo and I have been determined form the start to make a fist of it this year. Hence I have been too busy writing to … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo: planning for the writing fest

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Mark Hayes

‘Its the most wonderful time of the year…’ No not the one in December… NaNoWriMo is almost upon us, and if you are planning to participate this year, you may be plotting already, even if your plotting to take the … Continue reading →

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Harvey The Third…

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Mark Hayes

One of the most exciting things I have been involved in over the last year and a bit has been Sixth Element Publishing the Harvey Duckman Presents anthology’s. From it’s inception (reputably over a few beers in a pub one … Continue reading →

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Fact or Fiction? : Indie October Guest Post From Kate Baucherel

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Mark Hayes

What were the earliest things you learned from reading fiction? These are some of my memories. Aged six, I discovered that scientists could accelerate atomic particles in a cyclotron – for what purpose I had no idea – thanks to … Continue reading →

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Creative Osmosis: Indie October Guest Post By Nils Nisse Visser

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Mark Hayes

Please don’t get me wrong on this. I receive short book reviews with fierce and joyous exclamations that will startle the cats into a sulk. I’m at the self-publishing Indie stage where reviews, rather than the occasional sale, are the … Continue reading →

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Writing Without Time: Indie October Guest Post by Meredith Debonnaire

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Mark Hayes

WRITING WITHOUT TIME: Being a poor indie writer trying to write while juggling with two-and-a-half jobs and the electrified zombie of your social life. I often see advice for writers along the lines of “Write every day” and “set aside … Continue reading →

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