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Tag Archives: writers
Creating books
This is an updated article that I originally wrote in 2020 because the subject keeps coming back around, one way or another. Please bear in mind this is written with some humorous intent, but the advice contained within is meant … Continue reading
Posted in books, editing, indie writers, indiewriter, self-publishing, writing
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Monkeys! a guest post by Will Nett
Sir William Nettleton IV, once married a monkey called Kevin. He was drunk at the time (Kevin, not Sir William) which was the only reason he agreed to the marriage, which it is believed was never consummated. At least, as … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, indie writers, pointless things of wonderfulness, reads
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Verne: A guess post by Will Nett
Sir William Nettleton VII, was once arrested for ‘lewd behaviour involving an elephant’ in his short stay in what was at the time refereed to as Eastern India, later became Burma and is now Myanmar one of only three nations … Continue reading
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Strange Influences
Not everyone will be influenced by the same books. There are probably people in the world who don’t appreciate Wuthering Heights. There are people who fail to be drawn in to Fahrenheit 451. There may even be people in the … Continue reading
Are you ready for the apocalypse? by Liz Tuckwell
Introduction by Mark : Elizabeth Tuckwell is a fellow Harvey Duckman writer and the aunt of an old friend of mine. These two things are not connected and we were unaware of the second connection till the old friend read … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, big questions, Harvey Duckman, indie writers, indieoctober, indiewriter, opinion, reads
Tagged amreading, amreadinghorror, enviroment, reads, sciencefiction, writers, writerslife
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The Kraken’s of Venice…
A review of the Clockwork City by Shelley Adina
This is a delightful read, it keeps you turning pages, as it gently moves along, and then makes you turn them as things start to go badly for our two heroines. Because when things go bad, they go down hill quickly. And once that starts happening it hard to put the book down as you care about the characters, which is the real strength of the novel. It makes you care. Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, books, newbooks, newreads, reads, sciencefiction, steampunk, writers, writerslife
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The Telling Deck: A Guest Post from Will Nett
Will Nett, not the one who ran away form the Spanish armada, the other one… with a guest blog on tarot cards, possibly, or just general Will Nett witter, which is good witter we have to say. Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, druidry, fiction, indie writers, pagan, reads, supernatural, writes
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The Writers Life : An Honest Conversation
What is success, well for me it is readers, it has always been readers. You have to find your own way to judge your success. But as a community writers need to be more honest with each other. ‘Fake it until you make it’ is all very well except that builds false expectations against which we measure ourselves. And that is damaging. Continue reading
Posted in amwriting, depression, indie writers, indiewriter, opinion, writes, writing
Tagged writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtips
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Notebooks and Scribblings
Hello. My name is Mark, I am a note-a-holic… Here’s some very random short scriblings (bare in mind these are not even first drafts, they are at best the equivalent of an artists sketch, trying to get an idea out for a first draft to follow, they are rough and ill-formed. Welcome to some of the odder bits of my mind… Continue reading
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Passing Place – a review
Originally posted on Druid Life:
(Nimue) Passing Place, by Mark Hayes is a beautiful, bonkers sort of a book. This is speculative fiction, with a story that isn’t easily explained at all without spoilers. What I can say with some…
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