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Mark D. Evans is an aspiring writer and is currently working on having his first novel published. He is also hard at work preparing a couple of short stories for publication/self-publication, as well as preparing a new author site with further information and freebies.
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- The London Riots and Why We’re the Destroyers of Our Own Privacy: In light of recent events, I'm pushing other posts ... posted on August 9, 2011
- MABS: Hybrid (Taking Music Beyond Progression): Being the first MABS (Music Artist/Band Spotlight) ... posted on August 11, 2011
- The Professional Opinion – Part 3: The Book Update: Profound apologies once more. If you are a regul... posted on November 29, 2011
- The Professional Opinion – Part 2: The Feedback: I posted not too long ago about my decision to send... posted on November 2, 2011
- Lord of the Disguise: I finished reading William Golding's contemporary c... posted on March 29, 2011
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All Change
If you’ve been here before you may notice things look a little different. To cut a long story short, Markaeology will now be nothing more than a blog, while somewhere else in the web-based ether I’m hard at work on … Continue reading
Posted in >> Writer's Learning Curve, Book Updates
Tagged agents, literary consultancy, no shelter from darkness, short story
The Professional Opinion – Part 3: The Book Update
Profound apologies once more. If you are a regular follower of this site, then I do sincerely apologise for the severe lack of absence as of late. There are many reasons for this, but none worthy of forgiveness. However, I … Continue reading
The Professional Opinion (Book Update)
So, when you’ve finished your manuscript, what do you do next? It’s a question I was asking myself for a long, long time. It wasn’t because I didn’t know what the choices were, but because I didn’t know which of … Continue reading
Posted in >> That's Writin' Talk, >> Writer's Learning Curve, Articles, Book Updates
Tagged agent, editor, feedback, literary consultancy, professional feedback
A Long Overdue Book Update, and Musings Over Indie Publishing
Not an awful lot’s happened since the last book update as far as physical progression is concerned. I’m still in the throws of my final draft edit, which has only recently picked up pace again after a couple of weeks … Continue reading
NO SHELTER FROM DARKNESS debuts on Authonomy

The debate between legacy publishing and indie publishing is rife and ongoing. I, myself, have still not decided on which of the two main avenues I’ll be following. Regardless, I took the opportunity to publish the first five chapters of … Continue reading
Posted in Book Updates, Books & Reading
Tagged no shelter from darkness