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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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The Professional Opinion – Part 2: The Feedback
I posted not too long ago about my decision to send some work off to a literary consultancy. Just over a week ago I received the report. As with part one of this post, I won’t divulge the name of … Continue reading
Posted in >> That's Writin' Talk, >> Writer's Learning Curve, Articles
Tagged editing, editor, literary consultancy, professional feedback
The Week in Writing: 12th–18th September, 2011

It was all quiet on the markaeology front last week, but not by choice. I’m working on a couple of posts at the minute, both returning (finally) to the subject of writing, but alas I simply couldn’t find the time to … Continue reading
Posted in >> Top Off-Site Posts
Tagged amazon, blogs, character, editing, planning, publishing
The Week in Writing: 22nd–28th August, 2011

iPhones are handy little things, aren’t they? I have no internet connection at the moment, it’s just decided to stop working for one reason or other and it’s not getting fixed for at least another day. Still, I shan’t let … Continue reading
The Week in Writing: 1st – 7th August, 2011
I’ve been hard at work over the weekend, making small changes to markaeology, and hopefully for the better. There’s still some further tweaking to be done, but I just wanted to quickly say thanks for bearing with me. Keeping with … Continue reading
Posted in >> Top Off-Site Posts
Tagged book awards, book store, editing, publishing, self-publishing, seo, twitter
Top Tip: Use The Deadline
Wow! I haven’t done a top tip for ages… hang on, thinking about it I’ve only ever done one. Grrr, naughty Mark! I realise the thing about top tips is that they’re normally quite obvious, but if you’re anything like … Continue reading
Posted in >> That's Writin' Talk, >> Writer's Learning Curve
Tagged deadline, editing, top tip