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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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Tag Archives: query letter
How Queer (A Query Is Born)
A rather swift post, simply to announce (and nothing more) the putting up of my query letter. Follow the link, read, and admonish.
Posted in >> That's Writin' Talk, Book Updates
Tagged agents, query letter
The Never-ending Story: A Book Update
Apologies if you now have the chorus of that song going round your head, but it’s only fair, because through writing the title I now have that song going round my head. Originally the title was going to be “That … Continue reading
Posted in Book Updates
Tagged agents, feedback, manuscript, no shelter from darkness, query letter, test reader
Top 10 Posts of Week Beginning 27th June

Despite having several blog posts in the pipeline last week, none came to fruition due to those pesky “other commitments”, but rest assured I will always do my best to bring you my picks of the posts. There was even … Continue reading
Posted in >> Top Off-Site Posts
Tagged agents, ebook, feedback, Neil Gaiman, query letter, reading list, resources, show and tell
Write, Rewrite, Research and Try Again (A Book Update)
I warn you now, nothing exciting has happened. However, I thought it would be prudent to post a quick update if for no other reason than to exemplify how laborious life remains even after you’ve finished that labour of love. … Continue reading
Posted in >> Writer's Learning Curve, Book Updates
Tagged agents, no shelter from darkness, query letter, synopsis
Resources for Query Letters & What I’ve Learnt
After weeks and weeks of revisions (yes, weeks), I’ve finally sent off my first ever query letter. I thought it might be helpful to those of you in the same boat if I listed some of the resources I used … Continue reading
Posted in >> Writer's Learning Curve, Articles
Tagged agents, format, query letter, representation, resources