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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 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
What’s in a Name? (A Revealing Book Update)
I read once that sometimes authors come up with the name for their book before the story, creating the story out of the title. Sounds like a cool way to go about doing things, and it certainly eliminates the headache … Continue reading
Posted in >> That's Writin' Talk, Book Updates
Tagged book title, no shelter from darkness, test reader
My First Book: Update – The Final Changes?
It does just seem to go on and on at times. I was saying to a friend of mine the other day that, although you know it to be far from realistic, a part of you hopes that when you … Continue reading
Posted in >> Writer's Learning Curve, Book Updates
Tagged feedback, pacing, prologue, revisions, test reader
My First Book: Update – The Test Reader Interview
Last weekend I was able to meet with my test reader so that we could have a more lengthly discussion than the one we’d had on the phone. We talked for a couple of hours about various things, but what … Continue reading
Posted in >> Writer's Learning Curve, Book Updates
Tagged feedback, pacing, test reader
My First Book: Update – Test Readers and Their Initial Feedback
So here it is, the first update of the progress of my quest to be published. To get up to speed take a peek at the writing page. My first test reader finished the book in the middle of March … Continue reading
Posted in >> Writer's Learning Curve, Book Updates
Tagged feedback, test reader