Metropolitan Dreams

February 14, 2019

Free books – honestly

It's birthday time - so for 14th and 15th Feb my novel, Metropolitan Dreams, and Prompt Stories, my short fiction collection, will be FREE in Kindle ebook format. Metropolitan Dreams UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Metropolitan-Dreams-Mark-King-ebook/dp/B01N6T3TO8 … US: https://www.amazon.com/Metropolitan-Dreams-Mark-King-ebook/dp/B01N6T3TO8 … Prompt Stories UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/PROMPT-stories-collection-short-fiction-ebook/dp/B07HJHHG8S … US: https://www.amazon.com/PROMPT-stories-collection-short-fiction-ebook/dp/B07HJHHG8S … Hope you enjoy them, if you do, please leave a review. Thanks very much - …

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Substance, by Peter Hook (book review)

A troubled 5 stars from me This is the story of the band New Order, as told by one of its founding members. I’ll start by saying I’m no Peter Hook fan. I went through a stage of liking New Order songs back in the early 90s (totally blows my mind to think of this …

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December 27, 2018December 27, 2018

2018: Report

Was this year a year of fireworks or going round in circles? What was 2018 like for me? Sure, I know there are a few days left, but what's really going to change? In 2018, I wanted to: Read 30 books. Grade: A+ I did this, which was fairly remarkable given the year I had. …

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December 1, 2018

Extreme writing challenge – how did I do?

How not to do National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) One month. 50,000 words. That's how it's supposed to be done. But, me being me, I opted to do it differently. I tried to tackle the 23 chapters that still needed editing. How did I get on? 28,000 new words. Almost as many revised ones. So, …

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October 22, 2018October 22, 2018

The house that NaNoWriMo built

Last year, like many good folk, I ‘won’ NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, where the challenge is to write 50,000 words in 30 days - a small novel for some, about half a novel for me). It was a very hollow victory, despite resounding initial success. I went in with a detailed plan. Despite the …

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October 2, 2018

Don’t buy my new book!

Yes, words that you rarely hear shouted. PROMPT Stories, my collection of short fiction, will be released on Amazon earlier than anticipated. This is to allow me to run a free ebook promotion, on, or near, the original release date. I won't be making any money from the book, almost certainly losing money - but …

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September 22, 2018

Short fiction – ready for launch

My collection of short fiction (I can rhyme with the best of them,) is ready and available for pre-order. I've created a lovely taster dish for you to sample: Taster Link Enjoy.

September 14, 2018

New Short Story Collection

Hey, it's been a while. Work has been busy and leaking into home time, but it's all good. Personal life is busy too, but I'm blessed and can't complain. Metropolitan Fear, my second novel, is fighting with me like a super-charged electric eel, but I guess nothing worthwhile in life is easy, right? Everything meaningful in …

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August 8, 2018

Winning stories, podium places and feedback: Part two: Angry Hourglass

In a continuation of collating winning stories, podium placing and feedback, I've trawled through some of the old flash fiction competitions. This post is dedicated to the world of the Angry Hourglass, run by LadyHazmat/ Dr Rebecca, pathologist, writer and good friend to flash fiction. Angry Hourglass allowed longer word counts than many other flash …

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August 8, 2018August 8, 2018

Winning stories, podium places and feedback: Part one : Flash! Friday

In an attempt to tidy up, I thought it would be good to go through some of the old competitions and post winning stories, podium places or feedback. Partially to remind myself that once upon a time I produced winning work on a regular basis that others enjoyed. I loved the challenge of pitting myself …

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