London torn. Night and day. Sinners and angels. Debut novel by Mark A. King, available now
How are you? It's been a very long time since I last posted. Sorry about that. Life has been somewhat delayed. I am thankful for many things, one being that I was many months ahead of my novel that I am working on as part of my UEA Creative writing MA (I'm very proud of …
#FlashFridayReplay. A story based on Flash Friday Fiction week 4.
Flash! Friday is the starting point, the crucible, the starting point of everything. I went back there to revisit old prompts, to inspire new stories. And I found much more than I was looking for. Prompt One: 7th Dec 2012 100 word story starting with "On Friday, everything changed." https://flashfriday.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/flash-friday-week-one-contest/ On Friday, everything changed. She …
As mentioned in this post: https://makingfiction.com/2020/06/06/why-i-wont-be-trying-to-sell-you-my-next-book/ I don't want to mass market or sell the latest books. So, if you want to get them for free, they are available today (15/06/20) on ebook via Amazon. You might need to try the link a few times as the promotion times are in a US timezone, but …
As the person first responsible for the idea of VSS365, bringing it to life, hosting the first year of prompts and designing the ideas for the anthology, I have been asked to provide my thoughts on a few things. VSS365 is a vibrant, supportive and inclusive global community. It doesn't work without the following: People …
My dear friends, It's blog time. A very rare event, I know. Firstly, an apology Sorry it's been a while, I've been busy as you all have, I suspect. I won't dwell too much on the strangeness of recent times, other than to say it's hard for lots of people, I've found it hard too, …
Continue reading "Why I won’t be trying to sell you my next book"
I haven't written a blog post in a while and I've been meaning to write this for a while. Looking back, my writing journey started late in life. I was roughly 42, it was about five and a half years ago. I had not been fortunate enough to study at further or higher education level …
The first #vss365 anthology has been an incredible success and this is a message of thanks to you.
An overdue update and a magic number (twice).
Greetings friends, As you may have seen, I've been working day and night to get the anthology ready. Thank you to all those that responded while we were performing author checks. Reading the stories, communicating with the authors (and those that contribute each day) has reaffirmed what an incredible pool of talent we have and …
Metropolitan Dreams 