An overdue update and a magic number (twice).
One Million (a magic number)
VSS365 Anthology: Release Date
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 …
VSS365 Anthology – work left to be done and possible timeline
Thank you (again) to everyone involved with the vss365 community, from the very first story to the latest Tweet - you are amazing! One of the draft mock-up covers A quick bit of background... As most of you know, this anthology was not my idea. I was asked a number of times ( over a …
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Walking on the moon
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. So I thought a short blog was a worthwhile thing to do. Some of the conspiracy theories are very convincing, but when you visit NASA at the Kennedy Space Centre, as I did only a few days ago, you can't help but be truly …
VSS365 Anthology Announcement : Selected Contributors
The anthology is a massive job for the people involved in creating it. Our Ambassadors have worked tirelessly, volunteering many days of their own time to read every one of the thousands of submissions. Hopefully everyone who submitted is incredibly thankful to them. They have been nothing short of generous, amazing and inspiring in their …
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Enjoying the Craft of Writing
Greetings. While I've just posted exciting news on the plans for a #vss365 anthology, I haven't updated the blog on writing progression (or lack of it) for some time. An update What have the last few months entailed? The tragic loss of a friend which hit me fairly hard as he was full of life, …
#VSS365 Anthology
Want to know more about the history of #vss365 ? Click here to find out more. Why have an anthology? As the original creator of #vss365, many people have proposed an anthology to me over the last few years. Why? In short, because it's something to celebrate. Many people have found a supportive, encouraging and …
Book Review: The Terror, by Dan Simmons
The Terror by Dan Simmons My rating: 4 of 5 starsPart historical fiction, part horror, part supernatural, part mutiny, part survivor movie, the Terror is all these things, and more. At 946 pages long and 28 odd hours of my very precious time invested, this one was worth a blog post. Is it amazing?In places, …
New Story – Wow, it feels good
First new story in a couple of years. Writing a novel is a slow, and painful process, so it felt good to go back to small word counts and super-tight writing. Thanks for reading. If you can vote then that would be even better (it's in a comp). https://short-edition.com/en/story/5-min/sixteen-again Thank you kindly - M
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 - …
