London torn. Night and day. Sinners and angels. Debut novel by Mark A. King, available now
Sorry for the long absence from writing in any form. A quick re-cap: I am writing a novel using short posts via social media. This is inspired by the projects I have been closely involved with over the years, and others who have used this method. The PhD I'm working on has taken a great …
A work of fiction created as part of the #vssPhD project. Short story created and published : Feb to March 2024 For details of the project click here. This is the second #vssphd story (as released on social media).The story tense was selected by an anonymised poll. Both present and past tense scored highest. Which …
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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
So, how did my massive experiment with writing 50,000 words in a month go? It was, by all accounts, a great success. I am the proud owner of a shiny certificate, but, more importantly, I am the owner of a draft which totals more than half of a my second novel. A draft novel is …
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Hey there. I've never been a big fan of NaNoWriMo ((Inter)National Novel Writing Month). I guess I always knew the limitations of a busy full time job with tons of responsibility, the commitments of hectic family life, trying to fit in volunteering and supporting others with their dreams and ambitions. I also didn't like the …
It's one year since #VSS365. To celebrate I have made my ebook free (6th Sept 2017) Anyone with an Amazon account can snap one up. It's had some wonderful reviews so far. Grab a copy while it's free. 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/
Jerusalem is novel by Alan Moore. I am aware of his work. He is responsible for some seminal graphic novels (Watchmen, V for Vendetta etc). I haven’t read any of them, so I went into this with nothing more than a very interesting blurb which seemed to have some similar themes to my debut novel, …
Continue reading "Review: And was Jerusalem builded here, among these dark Satanic Mills?"
An interview with some very hard questions. I'd expect nothing less when talking to Tamara Rogers, talented artist and imagineer of Grind Spark. http://www.thedustlounge.com/thought-tinkerings/chatting-with-mark-a-king-author-of-metropolitan-dreams/ CHATTING WITH MARK A KING – AUTHOR OF METROPOLITAN DREAMS MARCH 15, 2017 Today I am all sorts of pleased to welcome Mark A King to the Dust Lounge. The …
Metropolitan Dreams 