Browsing Archive: October, 2009
Posted by Mark Alders on Saturday, October 31, 2009,
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Giveaways
Fictionwise, one of the largest online eBook sellers has my book The Pauper's Prize up on their listings so you can pick up a copy of my book for a great price. Here is the link to get there.
Speaking of The Pauper's Prize, I got an email today from a fan--yes, a FAN who chose my book as part of the giveaways that went with the Rainbow Awards (Remember my book is now in the third and final round of those awards!). I was thrilled to hear that someone, other than people I know, wanted to read m... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mark Alders on Thursday, October 29, 2009,
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competition
Yep, I can't believe it. In the fantasy category, my book, The Pauper's Prize has made it into the next round. Round 3 is the judges choice section. Now, really I don't hold out much hope for my book progressing any further, but I tell you what, it's been a fantastic feeling having people vote for my work.
I would like to thank you all for supporting me, and above all I would like to thank Elisa for running the Rainbow awards. It has been a huge contest with well over 500 (or so) books offere... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mark Alders on Wednesday, October 28, 2009,
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NaNoWriMo
There are two main types of NaNo people.
1) Those who want complete control (as much as possible) They are the ones who draw up maps of their world, create detailed character sheets, write a complete plot tree, a family tree for all of their major characters and even go to the extent of providing drafts of each room or scene the characters will interact in. Basically, planting down the words is a given after the fact.
2) Then there are those who will live by the seat of their pants. Taking the ... Continue reading ...
No, I'm not talking about my actual life, I'm talking about the words written down on the page and what it's like to create them.
Sure, when we read a story, we can say, 'Oh, the characters came alive' or 'the world the author created was so real'. But I am not talking about that either. I am talking about creating a work from an empty page/document file (I know most of us writers do everything on computer these days)
So how do I create my work?
I outline my work first, usually just enough detai... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mark Alders on Monday, October 26, 2009,
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eBooks
After NaNo and my mad attempt to plant down 50 000 words in a month (although I have a feeling I'll run out of story before I do words--as happened to me last year) I will be working on the final edits for my fantasy series, The Lands of the Keeper. The first book being Unicorn's Peril. A story about a young man who discovers an injured unicorn. He rescues the beast and the consequences of such an actions set in motion events that will change not only his life, but the lives of all those arou... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mark Alders on Sunday, October 25, 2009,
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NaNoWriMo
I know I am on the right track with my latest work because I dream about it. All last night I was dreaming about conversations, plot and characters. Mainly the sequence of events, the key components of the novel, and so on.
Am I the only one who does this?
I think some of the nuances of my NaNo novel have changed, now that I have worked out what the basic plot lines is in each chapter. I have outlined them, spent most of Sunday doing so.
I think when you're writing at such a blistering pace (NaN... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mark Alders on Saturday, October 24, 2009,
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NaNoWriMo
This year I have decided to do NaNo! Yep...I won Nano in '07, failed in '08 and am now going to give it another crack!
Why?
Well, I need to get some words down. Promoting and being published this year has meant my actual sit-down-at-the-computer-and-writing time has taken a beating. I am still writing but nowhere as near as much as I would like. Perhaps I as I am getting older the words I plant down satisfy me more, therefore needing less of them, but who knows. I think every author has this pr... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mark Alders on Saturday, October 24, 2009,
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Reviews
The good people over there at Rainbow Reviews have been kind enough to review two of my books.
The first is The Pauper's Prize, with Jim saying that it was a fun read and that I have a good imagination :-) to read the full review, click here.
The second review was for The Cadet's Officer, a short Fantasy Garden story I did for eXtasy in the genre of sci-fi/erotica. The review was okay, with the reviewer saying that those who like romance will like this story. Click here to see that one.
Having... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mark Alders on Friday, October 23, 2009,
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eBooks
My best selling novel, The Pauper's Prize is now available at fictionwise, one of the largest eBooks sellers out there.
I would really like to thank each and every one of you who have helped support me and bought a copy of my book (or any of my other books) It's such a thrill to know that my books are being read and enjoyed by people who don't know me.
To purchase a copy of The Pauper's Prize from fictionwise for a great price, click right here.
Or if you want to purchase the book from my pub... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mark Alders on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
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news
I've had a great response to this blog so far with plenty of you leaving me wonderful messages about how easy my new shiny site is on the eyes, easy to navigate, and above all, giving heaps of information about my books and yours truly.
I've had so much fun doing this site and look forward to making it even better as I get used to all the features on offer. Such an easy system to use, I don't know why I didn't have my own website years ago...
Now I just have to figure out how to activate comme... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mark Alders on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
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news
I am very happy with the new site here. Very functional and very easy to use, and that's saying something for me. I'm usually damn well lame at tech stuff. So yeah, stick around and follow me on my magical writing journey. I will be updating this blog pretty much every day, so stay tuned. You can catch me on twitter, too. Just click on the link on the right hand side of this blog. While you're there, follow me and I'll follow you back. Continue reading ...
Posted by Mark Alders on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
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competition
Now, seeing as Halloween is fast approaching, I thought it may be a
good idea to hear from you—my readers—about any scary stories you may
have that has happened to you. Just for a bit of fun.
It can be about anything, from actual ghosts and things that go bump
in the night to something more earthly, like being faced with an
infestation of mice in the back shed. Whatever!
To get things rolling and to help get you in the right frame of mind, here’s my scary story!
The scariest thing th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mark Alders on Wednesday, October 21, 2009,
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news
Well, folks, I have decided to condense all of my blogs and have all of my content on the one 'official' Mark Alders web site. Welcome!For all my writing news, reviews, updates and releases and anything else about my writing, you'll find it here. Continue reading ...
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About Me
I am Mark Alders, writer, intactivist, post office worker, and all round nice guy...except when someone steals my chocolate! I am a proud Australian, and as such use different spellings and have some weird phrases, too. Hey, perhaps that's why I write some damn weird shit!
I can't change who I am.
So when you read one of my books, enjoy the ride, but please don't say I can't spell. I spell how I damn well feel like it! LOL Naw seriously, I spell like an Aussie...do forgive me because we are a breed unto ourselves. Where else can a place have 11 registered public holidays and no one has any idea what they are for except to have a BBQ and down some beers!
If you do find a genuine error in my work, please let me know so I can speak with my editor...also, as an addition to that, offer chocolates as well. Lots of chocolates.
*hugs*
Mark
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