
January 11, 2012
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Posted by Mark
The last few weeks have been spent editing my historical fantasy novel set in the Middle Ages: Hell has its Demons. At present I am half way through reading the first draft. I am not making too many edits at the moment, unless I spot a glaring typo. This is my first time editing a [...]
Categories: Mark Lord’s Writing
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Tags: Art, Arts, Demon, Editing, editing a novel, Fantasy, Fiction, first draft, first person point of view, Hell, hell has its demons, Historical Fantasy, Historical fiction, Middle Ages, Novels, Online Writing, third person point of view, Writing
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December 9, 2011
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Posted by Mark
Here’s the latest chapter of the novel I’m writing occasionally at the moment. It features a fantasy creature that you could say is rather old hat. Should I be creating my own creature do you think, or is it OK to use this one? Read on to find out what I’m talking about, and please [...]
Categories: Mark Lord’s Writing
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Tags: Alexia, Arts, Fantasy, Fiction, Greg Palast, Online Writing, Realh Dorn, Vulture
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November 23, 2011
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Posted by Mark
I recently finished writing the first draft of Hell has its Demons and I have begun the process of revising that novel. At the moment I’m doing some extra research into areas that I know I’ll need to tighten up on the second draft, but while I’m doing that I thought I would experiment with [...]
Categories: Mark Lord’s Writing
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Tags: Arts, Bird, Fantasy, Fiction, Online Writing, Peregrine Fund, South Asia, Vulture
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October 19, 2011
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Posted by Mark
I have been mulling over what to write next. Currently I have a novel that’s a Work In Progress, with the first draft nearly completed – Hell has its Demons. I broke off this to put the finishing touches to Chivalry: A Jake Savage Adventure and also to work on some ideas about how a [...]
Categories: Mark Lord’s Writing
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Tags: Chivalry, Chivalry: A Jake Savage Adventure, Demons, Fantasy, Fiction, Hell, Jake
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September 14, 2011
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Posted by Mark
I always have a bit of trepidation when sending a piece of my work out into the world, so I’m very happy to report that the feedback to ‘Chivalry: A Jake Savage Adventure’ has been very positive. As well as good reviews on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Smashwords, the story has also been picked up by [...]
Categories: Mark Lord’s Writing
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Tags: Amazon.com, Chivalry, Chivalry: A Jake Savage Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Historical fiction, Hundred Years War, Magic, Smashwords
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August 2, 2010
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Posted by Mark
Although George R. R. Martin‘s A Song of Ice and Fire series are fantasy fiction, and therefore anything goes, there is no denying that it is set within a fairly strong medieval setting. The Knights, titled Ser rather Sir, ride warhorses, joust with lances, feast in castle halls etc. I think one of the strengths [...]
Categories: Book Review, Medieval Warfare
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Tags: Clash of Kings, Dover Castle, Fantasy, George R. R. Martin, History, Middle Ages, Song of ice & fire
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July 22, 2010
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Posted by Mark
This is the start of a regular series of posts about favourite characters from fiction. First up one of the vividly realised characters at the centre of Joe Abercrombie‘s First Law Trilogy. Logen Ninefingers (aka the Bloody Nine) is a mercenary and ex Northmen military leader. He’s a berserker with a brain, and as his name [...]
Categories: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers
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Tags: Berserker, Blade Itself, bloody nine, Fantasy, First Law, hero, Joe Abercrombie, Logen Ninefingers, Mercenary
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March 31, 2010
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Posted by Mark
The main character of The Easy River to Success is a government minister by the name of Benetus. This character is a Machiavellian type who has used cunning, his way with words and also a bit of magic to gain prominence at court. I really wanted to steer away from the cliche of having a warrior or [...]
Categories: Mark Lord’s Writing, Medieval History
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Tags: Fantasy, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, Machiavellianism, Middle Ages, Pope, Theocracy
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March 30, 2010
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Posted by Mark
I thought it would be interesting to give some more background on my recently published short story The Easy River to Success. The story was published recently by Planet Magazine and is available there for free viewing. Please go over and take a look. I would be interested to know what you think of the [...]
Categories: Craft of Writing, Mark Lord’s Writing
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Tags: Fantasy, Lord of Light, Online Writing, Planet Magazine, Roger Zelazny, Short story
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January 4, 2010
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Posted by Mark
With reference to my last post about Devices and Desires, the characters have become a lot clearer and different for me now – the realisation for me happened after about 300 pages. I won’t say how exactly but the main characters slowly seem to accrue more differentiation in their manner, style and motivation. Perhaps the [...]

Categories: Book Review
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Tags: Add new tag, Devices and Desires, Engineering, Fantasy
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