Mark Noce Stories
Notes on Mark's latest writing endeavors, alongside other creative authors in the community.
May 18, 2011
It seems the extinction of paper publishing has already begun. Some of you may already own a tablet, or Kindle, or iPad, or Slate, or Xoom, or Nook, or some other Star Trek-esk reading device that…
Read more of “Death of the Paperbacks”May 16, 2011
It’s no secret that a gigillion new blogs are published every day (yes, I’m considering a gigillion a real number). On top of that, every blog out there generates new posts every day or so, only…
Read more of “Pick Your Favorite Blogs”May 13, 2011
Call Me Ishmael. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Think of all…
Read more of “Gimme a Good Hook ;)”May 11, 2011
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This morning I thought about all the experiences and impressions of my past that led me to an interest in writing:…
Read more of “Why did you first get into writing?”May 9, 2011
For my wife’s birthday I took her to see the San Francisco Ballet Company’s “Little Mermaid” at the War Memorial opera house downtown. Needless to say, it was a fantastic production of both art and…
Read more of “Little Mermaid Not For Kids”May 2, 2011
As I'm sure most of you already know, the President announced that Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan last evening. The details are still coming in, but this operation alone…
Read more of “Osama Bin Laden Dead”April 25, 2011
I've been updating my query as per suggestions from my fellow authors and posted it below. I'm also working on a my new synopsis. As you can imagine these two short, but very important documents are…
Read more of “Updated Query”April 21, 2011
I'm not into the whole hero worship thing, and I certainly don't want to give that impression here, but I do think it worthwhile to spotlight someone doing good deeds for the greater good. My…
Read more of “Brian Wilson: The Beard, The Hawk, The Man”April 18, 2011
Last night the first televised episode of George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones aired on HBO. I haven't seen it because I don't have HBO, but I'm wondering if some of you out there do. I've read the…
Read more of “HBO: A Game of Thrones Premiere”April 12, 2011
I just got back from my first ever Caribbean Cruise! You may have wondered why I haven't updated my blog lately or comment on yours...and now you know. During my week off I strictly kept away from…
Read more of “Caribbean Cruise”