Mark Noce Stories
Notes on Mark's latest writing endeavors, alongside other creative authors in the community.
December 1, 2010
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Last weekend my family and I went out to Half Moon Bay to cut down a tree at one of the great Christmas tree farms out there. It’s a tradition…
Read more of “Cutting Down the Christmas Tree”November 29, 2010
This last week I went and saw the new Harry Potter film, The Deathly Hallows: Part One . I’ve read the books and definitely think that the last novel of the seven book series is a pretty good one so…
Read more of “The Deathly Hollows”November 24, 2010
With Thanksgiving upon us and thoughts of turkey, yams, and cranberries it’s pretty difficult to think of much else. Although I’m sure more than a few of you are already looking towards Black Friday.…
Read more of “Happy Thanksgiving!”November 22, 2010
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Before I get into the Thanksgiving spirit of Puritans and Pilgrims I thought I’d spotlight the other side of the fall holiday season first.…
Read more of “Native American Writing”November 19, 2010
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Fellow blogger and chef extraordinaire, Stacy Grow, has nominated me for the “Stylish Blogger Award.” Basically the way it works is you link back…
Read more of “Stylish Blogger Award!”November 17, 2010
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Seeing as we’re halfway through November I figured I’d give you an update on my ambitious plans to write 50,000 more words in my historical…
Read more of “Progress with Colonial Novel”November 15, 2010
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Thanks to all of you who wished me a happy birthday on the phone, via email, and on Facebook yesterday. I totally didn’t expect it! My wife and I…
Read more of “Weekend in Napa”November 12, 2010
Yesterday was Veterans Day, and along with wishing friends and family who are vets a happy day I of course also thought about books. Namely, great literature written by veterans. Writers like…
Read more of “Veterans Day Books”November 10, 2010
I recently just finished reading Japan’s national epic, “The Tale of Genji.” As far as epics go, it’s pretty different from Western stories like those of Homer or Virgil. There are no battles, not…
Read more of “The Tale of Genji”November 8, 2010
Along with NanoWriMo, November is also known as Non-Fiction month. This month, non-fiction writers are encouraged to strut their stuff regarding their favorite topics and/or subjects of most…
Read more of “Non-Fiction November”