Mark Noce Stories
Notes on Mark's latest writing endeavors, alongside other creative authors in the community.
August 2, 2010
My wife and I went to the Giants game last evening (where they swept the Dodgers by the way!) and while there I got to thinking, like I do, about books and the POV (point of view) of characters in…
Read more of “Debate on POV”July 30, 2010
--> Today I’m trying to sort of poll fellow writers out there across the country and see what kind of writing conferences you have gone to in the last 6 to 12 months. There’s quite a bit out there…
Read more of “Gone to a Writer’s Conference Lately?”July 26, 2010
--> I know that many of you have probably already started getting into the mood of summer reading, and with all of these extra hours of daylight, why not? But I’d like to make an amendment or a…
Read more of “Summer Reading and Rereading”July 23, 2010
--> Today, I’d like to offer up some praise for a blog I’ve been following for a while now, Tony Eldridge’s Marketing Tips for Authors . This online guide to marketing your own written work has…
Read more of “Marketing Tips”July 21, 2010
--> Keeping positive can be tough sometimes and I know a lot of my fellow writers out there, myself included, are not unfamiliar with sting of having their manuscripts rejected. Its part of the game,…
Read more of “Keeping Positive”July 19, 2010
--> Super awesome good new folks, despite Bono’s previous back injury, U2 is back on tour with rescheduled events coming up next year. I’m definitely stoked! I know that rock bands may not seem…
Read more of “Bono is Back!”July 16, 2010
On my last blog post some of you inquired as to the types of tips and advice that some of the professional novelists I had written to had given me in their responses. I’d say if I had to boil it down…
Read more of “Tips from Authors”July 14, 2010
--> You may think bestselling authors only exist behind big walls in a New York high rise or far out somewhere in a mountain cabin. But they’re often just people, like you and me, living lives with…
Read more of “Writing to Writers”July 12, 2010
So for those of you who haven’t guessed, historical fiction is my genre. There’s an awful lot to choose from out there in terms of genres and I personally enjoy reading and writing in many of them.…
Read more of “The Historical Novel”July 9, 2010
Well, it’s time for another of my not-so-serious Fridays where I mix up a quirky questionnaire based on some of my (and your) favorite literary and pop culture classic characters. Hope everyone had a…
Read more of “Not-So-Serious Friday”