Tag Archives: Authors

Making My Mark Blog

Posted on July 21, 2013 by TBM

Hello everyone! I hope all of you are having a wonderful weekend. I wanted to pop in for a minute to say hi and to let everyone know that I started a new blog. This doesn’t mean my 50 Year … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Blogging | Tagged 50 Year Project, Authors, Blog, Blogging, Boston Terriers, Dogs, Frisbee, Hyde Park, Indie Writers, Making My Mark, Publishers, Self-Publishing, T. B. Markinson | 41 Comments

Interview with Karin Cox

Posted on July 4, 2013 by TBM

Today I’m interviewing Karin Cox, author of Cruxim. Many of you know I loved her novel and reviewed it yesterday on the blog. I’m thrilled that Karin agreed to answer some questions. Here we go: You started out as an … Continue reading →

Posted in Author Interviews | Tagged Author Interviews, Authors, Book Covers, Book Reviews, Books, Cruxim, Fiction, Horror, Karin Cox, Paranormal Romance, Suspense, Vampires, Writers | 12 Comments

A Versatile Writer

Posted on April 19, 2013 by TBM

This week I had the pleasure of listening to Murathan Mungan speak at the London Book Fair. He’s from Turkey. And he has to be one of the most versatile writers I’ve encountered. He has written poetry, plays, short stories, novels, songs, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 50 Year Project, Authors, Blogging, Book Discussions, Books, Literature, London, London Book Fair, Murathan Mungan, Photography, Photos, Poets, Stories on the Ottomans, Translations, Turkey, Turkish Writers, Writers | 42 Comments

Elif Shafak

Posted on April 17, 2013 by TBM

Elif Shafak was born in Strasbourg. When she was only one her parents divorced and her mother, who became a diplomat, took her to Turkey and raised her with the help of Shafak’s grandmother. Shafak has also resided in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Writers | Tagged 50 Year Project, Authors, Black Milk, Blogging, Books, Elif Shafak, England, Honour, Life, London, London Book Fair, Photography, Photos, Turkey, Turkish language, Turkish Writers, Writers | 46 Comments

Boyd, William Boyd

Posted on April 16, 2013 by TBM

One of the authors I heard yesterday at the London Book Fair was William Boyd. Boyd, a novelist and screenwriter, has penned seventeen books. He won the Whitbread First Novel Award for A Good Man in Africa in 1981. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1969, 50 Year Project, A Good Man in Africa, An Ice-Cream War, Authors, Award Winning Authors, Blogging, Booker Prize, Books, Costa Book Award, Daniel Craig, England, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Life, London, London Book Fair, Photography, Photos, Pierce Brosnan, Restless, Sean Connery, Solo, Spy Novels, Whitbread First Novel Award, William Boyd, Writers | 22 Comments

Travel Photo of the Day (September 23)

Posted on September 23, 2012 by TBM

Aren’t these trees cool? When I saw them, I started to think of ghosts and haunted houses. By the way, Anne Rice, the author, lived in the house behind the trees. I wonder if she felt the same way. Of … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Photos | Tagged 50 Year Project, Anne Rice, Authors, Garden District, Ghosts, Inspiration, Life, Literature, Louisiana, Nature, New Orleans, Photography, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel Journal, Travel Photo, Trees, Writers | 32 Comments

Is Literature Doomed?

Posted on May 3, 2012 by TBM

During my time at the London Book Fair I had the pleasure to hear Howard Jacobson speak. He’s a British author who has won a Man Booker Prize for his novel The Finkler Question. I should state that I haven’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Authors, Books, British Authors, Comedy, Howard Jacobson, Life, Literature, London, London Book Fair, Man Booker Prize, Novels, Opinions, The End of Literature, The Finkler Question, Writing | 87 Comments

To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish

Posted on April 26, 2012 by TBM

At the London Book Fair I attended many presentations on self-publishing. The companies sounded great and one purported an 80% return. That’s music to my ears. At one point during a presentation I remembered a time when one of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Authors, Books, Chasing a Dream, Chasing Success, Dreams, ebooks, Life, London Book Fair, Novels, Publishing World, Self-Published Authors, Self-Published Novels, Self-Publishing, Struggling Authors, Writing | 106 Comments

London Book Fair

Posted on April 16, 2012 by TBM

I’m pretty excited that today is Monday. Before all of you start asking if I am ill let me explain why. Before I moved from Boston to London I worked full-time in an office. In my free time I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Authors, London Book Fair, Novels, Writers, Writing a Novel, Writing Conferences | 82 Comments

Asimov and Dickens

Posted on January 24, 2012 by TBM

Since I posted my review of Foundation today I decided to see what Isaac Asimov thought of Charles Dickens for my post for the Charles Dickens month hosted by Fig and Thistle. Here is a quote by Asimov: “Good writers … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Authors, Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens Month, English Literature, Isaac Asimov, Novels, Oliver Twist, Reading Challenges, Science Fiction, Writers | 30 Comments