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Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
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Mark Woods
Goodreads Author
Born
in Norwich , The United Kingdom
Website
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Influences
Catt dahman, Stephen king, Richard laymon, robin hobb,
Member Since
January 2011
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/sparkymarky1973
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Rejected for Content: Splattergore
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Rejected for Content 2: Aberrant Menagerie
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Time of Tides
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Time Of Tides Collector's Edition
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Contagion
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ADHD or not ADHD, that is the question…
So, recently I’m out having lunch with a few friends - we’d all arranged to get together to exchange gifts for a little Secret Santa that we’d organised between us - when out of the blue, deep into a discussion about I don’t remember what now, one of my friends turns around to me and says, “you do know YOU’RE neurodivergent, right? I mean, how do you NOT know?”
A little bit of context here: I first
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Mark Woods
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Phrynne’s review
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A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch, #7; Harry Bosch Universe, #10)
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Caleb is very black and white and has a very certain mindset. He seems true to me as to how a real profiler might be like.
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A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch, #7; Harry Bosch Universe, #10)
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Bringing together Detective Harry Bosch and former FBI profiler Terry McCaleb for the first time, this is one of Connelly’s best novels to date with a gripping and tense storyline that ties in loosely to all the other books he has written. Even Void M ...more |
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| J Ellington Ashto...: JEA Authors | 3 | 16 | Aug 02, 2014 04:37PM | |
| Making Connections: 5667. Time of Tides by Mark Woods | 4 | 26 | Jan 11, 2020 02:45PM |
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Catt Dahman recently said of me: "Mark Woods, known as Sparky Marky, is one of those people who can turn coal into gold with only a touch. Trust me, I have seen it. I met Mark when he was a book reviewer, and I felt gutsy enough to send him manuscripts to review. I got what I wanted, which was honesty, but I also got a kick in the rear. He went over one of my books and ripped it to shreds for pacing issues and more. In tears, I had to decide if a reviewer's opinion mattered that much, and what I needed to do. I rewrote the book and had a contract for the nine book series within a month.What struck me was how Mark did a detailed review and hit upon every element, explaining what was strong and what was...well...awful. Almost in defense, I asked why he didn't write books for himself since he was such an expert! (insert angst here) He admitted he did write but never shared. Fast forward...
JEA snapped up Mark's work. Time of Tides is in ebook form and it sells every single day. Every. Day. While we are excited for him, he is feeling the pressure of writing for an audience now (and I am so glad he knows how I felt now! It's not easy!). Mark is soon to released in Feral Hearts, Lycanthroship, a print version with Amanda Lyons, is in several anthologies to include Midnight Remains, and is working on several novellas and novels. He is also subbing to Rejected for Content.
If you haven't read Mark's works, be prepared. He is unique. Horror like Richard Laymon, English taste, Clive Barker imagination, S. King's heart...it's hard to describe Mark's style but he hits the soft spots, and never pulls a punch. To me, it is very modern horror with a lovely English feel. Let's call him retro-modern. Let's cal him scary. Hell, I call him Sparky Mark and that may be exactly how we all can describe his writing. He sparks...."
