About the Site
What if I were to just start writing my novels online?
That's the question that gave rise to ReallyNovel.com. At this site, on a daily basis, I share my progress on whatever novel I'm currently writing. In a way, ReallyNovel.com gives you a peek inside my writer's notebook, where the entire process of writing a novel takes place. You'll find everything here from character sketches to outlines, from dashed-off notes to polished chapters. Everything is posted in near-real-time, as its written, with nothing held back.
Four realizations drove me to create the site:
1) Since the year 2000, I've been posting sizable updates to MadeByMark.com on an almost daily basis. You don't do all that online writing unless there's something about writing online that works for ya.
2) The only novel I've ever finished prior to this was a not-bad bit called Family Thais, written at the breakneck speed enforced by the good folks at NaNoWriMo. I wrote that work online, too, and several hundred people either followed the daily updates or downloaded the finished product.
3) I've got about a dozen novels banging around in my head -- and some of those have been there for years. Despite two degrees in creative writing, a leisurely five-year stint as a full-time writer, and forty-four years on the planet, I've somehow never managed to get those novels finished and out the door.
4) At twenty-four, I thought I was going to live forever and believed I had a lifetime to pursue my writing goals. At forty-four, though, I can see the far end of the tunnel, and it's approaching faster than I'd like. So it's time to do one of two things: give up the whole "I'm gonna write a novel someday" thing ... or get the novels done, as quickly and efficiently as possible.
In other words: ReallyNovel.com was designed from the ground up to pair my passion for writing (at breakneck speed ... in public ... for friends and strangers alike) with my desire to get the novels done.
This is not about making money. This is about getting these books out of my head and onto the page and into the hands of people who might like to read them in the fastest, most efficient way possible. If writing here gets just one novel finished, ReallyNovel.com will be a success.
About Mark
Since 2002, working with traditional publishers, I've written seven books about esoteric topics like Tarot and lucid dreaming. My sincere thanks goes out to all twelve people who read them.
A lot more people have read something at MadeByMark.com, where I've been writing online almost daily since the year 2000.
By day, I'm a communications expert for a place I can only refer to here as "The Company." (Their decision, not mine. And no, it's not the CIA.)
Early in the mornings (before 8:00 a.m.), every day of the week, I'm here, churning out words. By night, I'm the husband of a guy named Clyde, the most wonderful man in the world, who has been my partner now for sixteen of the very best years of my life.
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