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Mark Dame, Fiction Author

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Mark’s Musings

Nov 01 2017

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog. My name is Mark Dame and I’m a writer. My first book, Dark Ties, is available in both e-book and trade paperback. For extra story bits, most not included in the book, take a look at the Dark Ties tag. For some excerpts from the K. Elliot Simmons novel Roadside Stalker, check out […]

Written by Mark Dame · Categorized: General

Feb 08 2017

Recommended Reading

books

I’m often asked what books I enjoy reading. I read a lot of different genres, so it’s not a quick question to answer. Instead, here is a short list of some of my favorite books. Fantasy The Lord of the Rings — J.R.R. Tolkien My introduction to the fantasy genre was The Hobbit, which I still […]

Written by Mark Dame · Categorized: General

Aug 10 2022

Two Without Fate Cover Reveal

Two Without Fate Cover

Here’s the cover for the new version of Legends of Tirmar Book One, Two Without Fate! Coming soon in digital and print! About Two Without Fate Flyn and Kel grew up thinking orcs and ogres and dwarves and elves were make-believe, stories told to frighten children. But when a freak storm destroys their boat and […]

Written by Mark Dame · Categorized: Fantasy, Fiction, Uncategorized · Tagged: Book Covers, Legends of Tirmar

Aug 09 2022

Two Without Fate Map

Map of Eastern Tirmar

What’s an epic fantasy without a map? In the original release of the first book in the Legends of Tirmar, I decided to forgo a map of the world. After all, this was a new world for Flyn, so I felt the reader should discover it with him. A map at the front of the […]

Written by Mark Dame · Categorized: Fantasy, Fiction · Tagged: Legends of Tirmar

Jul 29 2022

Dark Ties Revisited

I came across some old drafts of Dark Ties this morning and decided to take a trip down memory lane and read through a couple of chapters of one of them. In the early versions of the story, Ken meets Allen in Sioux Falls while on a book signing tour instead of Allen coming to […]

Written by Mark Dame · Categorized: Fiction, Horror, Thriller · Tagged: Dark Ties, K. Elliot Simmons

Jul 23 2022

New Name for Legends of Tirmar Book One

Two Without Fate Cover

Just a quick note about Legends of Tirmar Book One. I originally published the first Legends of Tirmar book under the name The Andor in 2017. However, due to an unnamed—but hugely famous—franchise choosing to name their new television series Andor, I felt I should rename my book, and the associated characters, to avoid reader […]

Written by Mark Dame · Categorized: Fantasy, Fiction · Tagged: Legends of Tirmar

May 06 2022

Legends of Tirmar Glossary

Two Without Fate Cover

This is just a short glossary of names and terms used in the Legends of Tirmar series, complete with a pronunciation guide. Note that due to different accents among the clans, some may pronounce things a little differently from others. The pronunciations given here are those used by the clan from which the term or […]

Written by Mark Dame · Categorized: Fantasy, Fiction · Tagged: Legends of Tirmar

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