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 […]
Mark’s Musings
Recommended Reading
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 […]
Two Without Fate Cover Reveal
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 […]
Two Without Fate Map
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 […]
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 […]
New Name for Legends of Tirmar Book One
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 […]
Legends of Tirmar Glossary
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 […]