Mark J Diez

Biography

Born in the North of England, Mark moved South at 20 years old, living in the South East and working in London. The working time 'down-south' being spent in manufacturing, IT and security testing, where the art of writing endless streams of narrative and instructive text was mastered over many years. Between writing the collective hundresds of White Papers, Blog Posts, Training Courses and YouTube Video scripts the current non-fiction word count stands at just around 2 million words. After 20 years along that questionable path, he moved even further South to Málaga in Spain, where he know lives with his wife and son.

The siren's call of London continues however, with ongoing demands on his skills at producing great documents. When on the weekly commute to and from Spain and the UK, living in hotels and spending evenings avoiding sleep, Mark escapes the demands of earning an 'honest' living and writes the Hannover and Malartú Series of novels, novellas and short stories.

Harkening to the war-cry of his wife, "Write more stories!", he is driven hard to tip the balance towards the fiction word count and once and for all realise the passion of a lifetime - to be author resident of the Diez household!

Smashwords Interview

What are you working on next?
I'm currently working on two books. The first is the 2nd in the Hannover Series called the Black Dragon Protocol. It sees our protagonist Byford head over to China in pursuit of Broer, his aim to settle the score for the killing that happens in the Hannover Game. In the story we encounter the criminal organisation called Black Dragon. At the end of this novel the world of Hannover, of Melisa and Byford become even more entangled.

The other story is the first in my fantasy world series, Tales of Malartú, called The Rise of Al'daer. In this novel we'll learn about the world and encounter the Talghaern race starting the Land War once again as the attack the outlying islands of the world. Our hero Al'daer arrives to the central island of the Sháelarn at first unaware of the attacks and then battling an stubborn king who seeks to do nothing.
What is your writing process?
Story beats, first draft, read through, share with my wife, redraft, share with my editor, redraft, repeat the last two steps until needed.
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Books

The Hannover Game
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 112,350. Language: English. Published: January 14, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage, Fiction » Adventure » Action
In the Hannover Game, operative Byford is once again draw back into service by a promise of a reward close to home. Finding himself in the middle of a power play of lies and deceit he works to avoid the Anti-subversion and Terrorism Unit (ASTU) while receiving news of a friends death and a potential double-cross from ASTU themselves.

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