Mark Bayliss
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Mark Bayliss
@sparkyponty.bsky.social
Award winning author: long-listed for Cheshire Novel Prize and short-listed for Marlowe & Christie Novel Prize. Yogi, cyclist, hiker, didgeridooist, creative writing MA.
My WIP novel is now in a far better place since attending this course. Leave your MAs and egos at the door, step in and learn how to apply a load of new concepts with like minded writers - I did!
Thanks Sara 🙏
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This course significantly improved my writing. So glad I invested. Thanks Sara 🙏
September 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Set up position for practicing a yoga / Pilates pose. I cal it ‘crime scene pose’. Usually gets a reaction from fellow silver yogis when I say it!
September 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
An Idea: The discipline of writing. Plenty of stuff out there on research/editing/synopsis/finding agents etc. But debut novelists need a formula on how to avoid quitting and get from 0k to 80k words in 9 months. I’ve got the scars & 4 books happy to share my innovative 0-completion process.
June 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Is there a conflict of interest by attending the summer school and entering the CNP?
May 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I’m tempted 👍
May 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I reach a point where I write the remaining milestone chapters from unrelated parts of the manuscript, then fill in the gaps. Like doing the edges and sky first on a jigsaw puzzle. It works for me!
February 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hi, is the short list published? Thanks.
December 1, 2024 at 2:34 PM
The only reason I’m in is because of the Butterfly logo and the title if my WIP novel! 🦋
November 23, 2024 at 6:31 PM