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@anotherwriter.bsky.social
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Champion of immigrant fiction. First-generation immigrant. Words in @CounterpointLLC @VQR @TheAmScho @MissReviewMag. markbudman.com

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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Do you think that the majority of magazine editors and publishers are young and sick/afflicted with ageism? After all, there is no officialy/non-officially recognized marginalized group called "old writers." Or "elderly writers" if you want to be more polite. Or "old farts" if you don't.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I used to publish a literary magazine for 22 years. If you aspire to become a publisher, my advice is simple. Don’t.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The interview about my YA fantasy book My Friend is An Earthling. Thank you for reading it. deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/q-wi...
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Q&A with Mark Budman
Mark Budman is the author of the new young adult novel My Friend Is an Earthling . His other books include The Li...
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
What do you think about this full cover? The book was published in 2008, but I'm refreshing the cover for the new edition. Thank you. www.amazon.com/My-Life-Firs...
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Does anyone else find "The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" weird? Since when does the pooping and pissing in public pass for humor? And Ser Duncan acts like Dumb and Dumber. And why is Egg's head shaven? Is he sick?
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Mark your calendars. February 26. The day of Famy (as the opposite of the Day of Infamy).
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I will start: Hamlit.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Fun fact: Sloths defecate once a week. They go down from the tree for that so no one can say, a sloth pooped on my hat.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
My book is featured on Book Sirens. booksirens.com/bundle/paran...
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Death Don’t Do Us Part 365tomorrows.com/2025/12/14/d...
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Death Don’t Do Us Part - 365tomorrows
Author: Mark Budman The Scrabble board and the box fell apart first, but my wife and I soldiered on. We glued the board together with a homemade glue, and the letter pieces made of real wood were stil...
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
My newest book is available for pre-order. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GC9GFPNT
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My Friend is an Earthling
My Friend is an Earthling - Kindle edition by Budman, Mark. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading My Friend is an Earthling.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
My children's book, "Our Grandfather Clock," is featured on Bargain Booksie. Hint: it's heavily discounted. Today only (a line I stole from a marketing manual). www.bargainbooksy.com/read/genre/c...
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Ticking Wonders, Shy Helpers, and Forest Friendships: Discounted Children’s eBooks
Deals on Bestselling eBooks
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The results of the poll "Human vs. AI writer" are in. Did you guess correctly? markbudman.com/human-vs-ai-...
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The Kindle children's book The Book of All Answers is free today. All you need is a question and a childlike imagination. Thank you. a.co/d/17pVhUJ
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Describe your book beginning with "It was a dark and stormy night" and continue in this style. Mine is posted below.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Are your kids ready for Alex, wizard rat Ratilda, the witch Evilette, and her vicious cat Basilio? www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLJ99213
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
If the first draft is meant to be fun, the second should double the fun. --Homer, translated from ancient Greek by Mark Budman
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Blue sky vs other social media. BS.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
You have probably seen “human vs. AI” recognition tests. The question: can a human reader tell a story written by a fellow human writer from a story written by AI? Please make a selection in the poll below and comment as well. And make history. markbudman.com/human-vs-ai-...
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Be honest. Do you cut on m-dashes lest be accused of using AI?
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
What is going on here? Wrong answers only.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Honestly, do you know this? An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce. My story, which is a tribute to this, keeps garnering rejections. I began to suspect magazines first readers don't know it, and are scared by the unconventional structure.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This stunning YA book cover image was made by Grok today. It's a 14-year-old boy wizard and a 14-year-old girl psychic. There is an evil soldier in the background. I'm not making it up. AI is our future.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Why would the mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna be a two-story building? Wrong answers only.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
What is your gut feeling, does the number of people who try to prey on writers on social media exceed the number of writers, or is it the other way around?
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Black cat or tabby cat?
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
After sulking for a hundred years inside a glass coffin in his Red Square Mausoleum, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin comes back to life, immigrates to the US, and runs for POTUS, the Constitution notwithstanding.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
My newest book.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
In this dark comedy, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is resurrected in modern Russia, gets upset with Putin, immigrates to America, bypasses the "natural born Citizen" Constitutional clause with help from a billionaire, and runs a big, beautiful campaign for President. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2GM99MS
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The Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin
The Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin - Kindle edition by Budman, Mark. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Some languages have accusative cases. The AI luddites try to drag them into English. This is AI! If you used an AI image for your cover, that must mean you used generative AI for your writing, too.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I have 6,600 followers on Facebook and 7,500 followers on X. It does almost nothing for me for writing acceptance or sales. When I sold my first book to Counterpoint, there was almost no social media. Go figure.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Will you date a woman like that every day (if you are into women) or only on Día de los Muertos?
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
An interview with yours truly about Vladimir Lenin. deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/q-wi...
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Q&A with Mark Budman
Mark Budman is the author of the new novel The Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin . His other books include The Shapesh...
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
A big, beautiful gift for July 4th. Vladimir Lenin comes back to life, immigrates to America and runs for POTUS. Released today. nat1publishing.com/books/lenin/...
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin is nearing publication. After sulking for 100 years inside his Mausoleum, Vladimir Lenin comes back to life, immigrates to the US, and runs for POTUS, the Constitution notwithstanding. Download your ARC copies here: booksirens.com/book/FXRXZIY...
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Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin by Mark Budman - Review Copy | BookSirens
Join the review team for Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin. Read it for free before the rest of the world does. Share your honest review. Discover hundreds of other books in your favorite genre...
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Good news. My books are probably to be translated into Farsi in Iran.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Finish the sentence: I sit on a bench by Charles River, between a discarded condom (not mine) and two duck shit pellets smelling of oolong tea.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I try to ignore Butlerian jihad fatwas against the “you know what” image generation, but I can’t hold myself when I see posts like this: “It tells me the author has and will take shortcuts—possibly with the writing as well.” The official name of this fallacy is “affirming the consequent."
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Tremendous news like never before. Lenin is alive and running for POTUS. LIVES AND DEATHS OF VLADIMIR LENIN, coming out of Nat 1 Publishing, revives Lenin in a modern world, blending humor and political jabs.   www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2GM99MS
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
What do you think about the promotional poster for my novel "Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin?"? Tremendous news like never before. Lenin is alive and running for POTUS.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Tremendous news like never before. Lenin is alive and running for POTUS. #LeninforPotus amazon.com/dp/B0F2GM99MS
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
My daughter gave me a book about positivity on Father's Day. When I finish reading it, she will run a positivity test, and she hopes I will test positive.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
A reply to my query requesting the full manuscript from a publisher. No, I don't have to pay anything.
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Hi. That was the extent of my creative writing today. How about you!
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
When someone accuses you of a double entendre, do you double down or say that your French is rusty and you thought that "entendre" means "penetration?"
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
AI is here to stay unless a version of the Butlerian jihad is coming. BTW, I hate generative AI. I call it degenerative. One day it will be good, though. How in the world will we humans be able to compete?
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A riddle. Samantha is driving, and Madison is unbuckled to apply makeup. A cop stopped them. What would the cop say? 1. Do you know how fast you are driving? 2. Seat belts save lives. 3. Which of Mark Budman's books will you buy today?
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
"I" am a "human" "author" and "not" a bot. Who or what are you?
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Do you think that the AI will eventually: 1. Supplement us, writers, and we have to stop it before too late by all means necessary, including blocking people who claim answer 2 below? 2. Make our works better? 3. The AI in arts is just a fad and it will go way?
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Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Pretty please with a cherry on top. My children's book is free for the next couple of days. Do me (and your kids) a favor and "buy" it. Thank you, Mark amazon.com/dp/B0DLJ99213
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The Book of All Answers
The Book of All Answers - Kindle edition by Budman, Mark. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Book of All Answers.
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