Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Do 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. 010
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I used to publish a literary magazine for 22 years. If you aspire to become a publisher, my advice is simple. Don’t. 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 23/03/2026What 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... 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Mark your calendars. February 26. The day of Famy (as the opposite of the Day of Infamy). 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 04/11/2025The results of the poll "Human vs. AI writer" are in. Did you guess correctly? markbudman.com/human-vs-ai-... 010
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 02/11/2025The 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 010
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Describe your book beginning with "It was a dark and stormy night" and continue in this style. Mine is posted below. 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Are your kids ready for Alex, wizard rat Ratilda, the witch Evilette, and her vicious cat Basilio? www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLJ99213 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2025You 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-... 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 13/08/2025This 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. 010
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Why would the mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna be a two-story building? Wrong answers only. 010
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 24/07/2025After 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. 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Will you date a woman like that every day (if you are into women) or only on Día de los Muertos? 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 04/07/2025A 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/... 010
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Good news. My books are probably to be translated into Farsi in Iran. 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Tremendous 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 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025What 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. 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Tremendous news like never before. Lenin is alive and running for POTUS. #LeninforPotus amazon.com/dp/B0F2GM99MS 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 29/05/2025When 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?" 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Shakespeare is rereading my book The Armor Thieves. What's good for him, is good for you. 010
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 23/03/2025This tool checks if your writing has been plagiarized. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Paraphrasing Anna Karenina, each happy family is happy in its own way. 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025The Mars House x Cloud Cuckoo Land Eye Snatchers plague on Earth 2 accidental immortals & their mortal lovers looking for a haven A spaceship run by a mad AI Planets that kick refugees out at gunpoint Planet Paradise that gives them a scary choice. #questPit #Q #SFF #R 0123
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025The Mirage A mismatched pair of Ukrainian immigrants search all over the world for an ancient artifact that can give the rightful owner prodigious powers. But a crime boss is searching for it too, and he doesn't tolerate competition. #2025pit #OWN #F 0112
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Several refugee families entangled by lust, rivalry, hate, and extreme longevity flee the dying Earth on a spaceship but are rejected by every civilization at the local equivalent of gunpoint. Only one planet, Paradise, offers them a frightful choice. #2025pit #OWN #S 015
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Slavik, a boy wizard from the planet Krasny, settled by refugees from Earth, and his Earthling friend Rita, an apprentice psychic, fight to save his parents and both planets from the evil Council and its magic bomb. #YouDeservepit #YouDeserveplt #MG #F 0245
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 17/01/2025The Mars House x Cloud Cuckoo Land. INSTEAD OF DEATH, speculative fiction with a pinch of romance and humor. Humans are killing the Earth, causing a refugee crisis in space. People are fighting to escape death and find a new home. #P2Ppit #UW #PW #A 0152
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 15/01/2025This is "meet the characters" description. What do you think? Do you have something similar? 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 15/11/2024What would be the title of the book with this cover? I start first. Waiting for Anna Karenina. 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 06/06/2024A review in People Magazine. I $hit you not. "A mordant dreamer, the protagonist of this first novel is deliciously at odds with his comrades in Russia... This soulful tale about a perpetual outsider marks a debut well worth celebrating." markbudman.com/my-life-at-f... 000
Mark @anotherwriter.bsky.social · 19/12/2023Great news. My short story collection The Most Excellent Immigrant is one of the best indie books of the year according to Kirkus Review! I worked hard on this book. 000