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Mark Baker 🇪🇺 (@[email protected])

@Mark_Baker

Former Software Dev; now an aspiring author of Dark Modern Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance with a touch of Spice; cis(he/him/hij/hem) @MarkBaker@phpc.social

 Montfoort, The Netherlands
github.com/MarkBaker
Joined February 2009
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A significant status update about my writing: markbakeruk.net/2026/07/13/w…
Writing Status Update #9

Writing Status Update #9

Momentous decisions! Over the last month, I’ve been working hard on editing “Ghost Ship” and it hasn’t been a simple task. The tale of Hauke’s teenage years was always going to be long, and there’s…

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The first update on my life and writing in a long time - markbakeruk.net/2026/05/27/w…
Writing Status Update #8

Writing Status Update #8

2026 has been a strange year so far, and we haven’t even reached the halfway point yet.Handling the aftermath of a sudden death in January has taken a surprising amount of my time and resulted in s…

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Latest writing status update for "Ghost Ship" and beyond. markbakeruk.net/2025/06/17/w…
Writing Status Update #7

Writing Status Update #7

After a couple of months in the doldrums of going round in circles (writer’s block), I’ve finally got back in the creative flow again. It was a horrible situation, because I knew what I needed to w…

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Latest writing status update. "Ghost Ship" is slowly getting closer to complete first draft status, further plotting for the "Wandelaar van de Duisternis" series, and ongoing research. markbakeruk.net/2025/05/20/w…
Writing Status Update #6

Writing Status Update #6

It’s only been a week since I returned from a short visit to the UK when I didn’t do any writing, and with a week’s holiday in Spain at the end of May, I have about a week remaining to complete my …

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The big New Year's Day cooking blitz has begun, preparing the Venison Wellington
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It's that oliebollen time of year again
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A new blog post on my current writing status - markbakeruk.net/2024/12/18/w…
Writing Status Update #3

Writing Status Update #3

It’s been a few weeks since mid-November when I returned from my vacation, and a lot has happened in those two weeks.

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In Amsterdam for the day, waiting for my appointment at the lung clinic. Then a day in the city before the Amsterdam writers group this evening.
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Remember that Friday is the last day to order books as Christmas gifts, if you want time to read them before wrapping them
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I do find it frustrating that in 2024 so few trains have mains power for laptops or even phone charging sockets
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de definitieve bevestiging dat ik Nederlander ben, en weer EU-burger
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Latest addition to the menagerie, a very Dutch grey wolf keeshond called Cooper.
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I'm trying dutch Bakbloedwurst for the first time in a late breakfast butty with egg and cheese... it's more spicy than I'd have expected, which isn't really necessary in a blood sausage, but quite tasty
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Het is officieel. Ik ben een kaaskop. 🇳🇱🎉
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ik heb de afspraak voor mijn naturalisatieceremonie bij de gemeente: vrijdag 22 november om 9.30 uur ik word nederlander
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I think my body clock is almost back to normal after returning from holiday in Vietnam. Slowly picking up again on my writing after that three week hiatus: "Ghost Ship" is at 70k words, and the novella-length "Spirits of the Hunnebed" is at 12k words.
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And in other news: ten days without a cigarette is making my head implode.
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So I've also set up an account on Bluesky social - @mark-baker.bsky.social - and will be gradually winding down my use of TwitterX.
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Tomorrow I go dark for three weeks. Three weeks vacation, without a laptop to write, without limited wifi and phone connectivity... no writing for three whole weeks, except the traditional pen and paper approach for making notes ready for when I return. 😱
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Hopefully when I return, I'll have a letter from the gemeente waiting about my naturalisation, and I'll have enough hand-written notes to complete my short Novella "Spirits of the Hunnebed"
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