Mark Bell
@typewritermark.bsky.social
Author of cozy mysteries | Co-host of @mysterymaniacs.bsky.social | Comic publisher @plaguedoctorpress.bsky.social | Web dev | Father & husband | Writing two novels at once because why not
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If you're into cozy mysteries, small-town crimes, and archaeological murders, stick around. I'm writing two mystery novels set in the same universe - launching as a serial in 2025. Also co-host the Mystery Maniacs podcast. Let's talk mysteries.
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New push for women's hockey to grow in Canada
New push for women's hockey to grow in Canada
There's a new push from Hockey Canada to expand opportunities for young female athletes. CTV Edmonton's Connor Hogg has that story.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
New push for women's hockey to grow in Canada
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I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
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November 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
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SPIRIT #3 has several direct callbacks to "Stand by Me" (1986), directed by the amazing Rob Reiner, whose art had such a positive effect. Thank you, Rob.
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
SPIRIT #3 has several direct callbacks to "Stand by Me" (1986), directed by the amazing Rob Reiner, whose art had such a positive effect. Thank you, Rob.
Writing weekend. Netflix. Coffee. Repeat. Wake Up Dead Man was solid if you're looking for something to watch.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Writing weekend. Netflix. Coffee. Repeat. Wake Up Dead Man was solid if you're looking for something to watch.
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#cozymysterywriting
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I'm delighted to be over at @heatherweidner.bsky.social's blog today for Writer Wednesday with a fun interview! I've enjoyed reading other authors' interviews previously and today I'm in the hotseat, lol! Hope you'll stop by and say hi!
www.heatherweidner.com/blog/2025/12...
#cozymystery
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#cozymystery
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm delighted to be over at @heatherweidner.bsky.social's blog today for Writer Wednesday with a fun interview! I've enjoyed reading other authors' interviews previously and today I'm in the hotseat, lol! Hope you'll stop by and say hi!
www.heatherweidner.com/blog/2025/12...
#cozymystery
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#cozymystery
Snow day = writing day. Beta readers are working through chapters, survey responses keep rolling in, and I've got smoothie and nowhere to be. Time to make progress on chapters 13-15. This is the fun part.
December 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Snow day = writing day. Beta readers are working through chapters, survey responses keep rolling in, and I've got smoothie and nowhere to be. Time to make progress on chapters 13-15. This is the fun part.
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🎄From 16th December- read the whole Elderwick Mysteries series for just 99p!
Buy the 3 e-book box set for 99p and get a free copy of book 4
Box set: www.amazon.co.uk/Elderwick-My...
Book 4: books2read.com/welcometoeld...
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of the best cosy series out there"
📚⚡💙 #Christmasbooks
Buy the 3 e-book box set for 99p and get a free copy of book 4
Box set: www.amazon.co.uk/Elderwick-My...
Book 4: books2read.com/welcometoeld...
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of the best cosy series out there"
📚⚡💙 #Christmasbooks
December 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎄From 16th December- read the whole Elderwick Mysteries series for just 99p!
Buy the 3 e-book box set for 99p and get a free copy of book 4
Box set: www.amazon.co.uk/Elderwick-My...
Book 4: books2read.com/welcometoeld...
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of the best cosy series out there"
📚⚡💙 #Christmasbooks
Buy the 3 e-book box set for 99p and get a free copy of book 4
Box set: www.amazon.co.uk/Elderwick-My...
Book 4: books2read.com/welcometoeld...
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of the best cosy series out there"
📚⚡💙 #Christmasbooks
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#NewRelease!
Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
$3.99 or #Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #Ancient #KU #booksky 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G66Y7D3M
Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
$3.99 or #Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #Ancient #KU #booksky 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G66Y7D3M
The Last Queen: Book One of The Chronicles of Cleopatra
Amazon.com: The Last Queen: Book One of The Chronicles of Cleopatra eBook : Lawrence, G. : Books
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December 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
#NewRelease!
Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
$3.99 or #Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #Ancient #KU #booksky 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G66Y7D3M
Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
$3.99 or #Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #Ancient #KU #booksky 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G66Y7D3M
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August 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Hannah and Verna's friendship fractures when one accuses the other's husband of infidelity. A stranger's letter from Italy reveals devastating secrets, but is the damage too deep for the friends to reconcile? #Books #Writing
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/103691299X
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April 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hannah and Verna's friendship fractures when one accuses the other's husband of infidelity. A stranger's letter from Italy reveals devastating secrets, but is the damage too deep for the friends to reconcile? #Books #Writing
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/103691299X
www.waterstones.com/book/the-let...
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/103691299X
www.waterstones.com/book/the-let...
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✨99p/c for one week only!✨
✅'Ghostly' highwayman
✅Spooky old house
✅Quirky village setting
✅Sleepy Hollow vibes
(Also on #KindleUnlimited and #Audible!)
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✅'Ghostly' highwayman
✅Spooky old house
✅Quirky village setting
✅Sleepy Hollow vibes
(Also on #KindleUnlimited and #Audible!)
UK: amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
USA: amazon.com/gp/product/B...
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
✨99p/c for one week only!✨
✅'Ghostly' highwayman
✅Spooky old house
✅Quirky village setting
✅Sleepy Hollow vibes
(Also on #KindleUnlimited and #Audible!)
UK: amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
USA: amazon.com/gp/product/B...
✅'Ghostly' highwayman
✅Spooky old house
✅Quirky village setting
✅Sleepy Hollow vibes
(Also on #KindleUnlimited and #Audible!)
UK: amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
USA: amazon.com/gp/product/B...
What's your LEAST favorite cozy mystery trope? The one that makes you roll your eyes every time? The nosy neighbor? The detective who breaks every rule? The convenient coincidence that solves everything? I want to know what to avoid.
#CozyMystery
#MysteryReaders
#Booksky
#CozyMystery
#MysteryReaders
#Booksky
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What's your LEAST favorite cozy mystery trope? The one that makes you roll your eyes every time? The nosy neighbor? The detective who breaks every rule? The convenient coincidence that solves everything? I want to know what to avoid.
#CozyMystery
#MysteryReaders
#Booksky
#CozyMystery
#MysteryReaders
#Booksky
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Meet the Leading Ladies of Cosy Crime!🔎Join bestselling authors Debbie Young, Frances Evesham & Jean Burnett for #murder & #mystery.
Hear them reveal secrets to Jayne Chard at #Shirehampton #Library, Thurs 11 Dec, 2:30pm.
No booking required! #FREE.
#CosyMystery #Bristol #CozyMystery 💙📚 #Booksky
Hear them reveal secrets to Jayne Chard at #Shirehampton #Library, Thurs 11 Dec, 2:30pm.
No booking required! #FREE.
#CosyMystery #Bristol #CozyMystery 💙📚 #Booksky
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Meet the Leading Ladies of Cosy Crime!🔎Join bestselling authors Debbie Young, Frances Evesham & Jean Burnett for #murder & #mystery.
Hear them reveal secrets to Jayne Chard at #Shirehampton #Library, Thurs 11 Dec, 2:30pm.
No booking required! #FREE.
#CosyMystery #Bristol #CozyMystery 💙📚 #Booksky
Hear them reveal secrets to Jayne Chard at #Shirehampton #Library, Thurs 11 Dec, 2:30pm.
No booking required! #FREE.
#CosyMystery #Bristol #CozyMystery 💙📚 #Booksky
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"Holiday cheer, murder, and nonstop laughs—Bah Homburg! is the perfect festive mystery!"
Looking for a FUN cozy holiday read? Comic Kasey McCormick discovers just how down and dirty the upper classes can get.
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Looking for a FUN cozy holiday read? Comic Kasey McCormick discovers just how down and dirty the upper classes can get.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"Holiday cheer, murder, and nonstop laughs—Bah Homburg! is the perfect festive mystery!"
Looking for a FUN cozy holiday read? Comic Kasey McCormick discovers just how down and dirty the upper classes can get.
amzn.to/3Yyqeya
Looking for a FUN cozy holiday read? Comic Kasey McCormick discovers just how down and dirty the upper classes can get.
amzn.to/3Yyqeya
Milestone: Beta readers now have the first 10 chapters of THE DOCTOR & THE DEMON MYSTERIES and THE MOTTE & BAILEY MYSTERIES. Feels real in a way it hasn't before. Now I wait (and keep writing chapters 13-15).
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Milestone: Beta readers now have the first 10 chapters of THE DOCTOR & THE DEMON MYSTERIES and THE MOTTE & BAILEY MYSTERIES. Feels real in a way it hasn't before. Now I wait (and keep writing chapters 13-15).
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New blog post this week:
Coming soon: The Cousins
I'm always a little bit surprised when I meet a deadline...
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#mysteryreaders #newbooks #comingsoon #decemberbooks #murdermystery
Coming soon: The Cousins
I'm always a little bit surprised when I meet a deadline...
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#mysteryreaders #newbooks #comingsoon #decemberbooks #murdermystery
Coming soon: The Cousins
I’m always a little bit surprised when I meet a deadline. Not quite sure why, maybe it’s because a book seems such a huge thing to undertake, until, bit by bit, it’s done. I imagi…
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December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
New blog post this week:
Coming soon: The Cousins
I'm always a little bit surprised when I meet a deadline...
wp.me/p3esyI-2Py
#mysteryreaders #newbooks #comingsoon #decemberbooks #murdermystery
Coming soon: The Cousins
I'm always a little bit surprised when I meet a deadline...
wp.me/p3esyI-2Py
#mysteryreaders #newbooks #comingsoon #decemberbooks #murdermystery
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Still looking for that perfect Christmas present? I have an idea…
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Still looking for that perfect Christmas present? I have an idea…
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Are you in the mood to read Christmas Mysteries? Amy at the Frisco Public Library, Indianapolis, has created a list, including my DECK THE DONUTS! indypl.bibliocommons.com/.../15076728...
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Are you in the mood to read Christmas Mysteries? Amy at the Frisco Public Library, Indianapolis, has created a list, including my DECK THE DONUTS! indypl.bibliocommons.com/.../15076728...
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🔍✨ Agatha Christie Festival Spring Gathering Guest Speaker Spotlight! ✨🔍
We’re thrilled to announce that @tommeadauthor.bsky.social will be joining us with his talk:
A Most Simple Solution: The Locked-Room Puzzles of Agatha Christie
Saturday 11 April:
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
We’re thrilled to announce that @tommeadauthor.bsky.social will be joining us with his talk:
A Most Simple Solution: The Locked-Room Puzzles of Agatha Christie
Saturday 11 April:
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🔍✨ Agatha Christie Festival Spring Gathering Guest Speaker Spotlight! ✨🔍
We’re thrilled to announce that @tommeadauthor.bsky.social will be joining us with his talk:
A Most Simple Solution: The Locked-Room Puzzles of Agatha Christie
Saturday 11 April:
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
We’re thrilled to announce that @tommeadauthor.bsky.social will be joining us with his talk:
A Most Simple Solution: The Locked-Room Puzzles of Agatha Christie
Saturday 11 April:
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
I for one support New Moose on Monday wholeheartedly! Though, now I have a Duran Duran song in my head.
"New Moose On Monday
And a deer dance through the night"
"New Moose On Monday
And a deer dance through the night"
NEW MOOSE ON MONDAY!
...and don't you just wonder what Charlemagne is thinking?
#moosemonday #moose #Vermont #radio #mystery #mysterywriter
...and don't you just wonder what Charlemagne is thinking?
#moosemonday #moose #Vermont #radio #mystery #mysterywriter
December 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I for one support New Moose on Monday wholeheartedly! Though, now I have a Duran Duran song in my head.
"New Moose On Monday
And a deer dance through the night"
"New Moose On Monday
And a deer dance through the night"
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Book reviews, author interviews, & lots of cozy mystery fun (with some historical fiction, MG adventures & urban fantasy thrown in). All on my blog at bookfrolic.com
Find me on most other socials as “bookfrolic” 📚
Find me on most other socials as “bookfrolic” 📚
book frolic
book frolic is a book-loving blog filled with book reviews, author interviews, book lists and any other bookish topics.
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January 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Book reviews, author interviews, & lots of cozy mystery fun (with some historical fiction, MG adventures & urban fantasy thrown in). All on my blog at bookfrolic.com
Find me on most other socials as “bookfrolic” 📚
Find me on most other socials as “bookfrolic” 📚
If you're into cozy mysteries, small-town crimes, and archaeological murders, stick around. I'm writing two mystery novels set in the same universe - launching as a serial in 2025. Also co-host the Mystery Maniacs podcast. Let's talk mysteries.
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If you're into cozy mysteries, small-town crimes, and archaeological murders, stick around. I'm writing two mystery novels set in the same universe - launching as a serial in 2025. Also co-host the Mystery Maniacs podcast. Let's talk mysteries.
Hey Maniacs, here's your newsletter. Updates, schedule, and info about a new project.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Hey Maniacs, here's your newsletter. Updates, schedule, and info about a new project.
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