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I think reading is an important part of becoming a better writer, but it takes a little more effort than putting on a TV show so you’ve gotta work for it. I used to read a lot more, got out of the habit and over the past few years, I’ve started making it a priority. I...

Earlier this year, there was an episode of The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend where the main character, Rebecca Bunch, is attending a Bar Mitzvah and before long, her mom and a their rabbi break into the song “Remember That We Suffered.” The musical number in and of itself e...

I intend to start blogging here regularly again (as was originally intended) and I figured I’d start with the sort of post I may need to check back in on from time to time for encouragement and hopefully it speaks to other writers as well.

I don’t know if there’s an ori...

I think it was about my junior year of high school when I first read The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It’s a beloved book and one of the most important and groundbreaking coming of age stories of the past few decades and it certainly had a huge affect on me as a reader...

Before I listened to the cast recording of Hamilton, I had already made some progress as a writer. I’d written three books, put together several outlines (some physical, some just in my head) of other novels I wanted to pursue and something resembling a game plan of ho...

The Day I Disappeared is out now!

I know it might be lame for the first line of this post to be exactly the same as the title, but I'm a little excited.

It is FREE as an eBook through Amazon today and Thursday!

After that, it's gonna stay at the low price of $2.99.

There w...

On Tuesday, I’ll be releasing my fourth novel. The Day I Disappeared is different than anything I’ve ever written before and, I believe, my best work yet. I’m really happy with how it came together and have found myself really enjoying these characters and key scenes i...

I feel excited and proud to have self-published three novels at this point (with a new book coming out in 11 days) but as I continue to grow, I’m able to look back and recognize the strengths and weaknesses of the work I’ve released before. It actually feels like a ver...

Who is Mark Gray and why are you on his website?

Well first of all, I’m Mark Gray. Nice to meet you. Thanks for stopping by.

About six years ago, I began work on my first book, a thriller called Deny, and I self-published it in April of 2013. Last year, I published, Rele...