Mark started off his publishing company in 1999, primarily as a vehicle for writing about his passion for angling via The Syndicate Series of books. Over the years, these humorous novels, of which there are now eight, have become some of the best known and well loved within the world of fishing literature. In 2014, Mark wrote The Fear. A fictional account of the traumatic events that had enveloped his family a few years earlier. Also recounted in this book is his tragic family history stretching back to the 1930s - a history that impacted heavily upon his upbringing.