Currently working on: Dragon Tongue - YA Fantasy novel (posting chapters here now and then)
Mark Johnston is a teacher from Milton, Ontario who is writing for fun.
I was never into reading or writing much as a kid, but I've learned to appreciate novels more since I got out of high school and realized there were books not by Shakespeare. By teaching the writing process to my elementary students, I've come to appreciate it and I now understand the rules much better.
I spent many many hours googling how to write dialogue correctly and when to use indents and all other manner of grammactical wonders. I think I even got some of them right!
After writing my first book as a personal challenge, I found the process very rewarding and decided to share Solar Umbrella with family and friends.
I generally write in the summers since teaching is a lot of work.
Solar Umbrella (2023) was my first book, written over two summers.
The Travelers (2024) is a direct sequel.
Generations (2025) is a standalone (for now at least) YA sci-fi novel.
All three are available for purchase.
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- Milton, Ontario, Canada
- JoinedNovember 23, 2024
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Stories by Mark Johnston
- 5 Published Stories

Generations (YA sci-fi novel ages...
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A New World Awaits... But at What Cost?
Sixteen-year-old Max has only known Earth as a history lesson-a plane...

Solar Umbrella (Book 1)
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23
23
Book One of the New Enlightenment
A realistic science fiction novel set in the not-so-far-away future.
The re...

Dragon Tongue
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WORK IN PROGRESS (will upload chapters now and then)
The dragons are restless. The truce is breaking. And Ber...