Mark Anderson

Writer · Lyricist · Creator

Stories built to sit with hard things until they make sense.

I write animated musicals, songs, and books about the people who don't quite fit the shape they're handed — grief, distance, and neurodivergent characters written as themselves, not as lessons. Based in Barnoldswick, Lancashire.

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The Work

Bloom — title artwork

Animated Musical Feature — In Development

Bloom

When a lonely girl discovers a strange boy who claims he used to be a tree, she must stop her father's aggressive development plans before an ancient forest's music and magic — and the boy — are lost forever.

A fully-developed original property: complete story, character, and world bibles, a full first-draft screenplay, and a 9-track original soundtrack, several songs already recorded as demos. Thea is written as autistic, drawn from my own daughter; William and her father are ADHD-coded, drawn from my own son and myself.

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AI-ien — title artwork: a green flying saucer beaming down the AI-ien title in pixel light

Animated Feature — In Development

AI-ien

A retro sci-fi comedy set in a world where artificial intelligence has been banned outright — all because of one mistake that was quietly covered up.

The follow-up to Bloom. The story and character bibles are complete, and the full six-act, 48-scene structure is locked. Ten original pieces of music — eight songs and two short musical buttons — are placed against specific scenes, with the lyrics now being written.

Non-Fiction

A Unified Theory

A non-fiction book, published on Amazon and Kindle.

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Poetry Anthology

Poetry for the Peers

Contributing poet to this collaborative poetry anthology.

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About

I'm a writer, lyricist, and creator based in Barnoldswick, Lancashire. My work spans poetry, songwriting, and emotionally driven storytelling, with a focus on neurodivergent characters and honest family dynamics — written from the inside, not as an outside observer.

Bloom, an animated musical feature, is where most of my energy sits right now: every lyric in its soundtrack is mine, several songs are already recorded as finished demos, and the concept art for every major character was developed under my direction.

Next in line is AI-ien, a retro sci-fi animated comedy about a world that bans AI after a covered-up mistake — story locked across six acts and 48 scenes, with its original songs now being written.

Alongside it: Ember Oracle, a musical project available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music, with its own Facebook page; A Unified Theory, a non-fiction book published on Amazon and Kindle; and a contribution to the collaborative poetry anthology Poetry for the Peers.

Currently developing Bloom full-time, and actively open to collaborators, representation, and production partners.

Get In Touch

anderson5903@hotmail.co.uk

(+44) 7445 922 972