mattsylvester

Father of two beautiful daughters and married to the beautiful Karen, Matthew has been reading and writing fantasy and science fiction since he first read the Hobbit at the age of 7.

mattsylvester has written 446 posts for Matthew Sylvester

Sexy Elf Fiction

Posted by mattsylvester ⋅ January 15, 2015 ⋅ 1 Comment

What an amazing title for a blog post eh? Sexy. Elf. Fiction. Even more amazing is that sexy elf fiction was actually a search term used to find this blog and which doesn’t have (yet) any sexy elf fiction at all. However, this post about sexy elf fiction, should serve as another example of how … Continue reading →

The joy of having a creative family

Posted by mattsylvester ⋅ January 11, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment

Is great. Quite simply there’s nothing better than seeing my wife crafting jewellery, my eldest dancing, drawing and getting into photography, and my youngest also dancing and drawing. I can’t wait until I’m well enough to get back into writing. Below is the latest from my youngest. I love it.

Kidney stones – My journey so far

Posted by mattsylvester ⋅ January 10, 2015 ⋅ 2 Comments

I have one of these stuck inside me. I’ve had one stuck in me since 17:30 October 17th, 2014. It’s ‘only’ 3.25 mm in size, but the tube it’s stuck in averages between 3.5 to 4mm in size. Somehow my one, teeny-weeny little piss crystal, has got stuck at the end of the ureter. That, … Continue reading →

Crip Walkers dancing to an irish jig

Posted by mattsylvester ⋅ January 7, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment

I love this. Their footwork, regardless as to what music they’re dancing to, is fabulous.

Awesome rejection – So near, yet so far!

Posted by mattsylvester ⋅ January 6, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment

Yes, you read that correctly, I’m happy to have had a rejection from a magazine that I highly respect and which has a stable of authors I’d love to be ranked amongst. They said that I could expect to wait 4-6 weeks for a reply. I waited less than a week and, instead of a pro-forma ‘No’, … Continue reading →