Matthew Sylvester
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Warriors: Past to Present – A writer’s reference, and a writing challenge – Part 1 – Huscarl 1066
The amazing photographer, Thom Atkinson has recently published what he calls ‘Soldiers Inventories’ on his website. It’s annoyingly close to a book/documentary that I was putting a pitch together for (although I still shall!) and the photography is gorgeous. This is a fabulous resource for budding authors who want to write either historical fiction, historical … Continue reading
Dalek Invasion – Third Con of the year
Yeovilton Air Museum was one of my favourite places to go as a kid. When I were young, we were lucky to get away with a beating, a rotten potato and a trip with a couple of friends for our birthdays. Yeavilton was one of my favourite go-to places. As was Cobbaton Tank Museum. Last … Continue reading
Nineworlds – Second Con of the year
As you might have guessed, I managed to sneak a few cons into the schedule this year. I chose to go to Nineworlds because Gav Thorpe had mentioned it and said that it was a good one to go to, and I needed to hand a copy of Raus! Untoten to one of the authors. I … Continue reading
UNITY – First con of the year
UNITY is something I heard about on Facebook, I’m part of the Devon Geek Group and one of the key members, Kai Wong, owns the venue (a rather good chinese restaurant in Rockbeare). As usual, I persuaded the youngest dort to come with me and have a look around. It’s a very small, friendly and local … Continue reading
Potatoes – Well & Truly Sporked feedback
Writing is a cool thing to do. You have an idea, you write a story, poem or essay about it and you publish it (whichever way you want to, doesn’t matter). People then read it. However, many people can read something without ever letting you know that they actually liked it. Which is the uncool … Continue reading
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