Matthew Sylvester
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The joy of book shopping with my kids
Being an author, I don’t suppose it will surprise you when I say that I read a lot of books. I probably read a minimum of two books a week. Naturally they can be of different lengths, but that’s going to be at least 150,000 words a week. Minimum. Both of my daughters have picked … Continue reading
My brain just won’t stop aka Cranial Diarrhoea
Seriously, my brain has at least five different ideas for books, stories, and games every single day. And I can’t just write them down as a) I’d never do anything else and b) as soon as I start writing them down, I start to actually write about them c) new ideas then come and the … Continue reading
The year continues to go well, with a little help from my friends
I posted that I was going to pull my thumb out and just get down to writing. Fortunately, unlike my other New Year-type resolutions, this one has stuck. I’ve gone through Duotrope and found a number of places to submit to, I’ve submitted to Angry Robot’s window and so far I’ve written two shorts and … Continue reading
Time to get my thumb out and step up
Last year I made a bit of a private resolution. That resolution was that I would get published. With what seemed to be somewhat indecent ease, I was accepted for a number of publications and have some stories out there that I’m reasonably confident will be accepted at some point this year. However, due to … Continue reading
Should I be chuffed? Or pissed off?
I decided that I would put copies of Practical Taekwondo: Back to the Roots up for the special price of £15.00 as a Christmas offer. I’m currently selling them on Amazon for £23.99, so thought that was a bloody good price. I then decided to check out whether anyone else was still selling new copies. … Continue reading
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