Matthew Sylvester
Alternative Realities
Artists work wonders! A 49ers cover reveal!
I’m not kidding when I say that either. As an author, I’m totally, 100% reliant upon the artists I commission for my books to create images that will catch people’s eyes. Often, I’ll have a picture in my mind, and will try to communicate that to the artist using my own drawing skills and text. … Continue reading
Sneak Preview
Below is a sneak preview from my current WIP (and therefore totally unedited) novella which will be released under the Alternative Realities Flashbang Fiction imprint. Guba is a member of Shadow Company, and a Filipino (hence the reference to height below). Enjoy. STEPPING around the corner, Guba barely had time to even realise that someone was … Continue reading
The responsibility of working on someone else’s novel
That’s what I’m currently doing. Or would be if I wasn’t writing this quick blog about how I’m working on someone’s work. That someone is Stewart Hotston, partner-in-crime with regard to Alternative Realities Publishing, and his work is A Family War, a hard sci-fi novel about which you can find out more by looking at his … Continue reading
Reviews like this make it all worth it
Writers don’t write to get praise. Well, most writers don’t. They write because they feel the need to, and because they want to share their worlds with other people. That said, it bloody made this author’s day to get the following 5* review on Amazon.co.uk. Well and truly made up. Go buy it! “Although it … Continue reading
I don’t wanna be average, waaaaaaah!
There are now only two days until #blaisemaximillian Bitter Defeat, my collection of dystopian dieselpunk stories set in an alternate history, is available for sale on ALL Amazons across the internet. Naturally, there aren’t Amazons for all countries, which is a tad annoying, and Sweden is being well and truly screwed over by a domain squatter who would … Continue reading
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