Matthew Sylvester
Musings
Beta readers are fabulous
I’ve started following the advice of authors that have been deemed to be ‘super authors’, according to the adverts at least, and I have to say that some of the things they say do actually work! One of their ideas was to build a newsletter. I’d tried that before and had no success. The only person … Continue reading
Kolkata Heat – An author destroys a perfectly good image
It’s amazing just how much damage an author can do when he’s knocking up a cover for a book that his Beta Readers are going to receive. It didn’t help that Photoshop Elements decided that for today, all of the menu options would be in bloody German! However, I managed to put something together just … Continue reading
The art of the novella
‘Novels are the thing.’ Said the editor. ‘But I like to write shorter stories, less fluff, more action. More bosh for your dosh.’ Whined the author. ‘Novels are the thing.’ The editor huffed. And so the debate raged well into the night. Whisky was drunk and logs were burnt. In the end they parted ways … 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
Tom Clancy’s The Division: Agent Origins has me all fired up.
It’s not often that I get too excited about games, but Ubisoft has just well and truly smashed the ball out of the park with its latest trailer. This is full-on live action at its best and I only wish I had the game now, right now. Sleeper agents going up against sinister bin-men who … Continue reading
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