Matthew Sylvester
Musings
And it just keeps coming!
Not quite sure why all of this is happening right now, but I’m certainly not complaining! So far – as you no doubt know – I have had a short story accepted for the Grimm and Grimmer anthology by Fringe Works, I’m submitting my Shattered Lands: Torquemaster Rising novel, and I’ve been asked to edit a … Continue reading
Piracy – The right and the wrongs
I’ve just been following an excellent conversation between @Sarahpinborough and number of other tweeple. In it she linked to an article by @paul_cornell, http://www.paulcornell.com/2010/12/twelve-blogs-of-christmas-ten.html, in which he gives a number of good reasons as to why piracy is bad. I’ll leave it to you to form your own opinions, and it’s not up to me to … Continue reading
Funny how things happen
Well, some of you will remember that I created a submissions post where I stated that I was going to try my hardest to get published. One of the groups that I submitted to was Fringe Works for their Grimm and Grimmer Anthology. I haven’t heard back about that yet so, like an author with … Continue reading
Submissions & replies – A sticky
This is going to be a post that I update as and when I Submit, and when I get replies (positive or negative, they will still go on). Now that I’ve finished the first Shattered Lands novel, have started the second, and have a few others brewing in the background, this is the year that … Continue reading
The internet has removed any sense of true timescale
Once upon a time, if I wanted to find something out I had to either go to a shop and buy a magazine, go to the bookshop, or take a trip to the library. That or ask my parents. Now, if someone asks me a question and I don’t know the answer, or I want … Continue reading
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