Matthew Sylvester
author
Andromeda’s Offspring Anthology – The Enlightened Soldier
Well, a while ago I said that I would write and that I would get published this year. What I was hoping would be published was my novel, Shattered Lands: Torquemaster Rising, which is what I term as a Steamfantasy. More accurately, it’s Steampunk crossed with Shadowrun. However, I digress. Whilst I was waiting for various … Continue reading
The ability to write is like a knife’s blade
The ability to write, and write as well as you can, is like a knife’s blade. If you don’t sharpen a knife’s blade, it will eventually become dull, and then blunt, and the same happens with writing. If you want to be a writer, you have to actually write. I know, it’s an amazing fact … Continue reading
My wife, the editor
My wife, Karen, is crafty. Not in the sneaky sense, nor in the witchy sense, but in the “let’s make really cool things sense.” Being an active person, she’s not that much of a reader, she’d much rather be doing. Granted, she’ll read all the ‘how to’ books in the universe, and then go make cool … 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
Projects on the go
Apologies for not getting a proper update onto the blog, but I have been splitting my time between Blaise, Spring Heeled Jack and an article on the privilege of being a martial arts instructor. I promise that they will all be going up in the near future, and that the wait will have been worth … Continue reading
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