Matthew Sylvester
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Get your copy of Blaise Maximillian: Bitter Defeat
Don’t forget that Blaise Maximillian: Bitter Defeat is now available for sale. For 8 long years the Great War has raged. Blaise Maximillian has been there from the start. A bright-eyed and fearful young Ensign, the realities of war change him into a hard-bitten soldier and an even harder policeman. Detective Inspector Blaise Maximillian of the … Continue reading
2016 better not suck
Quite simple really. October 2014 – December 2015 has on the most part sucked. This is because, for those of you that don’t know, I had trapped kidney stones, and then became a chronic pain sufferer. There were some high points however. I managed to leave one team in the NHS and join another at … Continue reading
Self-publishing is misleadingly easy
This is going to be a quick blog. Once I’ve got more data from my experiences, I shall be writing a more in-depth article. That said, I’ve had nearly two and half month’s of experience with Blaise Maximillian: Bitter Defeat and so I thought I would share my initial findings. Firstly, self-publishing on Amazon is … Continue reading
Bitter Defeat – World-building an alternate history timeline
The World The Bitter Defeat universe is one that I created for my character Blaise Maximillian, a bitter, jaded, cynical war veteran that can’t leave the war behind due to his duties as a secret policeman on the one hand, and a resistance fighter on the other. It’s a alternate history that sees the Allies … Continue reading
Reviews from fellow authors matter
Especially if they’ve come from authors whose writing you respect and enjoy. In this case, David Guymer, author of the excellent City of the Damned (Gotrek & Felix Novels) has given Blaise Maximillian: Bitter Defeat it’s 3rd FIVE STAR review! Bitter Defeat is a series of connected short stories telling the story of an alternate … Continue reading
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