fiction

Meow – AI stealing my work is doubleplus bad

Posted by mattsylvester ⋅ March 31, 2025 ⋅ Leave a comment

I’m more than slightly peeved at how AI scrapers are stealing mine, and my friend’s hard work in order to train their systems. So I’ve decided to fight back. I’m going to start writing huge blog posts that resemble proper text but which are pretty much nonsense. Or, ‘Nospeak’ as I’m going to call it. … Continue reading →

Blaise Maximillian comes many steps closer to being ready for editing

Posted by mattsylvester ⋅ July 23, 2015 ⋅ 4 Comments

Ever since I let people know that I was going to self-publish a collection of Blaise Maximillian stories, I’ve been spending many nights staying up far too long writing. And I’m bloody loving it. Blaise is my kind of anti-hero, which is one reason why I’m enjoying it, but also because I’m able to do … Continue reading →

Sexy Elf Fiction

Posted by mattsylvester ⋅ January 15, 2015 ⋅ 1 Comment

What an amazing title for a blog post eh? Sexy. Elf. Fiction. Even more amazing is that sexy elf fiction was actually a search term used to find this blog and which doesn’t have (yet) any sexy elf fiction at all. However, this post about sexy elf fiction, should serve as another example of how … Continue reading →

Warriors: Past to Present – A writer’s reference, and a writing challenge – Part 3 – Yorkist Man at Arms – Battle of Bosworth 1485

Posted by mattsylvester ⋅ September 21, 2014 ⋅ 2 Comments

The amazing photographer, Thom Atkinson has recently published what he calls ‘Soldiers Inventories’ on his website. These photos are clearly a work of art and show a love for the subject that is sublime. Each piece is laid out as if it were part of a puzzle and every time I look at them, I spot something different, … Continue reading →

Warriors: Past to Present – A writer’s reference, and a writing challenge – Part 1 – Huscarl 1066

Posted by mattsylvester ⋅ September 5, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

The amazing photographer, Thom Atkinson has recently published what he calls ‘Soldiers Inventories’ on his website. It’s annoyingly close to a book/documentary that I was putting a pitch together for (although I still shall!) and the photography is gorgeous. This is a fabulous resource for budding authors who want to write either historical fiction, historical … Continue reading →