Matthew Sylvester
publishing
Alternative Realities – Join us!
Alternative Realities is the name of my publishing venture. It’s very new indeed, and was only made public last week. Since then however, we’ve had over 350 likes of the Facebook page, nearly 200 followers on twitter and over 1200 views of the website. LindkedIn has also seen a lot of connections being made very … Continue reading
The Moving Statue – A poem by my daughter, aged 10
My daughter wrote this tonight as part of a homework assignment. I’m fairly impressed. She has a definite leaning towards horror in all of her writing. Warped little thing that she is 🙂 The moving statue I am the moving statue, Lifeless in the night when the great pearl of the sky comes to look … Continue reading
A change of direction, and a bit more focus
Those few of you that read this blog will know that I have one published martial arts book, a number of published and to be published short stories and one steampunk novel that is currently doing the rounds. Aside from those I also have a number of stories that have either been rejected, or that … Continue reading
Writing Challenge – What if humans were more diverse?
Last year I wrote a a story for the Fringe Works NeaDNAthal anthology. Needless to say, it featured NeaDNAthals. In a sci-fi setting of course, fighting a future war. Like they do. However, this did raise a question in my mind and one which I’ve never been able to write about due to so many … Continue reading
Hope Restored – A Black Library Rejection
Last year I attended the Black Library Weekender as a Gold Ticket holder and was invited to submit a 1,000 word story to them. Unfortunately for me it got rejected, which means that I won’t be joining the hallowed ranks of the likes of Gav Thorpe, David Guymer, Josh Reynolds, Graham McNeil, and Dan Abnett. … Continue reading
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