Matthew Sylvester
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Meow – AI stealing my work is doubleplus bad
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
Kolkata Heat – An author destroys a perfectly good image
It’s amazing just how much damage an author can do when he’s knocking up a cover for a book that his Beta Readers are going to receive. It didn’t help that Photoshop Elements decided that for today, all of the menu options would be in bloody German! However, I managed to put something together just … Continue reading
Job. Done.
I’ve been writing some fanfic for Tom Clancy’s The Division, created by many people including the very talented Richard Dansky. This isn one game that I can honestly say I’m utterly hooked on. Seriously, Battlefield might as well be uninstalled for all the time I give it now. This is the first time that … Continue reading
I’m so clumsy, I once tripped over a tree
Huzzah! The post that disappeared has been found thanks to the sterling work of Mr. Neil Roberts. Here it is in all its glory. This follows on from another post in which I tell how I broke a 105mm Light Gun. Yeah baby. See that face to the left? Way, way, way harder! I’m not … Continue reading
Costa Short Story Awards are here
Not only that, they’re offering a whopping £3500 first place, £1500 second place and £500 third. They’re going to shortlist six authors and then put them through the ringer by making them attend an all expenses-paid event in January 2015. I think I’d be an emotional wreck by then, and I’m not sure that my … Continue reading
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