Matthew Sylvester
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The Castle of Horrow
My daughter has had some of her work published on this blog before. She took a bit of a hiatus from writing for some reason, but is now back on form. Below is a draft of a somewhat grimdark ‘love’ story. It’s a draft because unfortunately I probably won’t get to see the finished version, … Continue reading
Getting published – think you’ve got what it takes?
Getting published is, for the vast majority of authors, the name of the game. They want to share their worlds, the people they’ve created and the trials and tribulations that make the book something they’re proud of. It doesn’t matter what genre they write for, it all boils down to doing something that they love, … 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
I’ve been INVITED to submit
Well, I must be doing something write – deliberate pun there, funny n’est ce pas? – because since I said at Christmas “This year I’m going to get published”, I have indeed been published and will in fact be published at least three more times now as well. On top of that, I received an … Continue reading
My first short story review! – Warning, it’s short
I’m sat at my desk, negotiating a bit of a tit-for-tat training package for one of my areas, when my phone dings. After the call has ended I look at the message and I see that I’ve been invited to submit to an invite-only anthology covering two of my favourite subjects. Both of which shall … Continue reading
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