Matthew Sylvester
submissions
Happiness is … having another book with your story come out
April 4th, 2013, I received an email saying that my story The Enlightened Soldier, had been accepted for publication by Fringeworks. Just over two years later, this book has come out! Have to say that it’s great to pop on to Amazon, do a search for my name, and have another book pop up! This story … Continue reading
Writing for the Black Library – Think you’ve got what it takes?
Writing for the Black Library is a dream for many fans of the Games Workshop universes set in Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k. Its fans are legion and dedicated, and the universes are packed with ideas that have people salivating as they line up to buy the next Sarah Cawkwell, David Guymer or Dan Abnett book. Some … Continue reading
Time to get my thumb out and step up
Last year I made a bit of a private resolution. That resolution was that I would get published. With what seemed to be somewhat indecent ease, I was accepted for a number of publications and have some stories out there that I’m reasonably confident will be accepted at some point this year. However, due to … Continue reading
FREE – An editor’s guide to submitting, for authors
I just realised that, due to work pressure, editing, writing, teaching martial arts, being a good husband and father and other things, that I haven’t blogged for over a month. This is shocking, and for that I apologise from the bottom of my heart. So, I thought that with this blog I would give authors … 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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