Matthew Sylvester
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Blaise Maximillian is back in the top 100 on Amazon!
Yet again, my dystopian dieselpunk alternate history war & crime book, Blaise Maximillian: Bitter Defeat has entered the top 100 for two categories on Amazon, and I have to say that this makes me very pleased indeed! Being in the top 1000 for War and Military is also a blood good start. I just hope … Continue reading
Happiness is finishing the first draft of your book
It’s quite simple really. A number of the stories in my forthcoming book were written four or even five years ago as I trudged to, and back from, work. they were experiments to see how quickly I could write a story that could engage the reader, let them see a different world, and leave them … Continue reading
Blaise Maximillian now has a Facebook presence
As many of my more dedicated readers will know, I’m working on a self-published title, featuring the amazing Blaise Maximillian. It’s an anthology of short stories set in dystopian diesel punk universe, where King George V is in exile, his daughter Mary is a puppet queen, and German soldiers are ensuring that the British never, ever … Continue reading
Cover artists earn every single fucking penny
Seriously, if you can afford a cover artist, as in a real person that is a real artist, pay them. I have been attempting to create a cover for my upcoming, self-published collection of Blaise Maximillian short stories. And it is hard. Very. Damn. Hard. So hard – and has resulted in covers that I can only … Continue reading
Happiness is sometimes being uncomfortable
True that. Sometimes, in order to be happy, you have to step outside of your comfort zone. Today, I did just that and started to work on the cover for a book I’ve decided that I will self-publish, hopefully on September 30th, my birthday. Why is this uncomfortable? Well, mostly because I’ve got the ‘only real … Continue reading
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