Author Archives: D.R.Sylvester

About D.R.Sylvester

A Clinical Research Associate by day (google it), writer by night, D.R.Sylvester lives in Sydney, Australia with his patissiere wife and Siberian Wolf. His interests include travel, music (predominantly Metal), reading, & archery.

Revenge of the Awkward Author Photo Contest – I GOT 3rd PLACE! WOOO!

Posted on July 15, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

So you might remember a previous post where I mentioned that I was entering a competition for awkward author photos, and that the other entries for it were positively exploding with gaiety and hilarity… Well it seems I must give thanks to the … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: TERMINATOR GENISYS. HELL YES. ALLCAPS

Posted on June 29, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

So I went to see an early screening of Terminator Genisys. I don’t normally get to the movies on a Monday night, but as an afficionado of ballsy Austrian folklores and a devoted Arnocorps rescue team member (fan), I thought … Continue reading →

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Awkward Author Photo Contest, and oh the fun we had…

Posted on June 27, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

So, Chuck Wendig put out the call for people to compete with their awkwardest “Author Photos,” – those ever-so-slightly iffy examples of the vanity photographer’s art that adorn the inside covers of all your favourite novels… the tilted hat, the … Continue reading →

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Pickled Zombies and Skull-splatting Madness. NOVELLA REVIEW: The Last Safe Place, by Rob Hart

Posted on June 23, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

I’m a simple guy. I like beer, explosions and zombies. There are other predictable predilections: bacon, beards, fantasy novels of sufficient girth to club an unsuspecting librarian into submission… Unless said librarian is a red-head with a one word, three … Continue reading →

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I Have no Aversion to Good Novellas. REVIEW: Aversion, by Ernie Luis

Posted on June 23, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

I suddenly remembered that today is the day a particularly rad novella is released, and so here’s my review of same. I’m particularly keen to see more of this author’s work (my reviews for the first two novellas in this … Continue reading →

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Priorities, and Mucking About with my Inherited Fourbie’

Posted on June 23, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

SO, I haven’t blogged in donkey’s years, and this is almost entirely down to the advice of my mum. I know, strange right? That a person’s own mother would advise them NOT to blog. Weeeell, this was actually some pretty stellar … Continue reading →

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Mad Max: Fury Road – what a lovely film…

Posted on May 22, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

Like many people, I had my socks rocked by the epicosity that is Mad Max: Fury Road. This post will be mainly about my thoughts on the film, so I’ll put all the non- Mad Max, nonspoiler stuff at the … Continue reading →

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Writing Over the Seas

Posted on May 18, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

I’ve always loved flicks like the Mummy, or Indiana Jones, that step well outside the western world and off the beaten track. Reading has taken me through myriad exotic locales, especially in books by Matthew Riley (that launched me on … Continue reading →

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Series Review: Heartland, books 1 and 2, by Chuck Wendig

Posted on May 3, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

Under the Empyrean Sky. Blightborn. Now, WHERE THE HELL IS THE THIRD BOOK GADDAMMIT!? Ahem. I’m being silly, because I already know the date that the third and final installment The Harvest is due, as it was announced in a cover reveal blog … Continue reading →

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Why to Write In the Moment, and Learning from My Hang Over

Posted on May 2, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

You’ve done things in your life, you champion, you. You might have had a fight, or given birth, maybe crashed a car. You’ve maybe even done a gig in a chicken-burger suit outside a McBurger-Joint. The memories fade pretty quickly as … Continue reading →

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