Tag Archives: books

How to Find the Fat in My Manuscript?

Posted on August 9, 2016 by D.R.Sylvester

I “think” I’ve finally worked this out, so it’s a good time to share. For any writer who’s stuck looking at their thousandth draft, and unsure where to begin cutting, this one’s for you. The synopsis that I’d been writing, summarizing … 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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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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Short Story Review: BACKWARDS by Ernie Luis

Posted on March 8, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

Hey my humans. I’ve just finished reading the second in a series of ace short stories I bought on the ‘ZON, for only a $DOLLAR$ (Value! Cha-ching! Oh, and I didn’t know it was going to be a series when … Continue reading →

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Writing Treasure Hunt – To Pulp, or not to Pulp?

Posted on March 4, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

This here Writing Treasure Hunt is going to be a recurring segment, where I find hidden (writing-related) booty to plunder, and share it with ye. Yarrrrr! The treasure I’ve unearthed this time around is a post about a post about a tutorial… Itttt’s more … Continue reading →

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400 words a day…

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

Reading “A Slip of the Keyboard” has reminded me of a goal I used to hold myself to: 400 words a day as a kind of minimum, inspired by Terry Pratchett’s own self-imposed goal from his noob-writer days. I think … Continue reading →

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Christmas Book Review! The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree, by S.A. Hunt

Posted on December 25, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

Merrrrrry Christmas everyone! Ho Ho Ho! Now if only my beard were white instead of red… Here’s a quick post with a review of a most-excellent indie book. For the bargain price of $0 I’m pretty sure you’ll agree this … Continue reading →

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Writing as a Superpower

Posted on December 1, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

Originally posted on Coffee. Write. Repeat.:
Superhero movies are everywhere right now. Spiderman, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, you name it. I mean, who wouldn’t want to watch stories about often ordinary people becoming larger than life and saving the world?…

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Cover Art Uncovered

Posted on November 24, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

Hurrah! Hurray! Cover art for Last Resort is done! This was drawn and coloured by the uber talented comic book artist, Seijun, and is a dark, broody piece. I’m pretty stoked about it. Makes me want to finish editing and … Continue reading →

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