G R Matthews
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Now this little blog has it genesis in two little events. First, 'Fantasy in the Court' which resulted in two articles for...
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G R Matthews
- Jul 2, 2017
- 2 min
Tough Travels: Adepts
It is that time of month again when I’ve got to try and trawl through my memory of fantasy books past and present in order to come up...
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G R Matthews
- Jun 1, 2017
- 2 min
Tough Travelling - Non-human heroes
There are so many non-human characters out there in fantasy land that is quite difficult to pick just five, but nevertheless here you go....
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G R Matthews
- Mar 31, 2017
- 2 min
Thinking about the new book
Right about now I am edging towards the end of Draft 1 of Corin #3. By that I mean, I’m passed 70K of words and I know how the book ends…...
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G R Matthews
- Mar 12, 2017
- 3 min
Heart of Stone by Ben Galley
You’re used to your heroes full of muscle, swords drawn, shields raised or magic staff held before them, facing the oncoming hordes. A...
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G R Matthews
- Feb 14, 2017
- 3 min
Does length matter?
Does length matter? Is it important to you? If it was shorter than you thought or were used to, would you really mind that much? Surely...
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G R Matthews
- Oct 27, 2016
- 2 min
Match the music to the book
While procrastinating and generally not getting on with writing this book (start a new series is always hard) a thought struck me. It wasn’t
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G R Matthews
- Oct 9, 2016
- 5 min
Ben Galley Tackles the Ten Questions.
If there were ever a perfect author to tackle these ten questions it would be Mr Ben Galley. At the forefront, riding the first wave and...
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G R Matthews
- Aug 29, 2016
- 6 min
Ten Quick Questions with Michael R Miller
Two books written and Michael R Miller stops by to answer the ten quick questions. With GRRM and Star Wars making an appearance it should...
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G R Matthews
- Aug 15, 2016
- 5 min
Indie Author: 10 Quick Questions with Steven Kelliher
This time on 10 Quick Questions we welcome Steven Kelliher whose first book, Valley of Embers, will be released on August 16. Oh hell,...
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G R Matthews
- Aug 1, 2016
- 5 min
Indie Author: 10 Quick Questions with T O Munro
For the second 10 Quick Questions we have the inimitable T O Munro, author of The Lady of the Helm and it is two sequels. He has also...
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G R Matthews
- Jul 28, 2016
- 5 min
Indie Author: 10 Quick Questions with J P Ashman
Welcome to J P Ashman, author of Black Cross, the first book in the Black Powder Wars, and thanks for being the guinea pig, boldly going...
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G R Matthews
- Mar 27, 2016
- 3 min
Sword Art Online
I’m new to Anime. Not totally new, I mean, I am old enough to have watched Battle of the Planets (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman) back in...
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G R Matthews
- Mar 6, 2016
- 6 min
Why not give these books a try…
With the #SPFBO over and a winner announced, it seems an opportune moment for me to take a look at the books in the competition that I...
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G R Matthews
- Sep 10, 2015
- 4 min
Why don’t you buy a book?
We always talk, at least to my perception of things, of the books we chose and loved. We wax lyrical to our friends, colleagues, that...
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G R Matthews
- Aug 20, 2015
- 3 min
Do you review?
With the Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off (#SPFBO) coming to a close, round 1 anyway, and the winners being announced, thoughts turn to...
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G R Matthews
- Jul 23, 2015
- 4 min
Bored of information
I hate Info-Dumps… You’ve all thought it, haven’t you? Come on, be honest. You’ve had that heart sinking moment when you are reading a...
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G R Matthews
- Jun 25, 2015
- 4 min
A Slip of the Keyboard by Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett is angry. You’ll like him when he is angry. That is the gist of foreword by Neil Gaiman and as you read through the...
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G R Matthews
- Feb 28, 2015
- 2 min
The Giveaway
Today (28th Feb 2015) marks the end of the my first ever Goodreads Giveaway. 646 folks entered, which I have to say is pretty good by my...
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G R Matthews
- Jun 15, 2014
- 2 min
Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
With this book, Jorg’s story is complete, the Broken Empire is still broken but it there is hope. I’ll start as I would normally end,...
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