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    (Secret) Agents?
    G R Matthews
    • Oct 31, 2017
    • 1 min

    (Secret) Agents?

    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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    Tough Travels: Adepts
    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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    Tough Travelling - Non-human heroes
    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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    Thinking about the new book
    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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    Heart of Stone by Ben Galley
    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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    Does length matter?
    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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    Match the music to the book
    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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    Ben Galley Tackles the Ten Questions.
    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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    Ten Quick Questions with Michael R Miller
    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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    Indie Author: 10 Quick Questions with Steven Kelliher
    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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    Indie Author: 10 Quick Questions with T O Munro
    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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    Indie Author: 10 Quick Questions with J P Ashman
    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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    Sword Art Online
    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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    Why not give these books a try…
    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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    Why don’t you buy a book?
    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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    Do you review?
    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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    Bored of information
    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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    A Slip of the Keyboard by Terry Pratchett
    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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    The Giveaway
    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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