Nocturnal Stillness

DevientART

2008-11-11T15:22:00.000-08:00

I've now got an account on Devient Art.

It has two stories so far for viewing.

Hunting V; which is a story from an anthology I am working on.

AND

O.A.Z; an older story which I've improved slightly

Enjoy

Dead Serious: Under Revision

2008-11-03T12:29:00.000-08:00

I'm currently rewriting the days of Dead Serious. So if anyone has spotted any errors please let me know so I can get them all.

Mission Advertise

2008-10-12T13:52:00.000-07:00

Well this weekend I've been busy trying to advertise my book and get stores to stock it.

Below shows the attempts I made as well as the current situation with them;

1) I have approached my local newspaper 'The Wolverhampton Chronicle' and they currently have a copy of the book as well as the press release:- they should be getting back to me and hopefully it'll mean I will get an article in the paper.

2)I approached my local 'Waterstones' and they too have had a copy of the book and press release:- the manager is supposed to be discussing the book with the person who runs their horror section and are also getting back to me and hopefully they will agree to stock it.

3)I've wrote a letter to the head office of 'Forbidden Planet' two weeks ago but hadn't heard anything from them. So earlier today I rang them and learnt my letter hadn't arrrived yet so I've e-mailed the letter and press release I'd sent previously and got a reply saying they would have a look and get back to me so again they may hopefully agree to stock it.

4)I approached a goth shop in Wolverhampton and enquired wherether they would be interested in stocking it and they have had a copy of the book and the press release and intend to see if their customers would like to buy my kind of book.

i've also approched'The Works' and 'WH Smith' but these two I'm having to write to head offices so will take awhile longer.

Update!!!!

2008-09-09T14:32:00.000-07:00

I've just gone through all the dead serious stories and have fixed any errors I could find. so Enjoy!

the reason for the editing is a new project I am working on:

Dead Serious: The graphic novel.

Basically I'm after fifteen different artists to turn each day into an individual comic to be combined to make a free online comic. No money will be made so what the artist gets is simply advertising and publicity.

If your interested and can draw reply to this post! (It might help to read the DS stories so you can see what it required)

Thanks for reading.

Matt

Update!!!!

2008-06-18T16:17:00.000-07:00

Great news guys (or girls)

My book is properlly out and can be bought from lulu.com.

And to celebrate I've given my author website a makeover.

Check it out

www.matts-tales.com

enjoy

Matt

News

2008-02-27T14:26:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys, I'm feeling better now. So hope you've not missed me too much ha ha.

I am currently moving to a new flat this weekend which means my internet will be down for awhile so again there will be no updates.

Feel free to e-mail me, the address is on the nocturnal stillness website. And I will try and read them as soon as I can.

Blogging update

2008-01-27T07:12:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately I'm ill at the moment so haven't been able to post, so the blog will be quiet for a few more weeks while I recover

Update

2008-01-13T13:25:00.000-08:00

Dead serious will not be having an update for a week or so, due to me finding issues with my book. So I'll be focusing all my time and effort on fixing it.

Apologies for the delay it will cause.

Book Release!!!!

2008-01-08T14:51:00.000-08:00

Tonight I have just approved my first book for general release.

Within six to eight weeks you can order my anthology; Vampire City and Tales from the shadows from online retailers and/or book shops.

Also you can buy it directly from my lulu storefront here:

http://stores.lulu.com/matts-tales

Happy reading.

Dead Serious:- Update | Bot rant...

2008-01-05T13:30:00.000-08:00

News for fans of Dead Serious, Day Fourteen is now up on the site!

I've also given the 'Dead Serious' page a bit of a makeover so you can access the days quicker without having to scroll down too much.

Anway hope you enjoy the next dose of undead action!

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I also want to talk about BOTS, they are little programs that search for forums and then create accounts so they can post links to websites (usually of an adult nature). To tackle the issue of them joining my forum I've activated a Admin approval system, in which every new member is required to wait till I've checked them out before they can post. However even this has been unsuccessful and I've been getting swamped by bots. I think as of today I've had to delete over 100 fake accounts created by a bot.

I don't know about you, but it's seriously annoying.

Well if anyone has an idea on how to stop the bots feel free to comment!

Enjoy your weekend!

2008:- A new year

2008-01-02T03:56:00.000-08:00

Hey I hope everyone enjoyed their new year's celebration.

2008 is going to be busy for me as I want to get my head down and sort out a few things such as my book which has been dragging on for far too long.

So stay tuned for more info as it comes

Update: Dead Serious

2007-12-17T15:10:00.000-08:00

Day thirteen is now up on the site.

Enjoy.

Also I will be busy this coming weekend so I probablly won't post again until after christmas.

So let me wish everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year!

Dead Serious:- A summary

2007-12-14T12:01:00.000-08:00

Dead Serious is an on-going project linked with the website: www.nocturnalstillness.com and is a serial zombie story. It is written in a simple day-by-day format from the initial infection and then following groups of survivors as the try to stay alive. Each day can be read seperate but some follow on from the other as they can switch between current survivors and new survivors as well as new survivors crossing into the area that old survivors are in without interacting with them.

As of today there are currently thirteen days written up; Day 0 (zero) to Day 12 and I am currently in the middle of day 13.

People seem to be enjoying the stories so far so thats a good thing. I plan to keep writing until I run out of survivors or even perhaps the outbreak is wiped out for good, maybe even have the last surviving human on the planet finally learns how to cure the infected days after killing the last zombie...wouldn't that be ironic? Well I'll just have to see where the story takes me.

So on that note I'll sign off for this post, keep reading and I hope keep enjoying what you read :)

To do list

2007-12-11T15:42:00.000-08:00

Here are the following projects I am currently working on:

1) Dead Serious :- as mentioned in my first post, this is an on-going story and will be added to periodically depending on my spare time etc.

2) Vampire City and Tales from the Shadows :- My main book, this has been on and off for awhile now, to sum it up I've written it up and have sent a few copies out for reader input, due to the approaching christmas this won't see a release until the new year.

3) Lost Descendant :- this is the follow up book and is currently a WIP currently eighteen chapters so far.

4) I've also got the following WIP to work on; Shadow of an angel, O.A.Z and Mem-re-call

5) I'm also helping a friend with the back story for his text-based role-playing game.

6) Personal commitments (i.e. work, family, friends etc)

As you can see my time is quite packed at the moment, so if I don't post much I haven't gave up just can't post. Though I've set myself a target of posting at least one post a week, so feel free to come back to see what I'm rambling about.

A new beginning

2007-12-11T14:56:00.000-08:00

Well first of all let me say Hello. My name is Matthew and I like to think I'm a writer and a decent one at that. Well I currently own and run two websites; namely http://www.nocturnalstillness.com/ which is an online story site, which features an ongoing zombie serial called Dead Serious set in a day by day format (it is currently twelve days long with day thirteen about 25% written) as well as other stories and the opportunity for other writers to submit their own tales. It also has a forum which is currently not very active (hopefully though this blog will lead more people to join). I also run http://www.matts-tales.com/ which is my official website which gives information about my forthcoming book(s) as well as offer people the chance to check out my work in a preview section.

The title of this post I called 'a new beginning' solely because this blog will be a new attempt to get more people interested in my work as well as offer people who are already interested to go to one place to find the latest news on my work.

Well thank you for reading and hopefully I've interested you enough to come back to read more ramblings from me.