stories – Tall Tech Tales

The Descent Joins The Wattpad Paid Stories Program

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on May 14, 2019May 14, 2019

As many of you know, over the last few years I’ve been writing and posting stories, long and short, on Wattpad. I’ve detailed some of my experiences with Wattpad over the years, in particular with regards to my novel The Descent. The Descent was originally written as a 2,000 word short story during the spring months of 2017 (you can read […]

Featured Nanowrimo Writing

Shut It Down And Write – Play Later

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on November 14, 2018October 31, 2018

NaNoWriMo is in full swing at this point and hopefully, you’ve already made some good progress on your story. However, if you’re like many of us out there, there are always other things in life that compete for our attention. Sometimes, they distract and sidetrack us, despite our best efforts. That weekly TV-show that you […]

Featured Nanowrimo Writing

Pace Yourself

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on November 2, 2018October 31, 2018

Trying to reach 1,667 words every day during the month of November is a challenge. I know from experience. I’ve participated on many occasions and I’ve failed to reach 50,000 words more times than I have made it. For some, 1,667 words is not a big deal. They easily go double or triple that and […]

Featured Fiction Writing Nanowrimo Writing

Onward We Go – The Post-Wattys Plan

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 7, 2018October 7, 2018

Today, there’s about 60 or so very excited Wattpad writers out there. They’re part of the winners of one of largest, if not THE largest, writing contest on the planet. Out of 300k+ entries, they made it to the very top. I congratulate them on their well-deserved win. CONGRATULATIONS. Well done! Alas, as for myself, […]

Featured Fiction Writing Flash Fiction Stories Writing

The Shadow Within – Flash Fiction

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 21, 2018

Evening had descended on the village. Stars twinkled in the cloudless night and the bright light of the full moon cast a pale white veil over the cottages. A cool breeze drifted down from the mountains, the trees swaying in harmony as they sang the unintelligible lullabies of the night. In the distance low, dark […]

Featured Short Stories Stories

Beacon – Short Story

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on May 26, 2018

Trevyr sat on the bed in his cabin, his eyes on the monitor that hung on the wall across from him. Sweat trickled down his forehead in the abnormally warm and muggy cabin. The space station, once a barely visible pinprick on the screen, had grown in size to the point where he could make […]

Featured Reading Review

The Making of Gabriel Davenport – A Review

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on January 23, 2018

When I first saw the title to The Making of Gabriel Davenport and the cover image of what appears to be an injured bird, I couldn’t help but wonder what it all meant. What does “making of” mean? What’s the deal with the bird? Is it just injured or is it dead? Maybe something completely different […]

Featured Software Tools Writing

A First Look At The Genre Writing App

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on December 27, 2017

If you’re a writer, chances are you have a favorite app you use for writing, whether it’s Word, Scrivener, Evernote or one of the multitudes of other apps out there. Obviously, we all have our own preferred way of getting our writing done, one way or another. However, no app is perfect. I know I […]

Featured Tall Tech Tales

October Update

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 11, 2017October 10, 2017

Wow, October is here. In fact, it’s halfway done at this point. The leaves have turned, the winds are picking up and the top of the mountains look like they have been sprinkled with powdered sugar. Or, as a certain TV show would say, winter is coming, slowly but surely. I realized a few weeks […]

Featured Reading Review Tools Writing

My Wattpad Experience

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on July 13, 2017July 16, 2017

Since I joined Wattpad almost two years ago, I’ve had mixed feelings about the platform. Quite honestly, at this point in time, I even have a hard time remembering why I even joined, whether it was to read or to have others read my stories. Regardless, throughout these last couple of years, I’ve had an on-off-on-again […]