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Create An Appealing Book Cover with Canva

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on May 16, 2017May 16, 2017

Throughout the years as I’ve read books and articles about writing fiction, the one thing that has stuck in my mind is the hook. You need to hook your reader. The first paragraph, the first sentence, it’s all important. You have to get it right. Screw it up and your reader may not get past […]

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The Descent – [Short Story]

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on May 8, 2017May 8, 2017

Denton Staxx sat at his desk, engrossed in the latest commentary from the Interplanetary Olympic games when a chirp in his ear notified him that a new case had been assigned to him. He tapped an area just behind his ear to acknowledge receipt. His attention drifted back to the holographic commentators hovering just inches […]

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Humphrey – A Short Story

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on February 1, 2017January 31, 2017

[su_note radius=”7″]Originally posted on Wattpad for a SciFi Challenge. The challenge was to write a story about a mad scientist and include three of a handful of sentences determined by the challenge panel. These have been marked with bold text in the story below. The story is really built around these statements.[/su_note] The Dome. That’s […]

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One Year of Writing Challenges – Now What?

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on September 12, 2016September 11, 2016

In September, 2015, I discovered the monthly writing challenge on Twitter. The goal seemed simple: write 500 words per day or edit for one hour per day. Since I had just started getting back into writing fiction again after a long hiatus, it seemed like a good way to keep me going. Now, a year […]

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Telling A Story With Code

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on July 1, 2016

Writing fiction is in many ways an outlet. It allows the thoughts and ideas that swirl around in your mind all day long. Ideas take a step closer to becoming reality. The lives of fictional figures begin as their adventures are chronicled by the millions of writers out there while worlds are born, from galaxies […]

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The Craving

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on March 25, 2016March 25, 2016

The Craving was written for a science fiction challenge over on Wattpad (Challenge 29 to be precise). The challenge was as follows: Create your own Massive Dynamics (of Fringe fame) and tell the story of what technology you would bring over from the other side to our world and what effect it would have […]

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Driftwood Key Featured on Wattpad and Tablo

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on December 20, 2015December 20, 2015

A few years back, about six or so, I participated in the 3-Day Novel Writing Contest. It’s a crazy whirlwind experience that takes place over Labor Day weekend here in the USA. To finish, you have to write, format and print (at least back then) a novel in three days, starting Friday night at midnight, […]