What I have been up to.

Matthew P. Schmidt My Blog Books About FAQs Blog What I have been up to. Apologies for not posting more. Recently, I have been spending most of my time on finishing a story for the 2014 Tuscany Prize. We will see what becomes of it. The Taste for Realism by smithgift...

It’s out!

Matthew P. Schmidt My Blog Books About FAQs Blog It’s out! If you’re wondering about my lack of recent posts, it’s mostly because I’ve been busy working on something. It’s finally out. Here, have some cover art. On a distant planet the...

Spaceships in Fantasy fiction.

Matthew P. Schmidt My Blog Books About FAQs Blog Spaceships in Fantasy fiction. The War Against the Gods is a fantasy series. It also has spaceships. Several drafts ago, the world of tWAtG was a set in a world of shards suspended in the ether. Special etherships would...

Assassinations, Just War Theory, and lower-case gods.

Matthew P. Schmidt My Blog Books About FAQs Blog Assassinations, Just War Theory, and lower-case gods. Their mission was simple: the capture or destruction of the false god known as the Regent of Breezes. This was my first first line of my new novel. As the line...