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Author · Storyteller
Matthew Wood
@matthewwood
Writer interested in historical fiction, storytelling and all the strange practical decisions involved in turning drafts into books.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Matthew Wood writes mainly in historical fiction and enjoys discussing both the creative and practical sides of making books, from early drafts to finished editions.
A story does not need to explain everything to know what it means.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Matthew Wood
On the writing desk
Currently creating
Early draft
The Cartographer's Silence
In 1797, a provincial surveyor in the Scottish Lowlands is sent to trace a disputed estate boundary after a violent death leaves the local records suddenly incomplete. As he follows old maps, parish gossip and altered ledgers, he finds the missing line may be hiding a much older crime. The work becomes less about drawing a boundary than deciding who has the right to define the past.
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Draft progress
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