Location: Canada
Member Since: Jan. 30, 2010
2 users have added this author as a favorite.

Matt D. Williams


Biography

What is it about writing a bio that so clearly puts your existence into perspective at the bottom of the grand scale of important things? You don’t want to over-embellish and seem like you’re full of yourself right? But then you don’t want to sound boring. In the interest of giving others a chance, I’ll leave out the stuff about being an astronaut archaeologist.

I grew up in Ridgeway, Ontario, swimming in Lake Erie when we didn’t realize it was toxic and having adventures in forests now flattened for suburbs. Then I found movies.

Thinking back, I have to place the original Star Wars trilogy as one of the biggest influences on my childhood. Or maybe Back to the Future...or Indiana Jones...or Bill and Ted. Wow, the eighties. When you filter out the crap, we had an unfair amount of awesome stuff.

An attempt at breaking out of the bland doldrums of a nine-to-five computer service job was what drove me to take a shot at writing. It was something I also used to love doing when I was younger. If girls, sports and music hadn’t dragged me away from writing as I got older, who knows what would have come of it? My bet is that it would have been of more worth than what came of the results in the fields above.

When I’m not writing or working, I like to try to save time for hiking, reading, playing guitar and drums and spending time with my wonderful wife. Luckily she loves movies.

Where to find Matt D. Williams online

Website: http://www.jakphoenix.com
Twitter: mattwilliams79
Facebook: Facebook profile
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jakphoenix
Blog: http://mattdwilliams.wordpress.com/

Where to buy in print

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0986526614/?tag=azorscrowpubl-20

Books

Jak Phoenix: Paid in Full (A Short Story)    by Matt D. Williams
Price: Free! 6790 words. Published on January 30, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
An all new Jak Phoenix space adventure, set before the events of the first novel! Jak and Baxter are asked to pull off a seemingly simple grab – for a big payout. Unfortunately, shady dealings frequently end in space shenanigans.
Jak Phoenix    by Matt D. Williams
Price: $1.99 USD. 78780 words. Published on January 31, 2010. Fiction.
0.75 star(3.67 from 3 reviews)
Jak is a pilot who would rather kick back with a cold drink than stick his neck out to save the galaxy. But, as we all know, life often gets in the way of these ‘big dreams.’ In the spirit of space operas of old, comes a light hearted, action packed novel following the exploits of the best low quality pirate in the galaxy - Jak Phoenix.

Matt D. Williams’s tag cloud

jak phoenix    jak phoenix space pirate    science fiction    science fiction action    science fiction adventure    scifi    scifi action    scifi humor    sf    sf action    space action    space action scifi action    space adventure    space humor    space opera    space opera science fiction    space pirate   

Matt D. Williams's favorite authors on Smashwords


Smashwords book reviews by Matt D. Williams

  • Future Useless on Feb. 01, 2011
    star star star star star
    A very interesting and though provoking story. As soon as the journal entries hit, I was hooked. Written in way that invites new readers of sci-fi, I have to recommend it!
  • Redtooth on Feb. 05, 2011
    star star star star star
    Quite funny, yet written in a way that keeps the pace rolling fast. I like it!
  • Say Goodbye on Feb. 13, 2011
    star star star star star
    Great fast paced book. Seemingly realistic and accurate due to the author's real-life US Air Force experience. I'd also recommend this to any fans of classic Tom Clancy. Looking forward to The Long Road Home!