Angels High by Matt Crowther

by **Carrie** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:18 pm

What a charming story, Matt. I'm very glad you have come back to writing at SHQ. I'm sorry to hear about your personal problems, I hope writing is a help, there are many of us here who find it so.
I hope you won't take this the wrong way, but this story shows a new maturity in your writing, it is nicely descriptive without being overblown, you have a good knowledge of your WW2 subjects, which you conveyed very well without being at all tedious in the construction. Your characters have the right amount of nuance and your dialogue is easy on the ear. I particularly liked the dialogue between the 'old' pilots.
Like yourself, TAG-1015 has energised, so hopefully I'll be able to write some more stories too.
Good show!

by **Marion** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 9:43 pm

I agree: it is a lovely story - and a very original idea as well.
Welcome back, Matt!

by **Matt Crowther** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:55 pm

Don't ask me how but I only just saw this thread which is already over a year old. :oops:

I'm sorry for the delay in acknowledging it and indeed, thank you both profusely for your comments. The story was slightly tweaked when Chris emailed me about putting it up for Remembrance in 2016. But my writing has massively changed, or seems to me it has, since my halycon days of 2004.But no, Carrie, I don't take your comments wrong. I'm blushing at the compliment all the same.

by **Carrie** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 11:08 pm

A year old..crumbs..that's scary!
No apology necessary, Matt. :-;)

by **Matt Crowther** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 10:49 pm

Thank you

I should say that my dialogue usually comes to my stories, non-fanfic stuff anyway, snippily for whatever reason. I like interplay. The book Piece of Cake by Derek Robinson has served as inspiration for my Battle of Britain stories ever since I first read it.