By Brandon Specktor In 1972, citizen scientist Sir Elton John hypothesized that Mars “ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.” While John’s remarks were never published in a peer-reviewed journal (though they did peak at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart), he’s not wrong about the Red Planet’s inhospitality. With its freezing climate, thin atmosphere […]
Read More Populating a Mars Base Will Be Dangerously UnsexyThe Bronze Skies by Catherine Asaro My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge, the Read the Sequel Challenge, and the Space Opera Challenge. I have a great story to tell about this book before I can offer the review. I was putting together a panel on Speculative […]
Read More Book Review: The Bronze Skies by Catherine AsaroLivestreamed reading of Chapter 1 of Homefront, my Toy Soldier Saga novella, which appeared in the limited edition On the Horizon book bundle! Want the rest of the story? You can get it here or here, or you could sign up for my Patreon at the $2 a month plus level, which will give you […]
Read More Homefront: Toy Soldier Saga Livestreamed Reading!I was recently featured on the Edge of the Unknown paranormal radio show, where I talk about all the stuff I’m doing, my work, being Pagan, and more. You can listen here:
Read More On the Edge of the UnknownI’m offering livestreamed readings of Homefront strictly for my Patrons! $2 or up per month gets you the audio packages, which includes Mp3 audio files of my stories; and this month, that includes live readings of my new Toy Soldier Saga novella Homefront. I will be reading one chapter per night at 8 pm Pacific […]
Read More Livestreamed Readings of Homefront!It’s finally release day for the On the Horizon Book Bundle! If you haven’t got your copy yet, you can get it here: https://amzn.to/2HMH56H or here: https://www.books2read.com/u/bQBgZP. And why wouldn’t you want a copy of this awesome set? 22 novellas and novels by 21 different authors in worlds of low or no tech! Features my […]
Read More On the Horizon RELEASE DAY!Originally posted on The Toy Soldier Saga:
? Welcome to another Friday Author Spotlight! This week Diane Morrison is here to tell us about her novel, Homefront, which is part of the On the Horizon Bundle. She’ll also be sharing an excerpt from her book, so keep reading! Diane Morrison lives with her partners in Vernon, BC, where…
By Robbie Gonzales HALF A CENTURY ago, astronomers observed their first pulsar: a dead, distant, ludicrously dense star that emitted pulses of radiation with remarkable regularity. So consistent was the object’s signal that astronomers jokingly nicknamed it LGM-1, short for “little green men.” It wasn’t long before scientists detected more signals like LGM-1. That decreased the […]
Read More We Can Navigate Using Pulsars: Where to Now?Science fiction and fantasy mashups are popular right now. They give us an excuse to abandon typical SFF tropes for elements we’re familiar with in other genre fiction. Here’s some tips and tricks for successful plotting and worldbuilding in a mashup genre: Familiarize Yourself with the Blended Genre Okay, so you’re writing a space opera […]
Read More Successful Worldbuilding in SFF Mashups
