Category Archives: science fiction

5 Writing Lessons from Homecoming, by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Posted on 13 August 2019 by

Early this year, I binge-watched the first season of the near-future sci-fi dramatic thriller, Homecoming, an Amazon Prime Video series starring Julia Roberts, Stephan James and Bobby Cannavale. I’m not sure if it even qualified as a binge-watch: the show … Continue reading →

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Worldcons – a Newbie Takes a Look by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 16 July 2019 by

I came fairly late to British SF conventions, dipping a toe in the water cautiously (and not terribly happily) in 2007, and then not until Eastercon 2011, where I got into the swing of things and then again in 2012 … Continue reading →

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Books on Writing: What Writers Need (the Nitty-Gritty) by Tiffani Angus

Posted on 2 July 2019 by

I teach writing at the university level—BA, MA, and PhD. What this means is that in addition to my students having to write creatively they also have to write academically, usually in the form of an analysis of their creative … Continue reading →

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Good to Go – Vaughan Stanger reveals what’s behind his recent climate change story

Posted on 25 June 2019 by

Little Blue Marble – an online journal publishing climate change fiction and factual articles – has recently reprinted my SF story Good to Go. What follows summarise my thoughts about this story, which was originally published in Electric Athenaeum in … Continue reading →

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NASA’s Photo Library by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 11 June 2019 by

Great news. NASA has a treat for you. They have made their entire collection of images, sounds, and video available and publicly searchable online. It’s 140,000 photos and other resources available for you to see, or even download and use … Continue reading →

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How to Sell a Lot of SF/F Short Story Reprints – Part 2, by Deborah Walker.

Posted on 4 June 2019 by

Posted on August 15, 2016 This is the second part in a two-part blog post by Deborah Walker. You’ll find the first part here: How to sell a lot of SF/F Short Story Reprints – Part 1. See the original … Continue reading →

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How to Sell a Lot of SF/F Short Story Reprints – Part 1, by Deborah Walker.

Posted on 28 May 2019 by

First posted on August 2, 2016 Please welcome Deborah Walker to the guest spot on the Milford blog for the first of a two-parter on selling reprint stories. Subscribe to the blog so that you don’t miss Part 2 which … Continue reading →

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