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M.G. Herron

Science Fiction Author in Austin, TX

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Lester Dent’s Pulp Paper Master Fiction Plot Formula

M.G. Herron · Jan 23, 2015 · 3 Comments

A downloadable, printable PDF of Lester Dent’s iunfamous Pulp Paper Master Fiction Plot. Learn plot from one of the best writer’s of the pulp magazine era.

Best Answers from Neil Gaiman’s Live Twitter Chat

M.G. Herron · Jan 22, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Neil Gaiman started picking out questions to answer around 5pm Central on January 22nd, 2015. These are my favorite responses.

A Scifi Look at BBC’s Timeline of the Far Future

M.G. Herron · Jan 19, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Check out BBC’s timeline of the far future, and consider how it can be useful for a scifi writer contemplating story ideas. Even a writer with a sinus infection.

From A Break Between Writing Projects

M.G. Herron · Jan 17, 2015 · 1 Comment

I like having this small gap between projects. It’s good to breathe for a day or two (no more!). I like it almost as much as I like knowing exactly what I’ll be working on next. Both are part of the flow, the magic, that keeps the words coming.

2015 Writing Goals

M.G. Herron · Jan 5, 2015 · 3 Comments

Realistic expectations for my writing goals this year based on what I learned in 2014 about my own writing process and self-publishing in general.

Writing Out of Order

M.G. Herron · Jan 4, 2015 · Leave a Comment

What are Reverse Foreshadowing and Reverse Salting and why do they matter in writing? Plus, a couple nuggets of wisdom from writers more experienced than me.

2014 Writing Goals Retrospective

M.G. Herron · Dec 20, 2014 · 1 Comment

Earlier this year, I laid out a few writing goals for 2014. I updated a few months later, and have been quiet about them since.

Why? Let’s just say the year did not go according to plan.

Interstellar Downplays Its Scifi Bent

M.G. Herron · Dec 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Whoever cut the trailers left out all the fun stuff—wormholes and Goldilocks zone planets and the malleability of relative spacetime. I went in expecting to watch a midwestern melodrama, and exited the theater having experienced a post-apocalyptic scifi thriller.

How to Be Successful: 5 Lessons from Sherlock Holmes

M.G. Herron · Nov 26, 2014 · 4 Comments

Sherlock Holmes is undeniably a talented and creative character. But is that what makes him successful? This article was originally published by a blog called Life Optimizer, and later syndicated by The Globe and Mail.

Professionalism as a State of Mind

M.G. Herron · Nov 17, 2014 · 4 Comments

Professionalism is not so much a fact of being as an attitude that one can assume. Learn how to act like a pro and what Steven Pressfield has to say about Resistance.

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