M.G. Herron

Science Fiction Author in Austin, TX

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Huge giveaway of signed science fiction paperbacks

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I’m involved with this incredibly massive signed paperback giveaway over at Sci-Fi Bridge. They’ve got such an amazing deal going on right now I can hardly believe it myself, and it just seems a crime not to share it. The giveaways SFB does are particularly special because everyone is a winner. Those who sign up […]

Copyedits in for The Alien Element

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Yesterday afternoon, my editor got back in touch with copyedits for The Alien Element. Right on schedule! I hustled to get them all entered today. This is a simple but slow process where I take the changes back in to Scrivener, which I’ll use to produce the ebook version. It was after dinner, nearly 11pm […]

Reading: Star Nomad

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Star Nomad (Fallen Empire, Book 1) by Lindsay Buroker I read this science fiction novel when I was traveling back in April. Star Nomad by Lindsay Buroker is a fun, satisfying story that promises to be the beginning of a great intergalactic adventure, empire versus rebels style. It reminded me of Star Wars media novels in […]

Steady As You Go

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I completed the second draft of Tales of the Republic on Sunday—a full week past the crazy insane Jan 15 deadline I set. So it took longer than expected, but I got it done. And I would have blogged about it sooner, but writing and freelance work and life (and trying not to mold my ass too firmly […]

What Is Speculative Fiction?

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Is speculative fiction the same as science fiction and fantasy? Here’s a popular definition of speculative fiction, some reading recommendations, and an introduction to the debate about the term among the SF community.