Episode 43: M.G. Herron - Story Planning, Kickstarter for Authors, and The Aliens Among Us

Episode 43: M.G. Herron - Story Planning, Kickstarter for Authors, and The Aliens Among Us

In this episode, I chat with M.G. Herron about using Kickstarter to fund and promote books, how he approaches his story creation, and the aliens among us. We also discuss his enjoyment of hiking and rock climbing, why he loves Scrivener, and ancient civilization portal stories.

As usual, there's also The Lightning Round and The Big Questions.


Books of his we discuss are: The Gunn Files, Relics of the Ancients, The Translocator Trilogy.


Further info on this and other episodes, as well as author info and content, can be found at AlternateFutures.co.uk


If you're on Wordpress.com, you can follow the podcast at alternatefuturespodcast.wordpress.com


Finally, you can follow my articles on science fiction, socio-technological issues, and futurism at alternatefutures.substack.com

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Episode 19: Kathleen McClure - Outrageous Fiction!

Episode 19: Kathleen McClure - Outrageous Fiction!

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Episode 18: Doug J Cooper - The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent AI

Episode 18: Doug J Cooper - The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent AI

In this episode, I chat with professor emeritus and science fiction author Doug J Cooper. He shares how he got started writing later in life, his interest in artificial intelligence and how it feature...

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Episode 17: T.W. Piperbrook - on Zombies and Werewolves and plagues. Oh My!

Episode 17: T.W. Piperbrook - on Zombies and Werewolves and plagues. Oh My!

In this episode, I chat with former punk musician and post-apocalyptic science fiction author T.W. Piperbrook. He shares his early writing experiences submitting stories to publishers as a kid, the us...

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Episode 16: J.W. Elliot - Anticipating the Future by Studying the Past

Episode 16: J.W. Elliot - Anticipating the Future by Studying the Past

In this episode, I chat with historian and science fiction author J.W. Elliot. We discuss topics ranging from crafting longbows and how lessons from The Inquisition can be applied to the present, to t...

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Episode 15: Devon C Ford - The Apocalypse isn't as Fun to Live as it is to Write.

Episode 15: Devon C Ford - The Apocalypse isn't as Fun to Live as it is to Write.

In this episode, I chat with post-apocalypse author Devon C Ford on topics ranging from channeling his experiences with the best and worst of society into apocalypse survival stories and why living th...

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Episode 14: M.D. Cooper on writing far future sci-fi, considerations on the pathway to interstellar colonization, and how raising children is like uplifting a civilization.

Episode 14: M.D. Cooper on writing far future sci-fi, considerations on the pathway to interstellar colonization, and how raising children is like uplifting a civilization.

In this episode, I chat with military SF author M.D. Cooper on how she developed her Aeon-14 far future science fiction universe, what it takes to turn out 100+ books in six years, social and technolo...

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Episode 13: The nature of writing sci-fi, the challenging speed of technological development, and the goal of 'plausible' not 'perfect' predictions with Gerald M. Kilby

Episode 13: The nature of writing sci-fi, the challenging speed of technological development, and the goal of 'plausible' not 'perfect' predictions with Gerald M. Kilby

In the first Alternate Futures episode of 2022, I chat with Gerald M Kilby on the nature of writing science fiction, the challenging speed of modern technological development for our institutions, and...

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Episode 12: 2021 Wrap-up episode + Giveaway

Episode 12: 2021 Wrap-up episode + Giveaway

This episode is a short year end wrap-up. I also answer the two questions I've been asking my guests all season, and I give you a story intro teaser for the Fractured Eternity series I'm starting. Fin...

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