Dispatches from the Galaxy
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Writing reflections, science essays, character creation, and community updates from Grant Edward Miller.
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Fresh insights on the Life-Line series, world-building, and science fiction.
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Comparing the 3 Galaxies in the Life-Line Series
10 Facts About the Milky Way 10 Facts About the Andromeda Galaxy 10 Facts About the Messier 100 Galaxy Messier 100 (also known as NGC 4321) is a grand-design intermediate spiral galaxy located roughly 55 million light-years from Earth.
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A Different Light by Elizabeth A. Lynn
As a gay man fascinated by science fiction, I’ve read many books over my 60 years. Science fiction was my escape from the struggle of being gay in a small, rural town. I read many authors, including Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, and many more. In their books,…
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Why Do I Need an Editor?
A big part of becoming a writer is understanding why we need an editor. When I first began writing short stories and eventually my first novel, I believed that I was my own editor. I didn’t see a reason to pay someone to edit my manuscript. I couldn’t have been more wrong! Today, I was…
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Where Are All The Aliens?
When I began writing Life-Line: Origins, I decided the novel would include no sentient beings visible to humanity. In the story, humanity focused solely on its own existence and expansion. As a result, they didn’t notice that human evolution had stopped. Over more than a million years, humanity expanded throughout the Milky Way, Andromeda, and…
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What’s in a Name? – Tam and Brogan
One aspect of the writing process is deciding on the names of all the characters. Some of them just appear almost magically, while others take considerable thought. Perhaps readers may ask, “Where did you get the name?” For this blog entry, I would like to focus on the names Tam and Brogan. I’d like to…
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The Trials and Tribulations of Promoting a Self-Published Novel
It’s been almost a year since I self-published my book, Life-Line: Origins through FriesenPress. The whole process was amazing. Since then, I’ve been focussing on marketing my book. I had a book launch here in Nova Scotia in May 2023 that went over really well. I’ve joined Reedsy Discovery, GoodReads AllAuthor and BookBub. I’ve posted…
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