Author: Steph P. Bianchini
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Historical Fiction Series -what’s on my plate in fall 2018
After a few months of intense historical research and fieldwork for my articles -more about that in future posts- I’ve decided I need a break…
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Outer Space and Martin Rees – reading suggestions
Every space lover has heard of Martin Rees, I bet. He’s (among other things) a UK Astronomer Royal and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and…
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Space Features of the Week (12 August)
In the latest weeks I couldn’t do my usual science &space round-ups, so here it is, with some recent and less recent, but still…
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WWW Wednesday: 8 August 2018
The WWW Wednesday meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. It’s a great way to do a weekly…
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Best applications for writing
If you are like me, and writing is part of your full-time job and/or takes up all your free time, you might well regularly…
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Edinburgh Book Festival 2018
As every year, Edinburgh Book Festival is the writing event to look forward to in the summer. It is one of the largest public…
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Jupiter’s New Moons
If you thought (like me) that Jupiter only had 65 moons, get ready to be surprised: according to NASA, there are (at least) 12…
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Eurocon 2018, France, 19-21 July
In case you have a free weekend in front of you and you’re not too far away from France, this is an event you…
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Blood Moon 2018: Total Lunar Eclipse on July 27
Are you excited? You should. There is a total lunar eclipse coming up just in two weeks -on July 27, to be precise –…
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“The Eobshin Song” in Aurealis #112
My SF story “The Eobshin Song” has been included in Aurealis #112. Squee! I’ve been reading this magazine since my years in Hong Kong…
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Markets for your Haiku
If you like me love the short-short form both in fiction and poetry, you already know what haiku (and other short poetry forms, such…
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Wordbuilding -Creating your alien life
I have already written in the past about how alien (in the sense of odd) nature can possibly be. Today I’d like to explore the…
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Best 2018 Pictures from Space
In the past, I’ve often featured a few amazing snapshots taken from Hubble, Chandra and the various space probes on this blog. It has…
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“Ligeia is Waiting” podcast now live on 600 Second Saga
My science fiction flash set on Saturn’s moon Titan is now a podcast. Hear it here, narrated by the amazing Mariah Avix of 600 Second…
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Teaser Tuesday (19 Jun)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read…
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Meet Ultima Thule, New Horizons’ Next Target
Everybody remembers New Horizons, right? The probe, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in January 2006, did a truly historic flyby of Pluto on July 14,…
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WWW Wednesday: 13 June 2018
The WWW Wednesday meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. It’s a great way to do…
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All eyes on Mars
Curiosity (NASA’s rover launched in 2011 and that landed on the Martian surface on August 6, 2012) keeps delivering. Today, NASA announced that the rover “has…
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Pitch your novel. Best Twitter parties
If you have a complete (and polished) novel you want to find an agent and/or a publisher for, AND you’re NOT engaging in any…
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Meet Sinosfera, SF in translation
SF in translation, as a phenomenon, is nothing new, of course. (Amazing) translated literature is as old as the literature itself, and SF is…
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Space Features of the Week (26 May)
It has been a while since I’ve done this, so I think a quick roundup of some interesting space and science features recently in…
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ESA, Galileo, and Brexit -an ongoing quarrel
I generally do not talk about the EU politics on this blog (I have enough of it in my full-time job) but this story…
