The Military Science Fiction Podcast

The team invites Steve Beaulieu, author (as Jaime Castle) and co-owner of Athon Books on the show to talk about the publishing side of military science fiction, what the future of the genre holds and…

James and Jeff discuss what makes a great military science fiction cover (or any genre fiction) as well as what makes a great side character in MILSF, and why we don't see more novels about heroic co…

In this episode we start a multi-episode conversation that gets very in the weeds on how to take a series from conception to summary, plot, chapter outline and even deeper.

The Military Science Ficti…

Josh and Rick talk about how they name ships, vehicles and weapons in their stories, how names can have meaning and dropships probably don't need a name.

The Military Science Fiction Podcast, with Ri…

Jeff and James talk about their new co-writing project in the Grimm's War universe, and a bit more about how to approach a project like this, how to find new stories in an existing world. Jeff also c…

Technology continues to advance and its impacts on military operations  can change everything... and sometimes War, War never changes.

In this episode we talk about crafting stories that include chan…

Military Science Fiction presents some unique opportunities to explore villains. 

The same rules of great villains apply, but in MILSF you get to play with rank, weapon systems, politics, aliens, a w…

On the first day of 2025, we round the corner into Season 2 of the podcast! Today we're talking about plans for the new year, for ourselves and for the show. When you look forward, you can't help loo…

It's one thing to love Military Science Fiction, another thing to have written a MILSF book, and yet another to keep doing it, even when sales might be down or a story's reception different than you …

The 2014 film Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton, has all the fixin's of an excellent milsf story, with the added twist of time travel (or is it multiverse?), showcasi…

We came to Military Science Fiction from a love of military history, lessons learned, mistakes made, and the hard decisions made by real people in the past. Today we talk about how we love to see his…

Finishing a book, selling books and building audience are all different skills, and today we talk about some of the industry advice that gets left out of new author pep talks. We're nice, we promise.
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From Clip vs Magazine to Unit Details to calling NCOs sir, Military Science Fiction might have more pitfalls than any other genre. Readers have expectations in a great story, military action dictates…

Despite being science fiction, periods in Military SF are often defined by the conflicts readers are most familiar with. From World War II to Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan, the types of conflicts c…

A second in-depth discussion of story-building around invading a hostile planet. What are some analogs with history? What makes this sort of story better? Hang out with us while we point out what Ava…

Today we answer some viewer questions about interacting with fans and how to respond to reviews. A good discussion on dealing with criticism in general, and how Military Science Fiction can appeal to…

Today we host our first interview with Science Fiction author Richard Fox. 
Richard is the accomplished military science fiction author of the Ember War Series, Terran Armor Corps, Ascent to Empire w…

It's Aaaaaaarmy training, sir!
Today we talk about ways to use training in MilSF. From Basic Training to rehearsals to hip-pocket training to fill hours of hurryupandwait, training is a major part of…

Considering the missions being carried out by the U.S. military to support victims of the natural disasters in North Carolina and Florida, we figured this would be a good time to talk about humanitar…

A member of the Discord asked how we transitioned from the military to writing Military Science Fiction. We tackle the question and talk about some of the challenges of writing while serving and work…