What does science tell us about how stars affect their planets?
Friday Features
The Cutting Room: I Repeat
When your favorite words become a problem
On Writing: From A Certain Point of View
Telling the same story from different angles
Sci-Fi Reviewed: Murderbot
How Apple TV+ adapted one of my favorite novels and learned to laugh at sci-fi
Islands in the Sky
How the modern sci-fi writer can faithfully depict space colonies: the inverted, artificial worlds future humans may call home
The Cutting Room: The Readers
A look at all the people who read a story before it hits the shelves
On Writing: Following the Words
Learning when to step away from a project, and try something else
Sci-Fi Reviewed: Foundation
How Apple TV+ turned Isaac Asimov's crowning masterpiece into the next great sci-fi epic
Alone in the Universe
How the modern sci-fi writer can deal with the apparent radio silence of our galaxy
The Cutting Room: It Takes A Village
Why having a critique group is crucial for the editing process of an emerging writer
Michael T. Kuester 