James S. Aaron, Rick Partlow, Josh Hayes, Jeffery H. Haskell
Welcome to the Military Science Fiction Podcast. We’re four veterans who were crazy enough to become writers, and we’re here to talk about what makes great Mili...
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 whole gamut of special jerks that the civilian world doesn't get to experience. Motivations can be personal, cultural, or purely professional, but on the whole nobody is satisfied by an incompetent jerk as a villain.
Come hang out with us as we discuss some of our favorite villains, the difference between an obstacle and a villain, and how to make sure the reader understands that the author and their villains don't share the same values, morals, or political leanings.
Let us know what you'd like to see in the comments!
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The Military Science Fiction Podcast, with Rick Partlow, Josh Hayes, Jeffery H. Haskell and James S. Aaron.
Published weekly.
Our Books:
Jeffery H.Haskell: https://amzn.to/3Yaq6VZ
Rick Partlow: https://amzn.to/3W74AzL
Josh Hayes: https://amzn.to/3Wdcpmz
James S. Aaron: https://amzn.to/4eTVDBa
Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/milsfpod
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MILSFPOD S2E01 2025 Plans for Ourselves and the Podcast
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 looking back a bit, so there's also some review of 2024 and how things went.
Let us know what you'd like to see in the comments!
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The Military Science Fiction Podcast, with Rick Partlow, Josh Hayes, Jeffery H. Haskell and James S. Aaron.
Published weekly.
Our Books:
Jeffery H.Haskell: https://amzn.to/3Yaq6VZ
Rick Partlow: https://amzn.to/3W74AzL
Josh Hayes: https://amzn.to/3Wdcpmz
James S. Aaron: https://amzn.to/4eTVDBa
Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/milsfpod
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MILSFPOD S01E25 What Keeps Us Writing
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 hoped (sometimes in a great way!)
In today's episode we talk about what kept us writing and what keeps us going, even when the going gets tough. (In Rick Partlow's case, on to 75+ novels!)
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The Military Science Fiction Podcast, with Rick Partlow, Josh Hayes, Jeffery H. Haskell and James S. Aaron.
Published weekly.
Our Books:
Jeffery H.Haskell: https://amzn.to/3Yaq6VZ
Rick Partlow: https://amzn.to/3W74AzL
Josh Hayes: https://amzn.to/3Wdcpmz
James S. Aaron: https://amzn.to/4eTVDBa
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/cWhYFdAZ
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MILSFPOD S01E24 Edge of Tomorrow Review
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?), showcasing a soldier who experiences a riveting journey from coward to hardened veteran. Do we have to say we like this movie? It's great, and if you haven't seen it, stop reading this and seek it out. Sure, we have some criticisms, but we critique out of love, and there's still plenty to learn from this story.
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The Military Science Fiction Podcast, with Rick Partlow, Josh Hayes, Jeffery H. Haskell and James S. Aaron.
Published weekly.
Our Books:
Jeffery H.Haskell: https://amzn.to/3Yaq6VZ
Rick Partlow: https://amzn.to/3W74AzL
Josh Hayes: https://amzn.to/3Wdcpmz
James S. Aaron: https://amzn.to/4eTVDBa
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/dkWb9ejQ
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MILSFPOD S01E23 Future Battles Using Military History
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 history used in stories, and what works and what doesn't.
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The Military Science Fiction Podcast, with Rick Partlow, Josh Hayes, Jeffery H. Haskell and James S. Aaron.
Published weekly.
Our Books:
Jeffery H.Haskell: https://amzn.to/3Yaq6VZ
Rick Partlow: https://amzn.to/3W74AzL
Josh Hayes: https://amzn.to/3Wdcpmz
James S. Aaron: https://amzn.to/4eTVDBa
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/RjGG4vH7
Tell someone about the podcast or do pushups.
Welcome to the Military Science Fiction Podcast. We’re four veterans who were crazy enough to become writers, and we’re here to talk about what makes great Military SF, the greatest niche within a niche of any fiction. More niche than the Coast Guard.
On board is Rick Partlow, author of more than sixty novels, including Contact Front and the Drop Trooper series, Jeffery H. Haskell, author of the Grimm’s War series, as well as the Wraith and Arsenal superhero series, Josh Hayes, author of the Valor Series and the Operations Manager and Head of Thriller Acquisitions for Aethon Books, and I’m James S. Aaron, author of the Aeon 14: Sentience Wars and Galactic Law series.
Between the four of us, we bring more than a hundred novels written (most of that is Rick), more than thirty years publishing experience, and on the military side we’d be retired by now if any of us had stuck around.
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