Michael Miller

Not all who wander are lost, but some could use a map anyway

A WWII DD-450 Destroyer under full steam - inspiration for writing space opera battles !

Winning battles by throwing vegetables

April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 mm

Any decent space opera is littered with battles, and while there is a dearth of real life space battles to research, there are abundant lessons to be learned from researching […]

Ornate arches, painted with elephants in a strong eastern style, frame a beaten motorcyle on a run down street. It's impossible to tell if we are in the future or in the past, the two styles space opera melds so well.

The abandoned mansions of billionaires

April 12, 2016April 12, 2016 mm

I’m convinced that humanity has forgotten more than it remembers. If we ever do spread to the stars, how many more incredible stories will simply fade into forgotten corners? Science […]