2019 might have had some real low notes in it, but it ended well: I finished the second book in the Commonwealth Empire series, and booped it off to Swati Daftuar at HarperCollins India. I’ve written about this particular beast before. I had a great deal of trouble with the thing. I finished the first… Continue reading The second Commonwealth Empires book is done!
Author: Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
My understanding of science fiction: a personal introspection
In which a Twitter argument forced me to think about my evolving personal definitions of science fiction.
What I learned from The Malazan Book of the Fallen
In which I read the Malazan Book of the Fallen as a writer and talk about the things I’ve learned, from handling themes to the tradeoffs of branching storylines to shaved knuckles in the hole.
Update on the Inhuman Peace (Commonwealth Empires #2)
Saturday. Powercut. I’ve been lying in bed going through the editor’s feedback on the Inhuman Peace (book two of my Commonwealth Empires trilogy).* The feedback for book one and two has has been largely the same: “show us more of this alternate Ceylon!” I had intended the first book to be short, sharp, a setting… Continue reading Update on the Inhuman Peace (Commonwealth Empires #2)
The Ricepunk Manifesto
As a writer, I am powerless. In the face of armies and governments and media corporations with overblown pundits, I am just one beige soul with a keyboard. But I have my words. And while I cannot dispatch these pocket tyrants, I can perhaps strike back in my own way: with stories. Adding, entertaining, exploring,… Continue reading The Ricepunk Manifesto