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.
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
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… Read more 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 foreign 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 strike at the stories they build. And because we are Homo… Read more The Ricepunk Manifesto
The Poetry Machine
I’ve always admired the translations of Chinese poetry – I’m no expert on the field, but there are two poets named Du Fu and Li Bai that I really like. They were legendary masters from the Great Tang Dynasty, and (if the translations are accurate), they had a phenomenal talent for freezing a moment and… Read more The Poetry Machine