Anniversary
Today was an anniversary, of sorts… of the sort we choose to celebrate. It’s been almost three years since I met Lime, and the story of how we met is worth telling, so that’s going to be my post for today.
In winter 2004, I spent a couple of months in India, and about half that [...]
If there’s anyone who’ve gotten SCIM working in Ubuntu 6.10…
I’d sure appreciate your help. Because I’ve failed to manage it and nothing online seems to be helping.
Sale #1
Sold my first story today! Pahwakhe, to Fantasy magazine. See here.
(Amusingly, several people I know contacted me to congratulate me, before I even saw the acceptance email. I was sleeping and found my email inbox full.)
I’m pleased. It’s encouraging, because up to now, I’ve mostly been writing in a void and sending off stories into [...]
Valentine Blogging
You know you’re a good match when you meet up in downtown Seoul and go for Indian food, and flowers and chocolate and a little walk together, and you’re both still elated to see one another after almost 3 years.
More on how we met soon… an anniversary post is in the works. But for now, [...]
Almost But Didn’t So Instead
I was thinking of heading into town to take in a lecture on North Korean propaganda, but decided I really didn’t feel like it, so instead I went out for dinner, had some coffee, and read most of the remainder of the October/November 2006 issue of F&SF (I’m trying to catch up on my subscription, [...]
ABC’s of me
ganked from Writing Under a Pseudonym
A- Available or single? No. Sorry to disappoint.
B- Best Friend? Lime.
C- Cake or Pie? Definitely pie.
D- Drink of Choice? Water, actually.
E- Essential Item? I agree with Jade: my laptop.
F- Favorite Color? Haven’t had one since elementary school.
G- Gummi Bears or Worms? No thanks. I’ll have some peach licorice, though.
H- Hometown? [...]
Escape Pod Contest
This is a reminder that a bunch of cool people — tinaconolly, velourmane , spezzatura, and diekreuzen — all have stories up at the Escape Pod contest, which is in the forums over at Escape Pod.
Oh, and so do I, and my story is now among those online!
I won’t say which one it is, but [...]
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Recently Published Stories
- "The Country of the Young." Interzone 219 (Dec. 2008).
- "Dhuluma No More," read by David Munger. Podcast by Starship Sofa. (5 November 2008.)
- "Wonjjang and the Madman of Pyongyang," available in the annual Canadian SF anthology Tesseracts Twelve, edited by Claude Lalumière.
- "Dhuluma No More." Asimov's SF October/November 2008. (Fictionwise eMagazine edition of the magazine available here.)
- "Lester Young and the Jupiter's Moons' Blues." Asimov's SF, July 2008. (Fictionwise eMagazine edition available here.)- "Pahwakhe" -- Fantasy magazine, 21 January 2008. Or listen to the Podcastle Podcast here (from 2 May 2008)!
- "The Egan Thief" -- Flurb #4, Fall/Winter 2007.
- "Junk" -- Nature, Vol 448: 2 August, 2007. (PDF also available.) -
Recent Articles
- "How Candle Girl and V Took on 2MB." Clarkesworld, October 2008.
- XY column installment: Why Are Women More Religious? at Cahoots Magazine. (Fall 2008)- "Fending Off Discontentment." The Korea Herald, 25 September 2008.
- "Another Undiscovered Country: An Analysis of the Effects of Culture on the Reception and Adoption of the Science Fiction Genre in South Korea Through The Examination of 21st Century Korean SF Cinema." (Alt. link for those without Hangeul on their PCs.) Presented at the 4th International Congress of Korean Studies.
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- "Planet Crazy" in Cahoots Magazine, Spring 2008. -
Grab Some Music
Korean indie rock with lost saxophone in tow:
- Product by Dabang Band (2004)
- Pig Over Seoul by Dabang Band (2002)Live acoustic/electronic ambient chillout:
- Live 1998 by ApocryphaCrusty, weird modern classical student compositions: - an assortment of compositions I wrote as an undergrad from 1995-1996.
If you're one of those people who is into owning the physical CD, Dabang Band's 2nd album, Product:
... is still available via YesAsia. I won't see a cent either way, but it's a pretty nice, ahem, product.
