WOTF rockstar Sonia Helbig kindly let me know of a review of my story “Pahwakhe” by Carol Riles at the Writing Walking Whatever blog. It’s ever so flattering and ever so positive, and I appreciated it, since I think it’s the first review of something I’ve written by someone who didn’t know me personally…...
Read more →One thing I got to say — the raised pedestrian walkways make life a lot easier. I wish they were building that in Seoul, instead of a silly canal to Busan. (So we wouldn’t have to stand at every corner for five minutes waiting to cross the street.) Oh, and the VIP seats in...
Read more →Got my tickets booked up, and now I’m just trying to book places to stay in Bangkok and in Rai Leh. But to get myself in the Bangkok mood, I stopped by Somtow’s World, since he’s probably the most famous Thai I know of, aside from the King, of course. It’s odd I’ve never...
Read more →Yes, on holiday, I am busy busy. Working on getting “Winter Wheat” quite ready. The task for the next couple of days is trimming off 500 words, just to see if I can, thus getting it into the official wordcount limits of Tesseracts12. I also have a minor rewrite request for “Dhuluma No More…”...
Read more →An okay night’s sleep in Luang Prabang has me a little more positive again. I still was trying to get out of the country ASAP, but wouldn’t you know, all the flights are full until the 28th. I saved myself a few days, though — going to Bangkok then. Strangely struck by a disinterest...
Read more →While I was holed up in a small, um, let’s call it a villa near Luang Nam Tha, my story “Pahwakhe” went online at Fantasy. It’s the first story I ever sold — what a welcome encouragement that was! — and it was the first of my Week 6 stories from Clarion West, back...
Read more →But it was a long few days in Luang Nam Tha. Actually, just outside Luang Nam Tha. Sneezing. Coughing. Wondering, is this what malaria is like? Except I knew it was just a damned cold. And still is. Ugh. But the food? Some of the best I’ve ever had, at this pricey little village...
Read more →Fantasy magazine, posted 21 January 2008. (story link)
Accompanying interview of me by K. Tempest Bradford here.
Podcast: Podcastle (forthcoming).