Yudhanjaya Wijeratne's Blog, page 2
September 15, 2019
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.
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July 20, 2019
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…
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May 1, 2019
The Ricepunk Manifesto
As a writer, I am powerless. In the face of armies and governments and foreign media corporations with paid pundits, I am just one soul with a keyboard. But I have my words. And while I cannot dispatch tyrants I can strike at the stories they build, subvert and own the Narrative. And because we…
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April 12, 2019
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…
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April 8, 2019
South Asian science fiction: roots, strains, influences, themes, and a personal re-examination
I first met my agent, Kanishka Gupta, on a cold afternoon in Delhi. February, 2018. It took me several tries to get to his place, because apparently he lives bang in the middle of Delhi’s military zone; to compensate, he rolled out a truly magnificent lunch spread, and over many sandwiches we discussed my writing…
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March 4, 2019
“Incidentally, there is support for Wijeratne’s story”: part two – aftermath and decision trees
Continued from previous. So, recap of recent events [1]: Many in the writing community expressed their sorrow that this had happened. Some in the Sri Lankan Comic-con community, angered [and, I feel, with...
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March 1, 2019
“Incidentally, there is support for Wijeratne’s story”: a response to file770 and a record of the Nebula Award madness
I’m going to tell you a story. This is about being nominated for the Nebula Awards [1], and accusations, and fury. I’m going to tell it slow and in much detail as I can,...
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January 17, 2019
Mammals and dinosaurs
A light analysis of the current state of the publishing industry, including the ripple effects that indie publishing can have on traditional models. Featuring big indie collaborations, warring states, James Patterson, and more.
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November 24, 2018
Brief thoughts on building a writing career (in this age) [1]
A year ago, when I hit publish on my first book, I had exactly one option on my plate: Amazon. Write, release, handle covers and editing, publish online. I selected this option for multiple...
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August 20, 2018
Reading Robert Heinlein
I re-read Starship Troopers today. It has been so long since I read it that I had forgotten almost everything but the core themes of the book. Reading it was a reminder of why...
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