In slightly more than two days, I am going to be beginning a quest. Six of the most talented writers the speculative fiction field has ever produced (and I don’t say that lightly. Some of these people are writers I have admired since I was in grade school.) are going to be teaching me and…

What the hell is up with smell? I feel that it’s the cipher sense. Sight, hearing and touch interact with the world in some fundamental way. Sight is basically our window into the world of electromagnetic waves. It tells us where things are. Touch tells us where our body is in relation to the things…

I just learned that one of my favorite writers of space opera died in March. Now, I’m not going to pretend that I grieve for him, since I didn’t really know him. What I do grieve for is all the books by him that I’ll never get to read, and I think that sentiment is…

I got some comments below about my prolificity. In response, I’d like to share the one thing that has kept me writing; my submissions tracking excel spreadsheet. Started the day I completed my first story, this thing is a marvel of Excel design. Every time I look at it, I experience extreme joy. Sheet 1…

Yesterday I finished my forty-ninth story since I began writing seriously, approximately a two and a half years ago. Since then I have sold seven stories to various low level zines (two in print, the rest online). I have trunked seven stories, three of them for overtly political themes that I just didn’t really handle…

I haven’t been alive for very long, so I don’t know what hip people did back in the day. But today, in 2006, hip people love ironic media consumption. What does this unwieldy phrase “ironic media consumption” mean? It means that alot of people I know, my friends, will expose themselves to a work of…

Well, those of you who still have me on your friends list out of slavish habit might be surprised to see an update. I’ve been accepted to the Clarion Writing Workshop (a six-week residency…or summer camp for those of us in the younger set, who are interested in writing science fiction and fantasy). In any…

You can find my new blog at rahkan.wordpress.com . I’m sorry to abandon LJ. But it’s alot easier to customize wordpress. I’m sure you’ll find your mind blown if you visit my site. Currently the title is: “Jonathan Swift Eats Irish Babies For Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner”

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