Category: Scriptorium

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Publication Notes: “Vengeance As Sweet As My Love” in Translunar Travelers Lounge

Warning: Contains spoilers. You might want to read the story first! I used to be very nervous about doing these publication notes but I also felt a necessity to do them because otherwise, with every publication there would be wild speculations about the provenance of the plot. I still laugh sometimes about a reader who … Continue reading Publication Notes: “Vengeance As Sweet As My Love” in Translunar Travelers Lounge

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Lyceum Notes: Thoughts on World-building, Suspension of Disbelief and Subjectivity

Suspension of disbelief, subjectivity and world-building have always been coiled together in a single kernel for me. It evokes for me the Kelantanese Mak Yong where the narrator/performer gets the audience to suspend disbelief by just placing one foot on the stage and saying, “Now I am stepping into Kayangan”. That was his world-building, his … Continue reading Lyceum Notes: Thoughts on World-building, Suspension of Disbelief and Subjectivity

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Cozy? Domestic? Romantasy? On Labels and the Gatekeeping of Subgenres

I’ve been on a rewatch/watch of Elementary (I only watched the first two seasons before this but now I’m watching everything) lately and contemplating on whether or not one could consider the show cozy. Sure, there are murders nearly every week but the show is relatively light on the gore and the high octane. The … Continue reading Cozy? Domestic? Romantasy? On Labels and the Gatekeeping of Subgenres