I get why Watermyth is a hard sell. It’s a postcolonial portal fantasy with a Muslim mermaid; more Malaysians and Muslims (from different diasporas) than you can shake a stick at; a mish-mash of superdiverse cultures on a mythical island that has a diaspora composition that is majority Global South, apart from the autochthonous communities. … Continue reading Syncretic Storytelling; or Why Watermyth is a Hard Sell
Hello, Since I’m not teaching creative writing again for the foreseeable future (I mostly teach Masters courses these days and they’re all Literacy or Literature-based), I decided to share some tips, pointers and notes from the creative writing classes I’ve been teaching at both the BA and MA level since 2011. Today’s tip is how … Continue reading Lyceum Notes: Abundance and Story-seeds
Recently I’ve been having problems getting back into the revisions of Rosemirror. Part of it is because my author’s brain is more science fictional these days and an ever-running train of thought in my subconscious mind has to do with plot complications in two SF short stories of mine that I am actively working on. … Continue reading On Big Ideas and Troubling Destiny
So I had this thought percolating in my head all day and felt the urge to put it down here. When I first read The Fellowship of the Ring I was 13 years old and I fell into the tale of the Bagginses and The War of the Ring. Frodo was 33 and Bilbo was … Continue reading Writing Fantasy for the Not-So-Young Adult
Hi, Sorry I haven’t been updating my online social spaces. I just felt a need to protect my energy particularly in very trying times. I’m also trying to keep the momentum going on all writing projects (both academic and creative) while also performing what is known as “radical self-care” in reorganising the way I live … Continue reading Protecting My Energy