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Month: January 2016

Writing Resources

January 31, 2016Nalin 1 Comment

I recently published my first novel, Red Soil Through Our Fingers, which was a major personal accomplishment. In the aftermath, I’ve been looking back on the process, and trying to determine what practices I should carry forward and try to… Continue Reading →

Writing writing, amwriting, first draft, revision, editing

About the Issues in Red Soil

January 28, 2016Nalin Leave a Comment

SciFi Policy has posted an in-depth interview with N.A. Ratnayake about the issues in Red Soil Through Our Fingers. Human expansion into space is happening. Where previous generations imagined the push into space driven by government programs such as NASA,… Continue Reading →

Science and Society space, policy, red soil, scifi, sfp, corporation, wealth, human rights, workers rights

My Boskone 53 Schedule

January 23, 2016Nalin Leave a Comment

Join me at Boskone (February 19-21, 2016) in Boston, MA for New England’s longest running science fiction and fantasy convention. It’s going to be a fun weekend filled with books, film, art, music, gaming, and more. For more information about Boskone,… Continue Reading →

Events boskone, scifi, writing, boston, cons, convention

SciFi Policy Interviews Me on the Issues in Red Soil Through Our Fingers

January 16, 2016Nalin Leave a Comment

SciFi Policy has posted an in-depth interview of me about the social, political, and economic issues in Red Soil Through Our Fingers. SFP is a group that seeks to review, discuss, and advocate for science fiction that helps us explore… Continue Reading →

My Stories, Science and Society space, policy, red soil, space colony, space settlement, mars, government, spaceflight

Design of The Hellas-Dao Mars Colony

January 13, 2016Nalin Leave a Comment

The story of Red Soil Through Our Fingers takes place against the backdrop of Hellas-Dao, a Mars colony owned and operated by the Rekos-Breland Xenomaterials Corporation (RBX). Though the setting is obviously fictional, I wanted to make sure that I… Continue Reading →

My Stories red soil, mars, curiosity, spirit, rover, planet, solar system, setting, worldbuilding, hard sf
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