Tag: science fiction

Roomba Requires Your Attention Published in Kaleidotrope

Hello friends. I know it’s been a while since I posted. It’s been a pretty rough few months, honestly, but I have a few posts lined up I’m really excited to share with you in the end of 2022.

In the meantime, I wanted to share with you all that my short story “Roomba Requires Your Attention” was published in Kaleidotrope last month. You can read it here.

This little story means a lot to me, because it actually got me out of the serious writer’s block I was struggling with in my second year of law school. That writer’s block, and this story as the key to overcoming it, taught me a lot about how I need to treat writing goals and take care of myself as a writer so I can keep telling the stories I love. Also, this story might be one of the funniest things I’ve written, and it was a lot of fun to marry the stress of what I was studying in law school with a near-future AI apocalypse.

I really hope you enjoy reading “Roomba Requires Your Attention” as much as I enjoyed writing it.

More soon!

“Polaris in the Dark” Published in the 2018 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide

I am way late on posting about this. Finals got in the way, and then it was Christmas, and then I was working at MIT’s Office of the General Counsel in January and then the spring semester was starting up again and yikes how is it February already? But my own tardiness aside, the 2018 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide is out (has been out for two months now), including my story “Polaris in the Dark.” This is the first science fiction story I ever wrote ever. It is also the second story I’ve written about a blind person. You can get the anthology on Amazon, or wherever you prefer to buy your books. I highly recommend the whole anthology. It’s filled with science fiction adventure stories that are all really unique and fun. I am so glad to be part of this anthology! And can I just say, it is really cool to look myself up on Amazon or Goodreads and have a book pop up. I’m not getting over that anytime soon. And always, once you’ve read the story, you can check out the story behind “Polaris in the Dark,” which talks about where I got the idea and some of the challenges I faced while writing it. I also have some interesting musings on writing realistically about disability while also maintaining a positive, empowering message in the story. I hope you find it interesting, and I hope you enjoy reading “Polaris in the Dark” as much as I enjoyed writing it.

“Polaris in the Dark” to be Published in the 2018 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide

I’ve been sitting on this for about a month now, because there wasn’t a contract and I didn’t want to jinx it. But it’s really happening, so I am super excited to tell you all that my short story “Polaris in the Dark” will be published in the 2018 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide anthology! It’s an anthology of science fiction stories about diverse characters aimed at middle grade readers. My story is about a blind girl indentured on the train that runs around the rings of Saturn… until she escapes. This isn’t the first story I’ve written about a blind character, but it is my first ever science fiction story, which is really cool. I had a lot of fun inventing gadgets that I actually want in the real world. Also it’s my first professional sale, so yay! If you’re interested, you can vote for the cover of the anthology here. I’ll keep you all posted as the anthology develops.