Category Archives: Science fiction and fantasy

Emails from the future, Part 2

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

There’s work to be done, dishes to be washed, taxes to be filed, serious stories to be revised. But right now I don’t feel like being serious. Right now I am thinking of pink tentacles, elegant suckers, and what dating fraud in the future … Continue reading →

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Emails from the future, Part 1

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

I get a lot of spam emails. I delete literally hundreds of them every day. A boring and thankless task until I decided to have some fun with them. What will spam in the future look like? Very similar to … Continue reading →

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Blog Hop: Writing Process – #thisishowwedo

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

Fellow ScribeWench and award-winning historical fiction writer Lesleyanne Ryan has tagged me in a blog hop to discuss my writing process. Something to bring me out of my hibernation – why is it so darn cold out there? You’re in Canada, … Continue reading →

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Letting the geek out at SFContario

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Rati Mehrotra

I just spent a fantastic weekend at Toronto’s annual Science Fiction Convention, SFContario. The panels ranged from the technical (climate change, anyone?) to the delightfully absurd (Huggy snakes, anyone?). I’ve listed some highlights below of a few of the panels … Continue reading →

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Off to the Red Planet

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Rati Mehrotra

Today India launched its first rocket to Mars. The Mars Orbiter Mission, also known as Mangalyaan, aims to reach Mars orbit by September 2014. I know, I know, still a long way to go before sending a manned mission and … Continue reading →

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Virtual Dreams: science or science fiction?

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Rati Mehrotra

Nuit Blanche – Toronto’s annual sunset-to-sunrise art festival, gets crazier every year. I love it. This time, I allowed myself to be blindfolded by the Darkists, cycled on the Human Sweat Generator, pulled the legs of a giant spider balloon, … Continue reading →

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I’m reading Oryx and Crake. Like anything by Margaret Attwood, brilliant and disturbing. What an amazing writer. Did you know she has an account on Wattpad? Last year she wrote an op-ed in support of the world’s largest online community … Continue reading →

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Rati Mehrotra | Comments Off on Writing on Wattpad: The River of Forgetfulness

Looking for beta readers for a middle grade fantasy

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Rati Mehrotra

I’m looking for beta readers for my middle grade fantasy novel. 40,000 words of second draft and I need a second, third and fourth pair of eyes. I’ve already edited it once but I’d love some feedback on the story … Continue reading →

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Reading Science Fiction in Calgary

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Rati Mehrotra

A fat silver moon hangs low in the clear Calgary sky and I’m thinking about wolves. And the endless excuses we make for ourselves. According to Bob Broadhead- protagonist of the Gateway by Frederick Pohl – the only reason big, … Continue reading →

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Humans good, aliens better

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Rati Mehrotra

Yesterday I picked up this incredible book titled “First Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss. Okay, it’s a bit dated at 1990, but still worth a read, with articles by Isaac Asimov, Frank Drake, … Continue reading →

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