Category Archives: Writing

Schrödinger’s email

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

Ah! An email from magazine xyz, where my story has been held for the last several months. My fingers hover over the mouse, anxious. In this moment, there are two possibilities – acceptance or rejection. Once I click and read the email, the possibilities will appear … Continue reading →

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Short story now live at Inscription Magazine

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

Woohoo! My YA science fiction story Anjali is now live at Inscription. Inscription is a great new magazine that publishes science fiction and fantasy for teens. All the stories are free to read online, and you don’t have to be a teen … Continue reading →

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Short story now live at Abyss & Apex

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

Yay! My short story Hatyasin is now live at Abyss & Apex, a great speculative fiction magazine. You can read my story here.  I enjoy perusing the fiction they publish every quarter and am so pleased to find Hatyasin among them. All the stories are free to … Continue reading →

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Literary agent news

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

News! I am now represented by the lovely Mary C. Moore, literary agent with Kimberley Cameron & Associates. Mary wears many hats – she’s a writer and editor as well as being a literary agent. You can read one of her … Continue reading →

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Spaceships, Magicians and Walruses

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

Ah, September. The smell of new backpacks, the rude 6 am alarms, and the return, one hopes, to a writerly routine. Eventually, once the dust has settled… Yes, I know I totally missed posting in August. One of the reading … Continue reading →

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Short story now live at AE – The Canadian Science Fiction Review

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

  I’m pleased to report that my short story “This is not what I wanted for my birthday” is now live at AE – The Canadian Science Fiction Review. AE is the only SFWA-recognized Canadian science fiction market, and if you haven’t … Continue reading →

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Short Fiction Update

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

I have a couple of short story acceptances to report, WOOT! So, in chronological order: Hatyasin was accepted by Abyss & Apex, a highly acclaimed quarterly speculative fiction magazine edited by Wendy S. Delmater. My story is scheduled for publication in … Continue reading →

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Race, poetry and elocution: The Congo

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

When I was in the fourth grade – in the La Martiniere Girls’ School, Lucknow – we won the group elocution with The Congo. The following year, most of us went on to the fifth grade, and we stopped winning the … Continue reading →

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Another Blog Hop

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

What? Yet another Blog Hop? Say it’s not true, you scream. It is true, I gleefully reply. Blame the post-Easter springiness in my step. It’s sunny out, and I may as well hop, especially as I’ve been tagged by my crit group … Continue reading →

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Emails from the future, Part 3

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

The other day, I picked up a local newsletter in a café and idly flicked through the pages. The second last page caught my eye. It was filled with the adverts of various spiritual gurus who promised to solve all problems, … Continue reading →

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