anjali patel
@anjapatel.bsky.social
SFF (Escape Pod, Uncanny, Fantasy, khōréō, The Deadlands, Bridge to Elsewhere and others). software engineer at Etsy. she/her.
website: anjali.fyi
website: anjali.fyi
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It's insane to me that this anthology hasn't reached its goal yet! Always sign me up for a pirate fiction anthology any time!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/133...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/133...
Rising Tides: A Pirate Anthology!
My crew an’ I bring ye tales of daring! Of makin’ a difference in the face of oppressive guv’mints and fearsome beasties!
www.kickstarter.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's insane to me that this anthology hasn't reached its goal yet! Always sign me up for a pirate fiction anthology any time!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/133...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/133...
I'm in this anthology with some amazing authors! Support the kickstarter if you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/133...
Rising Tides: A Pirate Anthology!
My crew an’ I bring ye tales of daring! Of makin’ a difference in the face of oppressive guv’mints and fearsome beasties!
www.kickstarter.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm in this anthology with some amazing authors! Support the kickstarter if you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/133...
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Authors, what's your plot concept process like? Here's mine:
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Authors, what's your plot concept process like? Here's mine:
- walking reading listening to music watching movies browsing online an idea COMES TO ME bolt of lightning, images, weird, crazy
- play with it, toy with it, turn it inside out, jot it down
- keep playing w it. Combine w other ideas/images
- walking reading listening to music watching movies browsing online an idea COMES TO ME bolt of lightning, images, weird, crazy
- play with it, toy with it, turn it inside out, jot it down
- keep playing w it. Combine w other ideas/images
Authors, what's your plot concept process like? Here's mine:
-Here is an amusing character!
-What and who do they care about?
-What circumstance would be the most fun to mess with what they care about?
-What big choices will they make that express who they are?
-Whoops, that's a draft!
-Here is an amusing character!
-What and who do they care about?
-What circumstance would be the most fun to mess with what they care about?
-What big choices will they make that express who they are?
-Whoops, that's a draft!
October 25, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Authors, what's your plot concept process like? Here's mine:
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The Assassin's Apprentice. Convinced two coworkers to read the Farseer trilogy in full and am now working to wear other friends down, as well
_rubs palms together gleefully_
_rubs palms together gleefully_
What’s the last book you read that produced in you the reaction depicted in this novelty t-shirt I just bought, I’ll start, it was @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social’s extremely wicked LONG LIVE EVIL
September 17, 2024 at 11:56 AM
The Assassin's Apprentice. Convinced two coworkers to read the Farseer trilogy in full and am now working to wear other friends down, as well
_rubs palms together gleefully_
_rubs palms together gleefully_
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Mine was The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez back in May and I STILL CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS DANG BOOK
September 17, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Mine was The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez back in May and I STILL CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS DANG BOOK
i just googled “how do i make my dog less insecure”
September 17, 2024 at 2:50 AM
i just googled “how do i make my dog less insecure”
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Hi! I've created an SFFH BIPOC starter pack! Please share around! Also please reply if you'd like to be added (I'm making this an opt-in list)!
#sciencefiction #fantasy #sff #horror #writing
go.bsky.app/6WxXXBY
#sciencefiction #fantasy #sff #horror #writing
go.bsky.app/6WxXXBY
September 14, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Hi! I've created an SFFH BIPOC starter pack! Please share around! Also please reply if you'd like to be added (I'm making this an opt-in list)!
#sciencefiction #fantasy #sff #horror #writing
go.bsky.app/6WxXXBY
#sciencefiction #fantasy #sff #horror #writing
go.bsky.app/6WxXXBY
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Check out @ac_wise’s @thedeadlands recs: ““Totality” by @ouibrandi.bsky.social and “Your Sword, Your Trumpet” by @anjapatel.bsky.social locusmag.com/2024/06...
A.C. Wise Reviews Short Fiction: The Deadlands
The Deadlands Winter ’24 The Winter 2024 issue of The Deadlands is full of lovely prose and quiet stories meditating on life and death. In the beautifully written “Threnody in Dark Wood” by Avra Ma…
locusmag.com
June 3, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Check out @ac_wise’s @thedeadlands recs: ““Totality” by @ouibrandi.bsky.social and “Your Sword, Your Trumpet” by @anjapatel.bsky.social locusmag.com/2024/06...
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My latest roundup features work by Adam Troy Castro @ect.bsky.social @fatimataqvi.bsky.social @thesuiway.bsky.social @kellyrobson.com Brian Evenson Tony Dunnell @othermarshes.bsky.social @culagovski.net @anjapatel.bsky.social @aimeeogden.bsky.social!
maria-is-reading.blogspot.com/2024/04/my-s...
maria-is-reading.blogspot.com/2024/04/my-s...
My Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Short Fiction Roundup - #3/2024
The art for this roundup includes a detail of the cover for Hexagon #16 by Yorgos Cotronis. More about the artist: https://cotronis.com/ ☀...
maria-is-reading.blogspot.com
April 13, 2024 at 2:44 AM
My latest roundup features work by Adam Troy Castro @ect.bsky.social @fatimataqvi.bsky.social @thesuiway.bsky.social @kellyrobson.com Brian Evenson Tony Dunnell @othermarshes.bsky.social @culagovski.net @anjapatel.bsky.social @aimeeogden.bsky.social!
maria-is-reading.blogspot.com/2024/04/my-s...
maria-is-reading.blogspot.com/2024/04/my-s...
wrote a ~*~blog post~*~ about "Your Sword, Your Trumpet," my latest story out in
@thedeadlands.com. if anyone ever asks what story is extremely anjali coded, i will show them this one 🫣
blog post: anjalipatel.substack.com/p/your-sword...
read story here: thedeadlands.com/issue-33/swo...
@thedeadlands.com. if anyone ever asks what story is extremely anjali coded, i will show them this one 🫣
blog post: anjalipatel.substack.com/p/your-sword...
read story here: thedeadlands.com/issue-33/swo...
Your Sword, Your Trumpet, by Anjali Patel - The Deadlands
This is not the first wake where she’s been called to tear her hair, clothes, and voice to shreds, but it is by far the strangest. Closed casket, empty funeral home. The anonymous letter she received ...
thedeadlands.com
March 7, 2024 at 6:00 PM
wrote a ~*~blog post~*~ about "Your Sword, Your Trumpet," my latest story out in
@thedeadlands.com. if anyone ever asks what story is extremely anjali coded, i will show them this one 🫣
blog post: anjalipatel.substack.com/p/your-sword...
read story here: thedeadlands.com/issue-33/swo...
@thedeadlands.com. if anyone ever asks what story is extremely anjali coded, i will show them this one 🫣
blog post: anjalipatel.substack.com/p/your-sword...
read story here: thedeadlands.com/issue-33/swo...
my latest! "Your Sword, Your Trumpet" is free to read today! @thedeadlands.com ⚔️🎺
"Your silhouette split the sun as you sauntered toward me, sword and trumpet belted at your hip and jangling with each step. You smelled of flowers that had yet to be named."
hey, new fiction!
Your Sword, Your Trumpet by @anjapatel.bsky.social
thedeadlands.com/issue-33/swo...
hey, new fiction!
Your Sword, Your Trumpet by @anjapatel.bsky.social
thedeadlands.com/issue-33/swo...
Your Sword, Your Trumpet, by Anjali Patel - The Deadlands
This is not the first wake where she’s been called to tear her hair, clothes, and voice to shreds, but it is by far the strangest. Closed casket, empty funeral home. The anonymous letter she received ...
thedeadlands.com
March 7, 2024 at 5:03 PM
my latest! "Your Sword, Your Trumpet" is free to read today! @thedeadlands.com ⚔️🎺
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The first time I saw you was at the beginning. This world was flat and featureless and newly made, and I its named guard- ian. With my hammer in hand, I waited for time to spin into motion.
Your Sword, Your Trumpet, by @anjapatel.bsky.social
Your Sword, Your Trumpet, by @anjapatel.bsky.social
February 1, 2024 at 5:50 PM
The first time I saw you was at the beginning. This world was flat and featureless and newly made, and I its named guard- ian. With my hammer in hand, I waited for time to spin into motion.
Your Sword, Your Trumpet, by @anjapatel.bsky.social
Your Sword, Your Trumpet, by @anjapatel.bsky.social
wrote a play-by-play of my trek up the volcano acatenango. i'm grateful i got to do it once and will not be doing it again (nature does not play around, especially at elevation).
anjalipatel.substack.com/p/acatenango
anjalipatel.substack.com/p/acatenango
acatenango
Welcome to the new year! Toward the end of 2023, I hiked a volcano. It was immensely challenging and not something I would recommend for inexperienced hikers (me). Here is the play by play...
t.co
January 2, 2024 at 3:40 AM
wrote a play-by-play of my trek up the volcano acatenango. i'm grateful i got to do it once and will not be doing it again (nature does not play around, especially at elevation).
anjalipatel.substack.com/p/acatenango
anjalipatel.substack.com/p/acatenango
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Art needs skill. It takes time to get skills. If you want more great art, give people more control of their time.
December 19, 2023 at 1:57 PM
Art needs skill. It takes time to get skills. If you want more great art, give people more control of their time.
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If you haven't read @vajra.me's essay on Palestine, art, and the state of this world we find ourselves in, then do so today:
"The world is made out of our very matter, and we can change it."
vajra.me/2023/11/08/e...
"The world is made out of our very matter, and we can change it."
vajra.me/2023/11/08/e...
Every Throne Will Fall
Slightly belated announcement of my second novel, RAKESFALL, and an essay on the dire necessity for writers to do their work, and to know what work to do, in the face of horror.
vajra.me
December 18, 2023 at 10:55 PM
If you haven't read @vajra.me's essay on Palestine, art, and the state of this world we find ourselves in, then do so today:
"The world is made out of our very matter, and we can change it."
vajra.me/2023/11/08/e...
"The world is made out of our very matter, and we can change it."
vajra.me/2023/11/08/e...
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A call for submissions: Queer and trans Palestinian utopian themed anthology: www.merajpublishing.com
Meraj Consulting
www.merajpublishing.com
December 15, 2023 at 3:12 PM
A call for submissions: Queer and trans Palestinian utopian themed anthology: www.merajpublishing.com
17k words into a project i'm very excited about
December 7, 2023 at 2:19 AM
17k words into a project i'm very excited about
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It's International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, and this year we have #ReadPalestine week. My offering is my reading list (with links to where you can find these reads) of Palestinian fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
#ReadPalestinianSpecFic Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
soniasulaiman.com
November 29, 2023 at 3:03 PM
It's International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, and this year we have #ReadPalestine week. My offering is my reading list (with links to where you can find these reads) of Palestinian fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
i would love to fully participate in #nanowrimo. alas, im too busy-
November 8, 2023 at 1:27 PM
i would love to fully participate in #nanowrimo. alas, im too busy-
"Just as importantly, it got her *where* she wanted, which was always anywhere other than where she was then."
:taps mic: We're bringing back an oldie but goodie from the Xunken Place: #onelinewed! Hit us with your fave line from a current WIP! Show off what you cookin with 🔥🔥🔥
August 23, 2023 at 11:42 PM
"Just as importantly, it got her *where* she wanted, which was always anywhere other than where she was then."
my twitter catalogs my ~4 years of working at [redacted] media company as well as a deep obsession with [redacted] anime, so kind of appreciating the fresh start here ✨
August 23, 2023 at 11:30 PM
my twitter catalogs my ~4 years of working at [redacted] media company as well as a deep obsession with [redacted] anime, so kind of appreciating the fresh start here ✨