Vandana Singh: Guest-blogging on Ecstatic Days Oct. 6-10

I’m very pleased to welcome Vandana Singh as the next guest blogger for Ecstatic Days. Vandana Singh is an Indian writer whose short fiction has appeared in zines such as Strange Horizons as well as a number of anthologies, most recently Clockwork Phoenix (Norilana Books, ed. Mike Allen). Her novella, “Of Love and Other Monsters,” was published in 2007 as part of Aqueduct Press’s Conversation Pieces Series and is reprinted in volume 25 of Year’s Best Science Fiction (2008, ed. Gardner Dozois). Upcoming work includes a new novella for Aqueduct Press, and a short story collection, “The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories” from Zubaan Books in New Delhi. Vandana is also the author of the ALA Notable book “Younguncle Comes to Town” (Viking Children’s Books 2006, and Zubaan Books, New Delhi, 2004) and a sequel, “Younguncle in the Himalayas” (Zubaan Books and Penguin India, New Delhi, 2005). She currently lives in the Boston area with her husband, daughter and dog, and teaches physics at a state college.Note: The guest blogger schedule going forward is as follows...Oct. 13-Oct. 17 – “X”Oct. 19-Oct. 24 – Will HindmarchOct. 27-Oct. 31 – David MolesNov. 3 – Nov. 7 – Jukka Halme and Tero Ykspetäjä (Finnish SF/F)Nov. 10 – Nov. 14 – Cherie PriestNov. 17 – Nov. 21 – Meghan McCarronNov. 24 - Nov. 28 - Mark TeppoDec. 1 - Dec. 5 - Felix GilmanAfter which, I’m back…