Bharathi Raja

Welcome to my writing site! Feel free to look around and check out the links up top, especially my book catalog. My blog posts will be heavy on tools and tech, and techniques that work for me, because all the writing advice out there says I’m doing it w0rNg. Scroll down, or hit the Posts link up top, and see if you find anything useful.

  • Divine Road Trip

    Divine Road Trip Sometimes, the voices in my head tell me stories. Then, they want me to share the stories. With Epiphany just past, I’m going to tell you about a band, and their divine road trip. This is dedicated to Mikel, another musician with a big heart… • •...


  • A writing update

    On occasion, I do get someone pinging me about when my next book is coming out. I appreciate those queries more than most would know, even if all I can say is “It’s really slow, but I am working on it.” Progress has been glacial, even by my slow standard,...


  • A message from the Reaper

    You do not want to know my name. Like the true name of the bear, it has been forgotten, for speaking our names summons us. But of all the angels, I am uniquely blessed—or cursed—with free will. Mortals have, all through the millennia, asked our Master, “why do You allow...


  • El Luchador

    When he was ten, the boy who would grow up to become El Luchador boarded a bus one weekend afternoon and showed the driver his pass. The driver looked at the card, the boy, and beyond to parents who were not there. “Everything okay, kid?” the driver asked. “Yes,” the...


  • The Dread Cereans

    “…and so,” said the HR veep, “management has reluctantly decided to wrap up the Cerean One project.” His remorseful look was about as genuine as his hair, teeth, and skin—which is to say, not very. “Your severance has already been credited to your accounts of record, and the Ceres Corp...