Month: March 2009
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Clarion call – the workshop that will eat Liz in June and July
At last I am able to speak those jewelled words, “I have been accepted and am going to Clarion.” We were asked to stay mum and keep our itching fingers away from the keyboard until everything was finalised. What does this mean? Clarion is an amazing 6 week writers’ workshop. There’s Clarion South, Clarion West…
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Drawing Monsters Competition
The lovely Anne-Marie, Director of the ACT Writers Centre passed on to me this competition info from Murdoch books: Murdoch Books is on the hunt for an unpublished, funky new illustrator for an upcoming children’s title! $10,000 cash prize, plus naming rights on the cover… see PDF The only downside is you have to design…
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Pro paying comics gig – Pencillers only
Hi all I hope your projects are going well. Life is pretty hectic on planet Liz, hectic but happy. I am once again talent scouting for an educational comics company, pencillers only this time round. If you have sent stuff to me previously keep drawing, but please don’t submit to this round. My client does…
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Fires, grief, stories and sense making
I have been reading Gary Hughes’ account of his first week after the fires in the Weekend Australian Magazine (March 7-8). A moving and intelligent account of the dislocation of a disaster like that. I cannot find a version of that article online, but here is his account of fleeing the fires. It is no…
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Western Australia Adventures and Bio Update
Thanks to everyone who sent me crits and comments on the bio, version 3 is now on my about page (https://lizargall.com/about/). In exciting news I will be heading to Western Australia to work on some educational comics in a week or so.