Liz Argall

Author: Liz

  • After the Game

    After the Game

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    The game on Saturday went really well. We lost by a whole lot of points, but we played every jam like it was a new game and fought the whole way through. It was a lot of fun, I learned a bunch and enjoyed working with my team. Rat Lab and the Outcasts also KILLED…

  • I will be skating on Saturday

    I will be skating on Saturday

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    Dear internet, I will indeed play derbies this coming Saturday. Rat Lab (all female rookie team for Rat City) vs Puget Sound Castaways (all male B team for one of the best men’s teams in the world). It would be lovely if you could come. I shall tell you on Sunday how it went!

  • I bought a wolf!

    I bought a wolf!

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    Recently I spent time with a PUPPY! Which made me long for a puppy of my own. Mike is being is awesome sauce referee in Duluth for Division 2 Roller Derby Playoffs and this seemed like a good opportunity to fill the puppy-less hole in my life. Behold! I even fit into the box it…

  • ALL THE DERBY

    ALL THE DERBY

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    Sooo, you’d like to see me play Roller Derby, or would you like to support me skating many many laps either in person or from afar (in person having the bonus that you can enter a cookie decorating competition AND/OR help make posters to support our all stars at divisionals). BOTH options are available! 23…

  • Interviewed in Uncanny Magazine

    Interviewed in Uncanny Magazine

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    I answer some questions about writing, creativity, and how it intersects with roller derby and Aikido!

  • Clarion Blog list has been updated

    Clarion Blog list has been updated

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    Clarion & Clarion West blog resource updated to include Isabel Yap, Curtis C. Chen, Folly Blaine and Marlee Jane Ward and so many more to capture!

  • Uncanny Magazine

    Uncanny Magazine

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    Uncanny Magazine is a shiny new magazine from the uber creative team  Lynne M. Thomas (Three-time Hugo Award-winner, Apex Magazine, Chicks Dig Time Lords, Glitter & Mayhem) and  Michael Damian Thomas (three-time Hugo Award nominee, Apex Magazine, Queers Dig Time Lords). I love their vision of what fiction can be and it’s exciting to see what they’ll do with an ongoing magazine that…

  • That mountain. That mountain.

    That mountain. That mountain.

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    If anyone asks you why you’re a writer just play them the song, over and over. They will understand, eventually they will understand. Or at least they will stop asking. I am so tired! I’m glad I finished my story in a little over three hours and was able to spend the last bit writing…

  • Last week of the write-a-thon

    Last week of the write-a-thon

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    It’s crazy to see how fast time has passed. For the Clarion Write-a-Thon I pledged I would write three stories in six weeks. Two stories are done, now I just have to write the third. I’ve started the story, but I’m going to finish this story in style. On Tuesday 29 August from 1pm to…

  • I can’t vote. If you can, go do it.

    I can’t vote. If you can, go do it.

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    I’ve been an alien long enough that I can’t vote in my homeland. I’m still an alien so I can’t vote in my adopted country. Throughout the world we’re seeing what a critical difference our elected leaders make and how grass roots activism can alter the priorities of politicians, can define what is news and…