Author: Liz

New month, new folks have been found and added to the list. As always, please let me know if there’s something I’m missing or links have changed. E. Jay O’Connell & Michael Belfiore wrote about their Clarion West 1994 experience. And a collection of posts by Carmen Maria Machado – Clarion 2012

Wohoo! Rat Lab will be playing the Port Scandalous Strait Shooters on Saturday 25 October. If you happen to be in (or feel like heading over to) Sequim come and see us play. Doors open at 6pm. Tickets are $10 in advance $12 at the door. I’m excited.

If you’d like to read one of my love letters to Oscar Wilde’s fairytales now is a great time to head over to Apex Magazine and read Soft Feather Dance for free.

This month brings lots of new content over on the Clarion resource page. Blog posts by Harry Markov, Kayla Whaley, Martin Cahill, A.J. Fitzwater, Marian Womack and Vida Cruz.

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…

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!

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…

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…

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

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!