Author: Liz

When I get professionally jealous it’s often an exciting thing. “Wow! I never thought of doing that, that’s amazing!” But excitement can turn into sad feelings… “I don’t know if I’ll ever be awesome, eloquent and organized enough to use a moment in front of doorknockers to do the sort of tight exposition, character development…

I’ll be at the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 5-8pm tonight. Rat City will be sharing the derby love during the Art of Computer Games exhibit. If you’re in town you might want to enjoy the late close as well as play a bunch of cool games.

On Monday I wrote about about Bruce Livingston’s TedX talk. It inspired a sequence of Things Without Arms and Without Legs comics. Here’s a link to part 1 if you want to check it out.

I feel like a fool not mentioning this last week when Tina Connolly was coming into town as part of the SFWA Reading Series (great reading series, it’s in Portland, Seattle and I hear it might go to more cities soon).Tina Connolly’s fab eclectic podcast of short fiction, Toasted Cake, will be doing an audio…

For anyone who creates or has hurts. And it makes me wonder, when I write, how often do I give myself nine seconds before silencing the vulnerable part, judging or running away to distractions? I think watching this will help me make better art, it is so easy to flinch away from the edge. I…

oop! I wrote this update last week. Then I got all shy and forgot about it! I’m going to Launch Pad! Launch Pad is an esteemed astronomy workshop run out of the University of Wyoming that gives writers and editors intensive immersion into the world of astronomy as well as hands on experience at an…

edited to invite comic creator suggestions too Wiscon the World’s Leading Feminist Science Fiction Convention has given me my tentative schedule (four panels and a reading). There may be tweaks and changes.  I hope to see some of you there and regardless of whether you can make it to Madison Wisconsin 24-27 May I would…

Things Without Arms and Without Legs share their experience of me aging. “Boom“ If you like webcomics, a fantastic ego boosting present for me is to subscribe (free) to my Things comic over on Comic Rocket. While you’re there you can subscribe to other webcomics you love and never lose your place again :-). Over…

E and S called me last night and said “We’re bringing Totoro to Sakura-con on Friday, do you want to hang out?” I said “YES! Of course, I would love to see you and see Totoro in the flesh.” Their Totoro is pretty amazing and some fabulous folks (who I’m not sure if they want…

What a great day, you can read “Shadow Play” online and give it rocket dragons! If you’re a subscriber today is the day you can read “Soft” by Cat Rambo’s. We’re in Horrific Miscue together and it is pleasing to share Daily Science Fiction-ness with such a generous and savvy critique partner. Shadow Play was…