Author: Liz

Mermaid’s Hook has been live over at Apex for over a week and I’m rather chuffed at how well it has been received. It’s also my first story to receive a short, sweet review over at Locus. Reading the review and various conversations about diversity made me think about how my story came about. Sometimes…

Hello lovelies. Apologies for being so slow. I got caught up drawing comics again (Things Without Arms and Without Legs), noodling around with words and roller skating. Here are more photos of Rainforest Writers Village folks with Bosun Ducky, I wanted to capture everyone, but I was not strategic enough. Thanks to Kelly Lagor for…

I found out today that “Shadow Play” will be available for subscribers of Daily Science Fiction on March 21. Everyone else will have to wait a week to read it online, but given subscription is free why wait? March is turning out to be a rather snazzy month!

I had the pleasure of attending Rainforest Writers Village for the first time this year. We worked hard, played hard and a staggering number of words were created between us. I (surprise surprise) talked about Roller Derby a bit and discovered (unsurprisingly) that quite a few writers give pretty good hip checks (yes I may…

Mermaid’s Hook can now be read over at Apex magazine. I sold this story around the time Leonard died and wrote the story just after Clarion, so the proceeds will go towards the Leonard Pung Memorial Scholarship. It’s an honor to be part of this issue. It’s full of writers I admire AND non-fiction that…

Wow, Emerald City Comicon, I love you. It’s hard to write about. I’m exhausted, I’m overstimulated and shattered, I’m happy, I’m teary, I don’t know how to write about you. 1. Cosplayers Wow, they were a wonderful part of the atmosphere and performance art experience of the convention. I loved the diversity, the creativity, the…

When I was at Readercon, Nicole Taylor and I battled with public transport (slow slow bus in the burbs and then navigating America’s oldest subway system) to see Amanda Palmer do a ninja gig that was her audition tape/first practice for the TED talk. It’s amazing to see how she developed and honed her talk…

Emerald City Comic Con is here! It’ll be great to see folks and be overwhelmed by all the great comics (artists’ alley ftw). I’ll be working at the Rat City Roller Girls booth on Friday until 5.30pm, on Saturday from 4pm until close and maybe other times too (I like being behind a booth). Come…

Hi all, travel seems to knock the stuff out of me these days, but I’m getting my equilibrium back. Sorry Portland, I feel like you’ve been short changed and I should have blogged about you more, you were grand! Portland The Portland trip was a lot of fun. It made me want to make sure…

I made it, but forgot to share it. I think it’s rather nice. Cultivate and maintain the beginner’s mind. I won’t be becoming a Zen Buddhist, although I must thank various buddhist/taoist texts as well as marshal arts instructors for giving me this vocabulary and encouraging this practice. I will be trying to maintain joyful,…