Liz Argall

Author: Liz

  • Clarion Writers Workshop is delicious

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    I’ve updated my MEGA archive of DOOM with reflections from the class of 2010 Dallas Taylor, Gregory Norman Bossert, John Chu and Tom Undeberg. My dear writer friends, applications for Clarion Writers’ Workshop opened in December 1st 2010 and will stay open until March 1st. It’s held at UC San Diego June 26 – August 6, 2011. Instructors are Nina…

  • Garth Nix – are you mad? Or an alcoholic? – meditations on growing up

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    This morning I realized/remembered this morning, that I first met Garth Nix around 15 years ago. Probably. I knew an author had come to my school and talked about his book and career and publishing, but I only just pieced together that it was probably Garth Nix. Author Man had come to my school to…

  • Sale: Daily Science Fiction (and nekedness!)

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    Daily Science Fiction has bought a second story from me “A Study in Flesh and Mind”. I am quite pleased, quite pleased indeed. I updated my bio just for them: Liz’s work has been published in a range of journals and anthologies including The Pedestal Magazine, Meanjin and Daily Science Fiction. In 2011 stories by…

  • Imperfect Language

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    I woke up strangely early on 1/1/11 with some new ideas for the novel. Here’s the first paragraph I wrote in the New Year. It’s a work in progress (of course). This is in the middle of Act II but I don’t think it contains any spoilers.

  • The year in numbers

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    Novel words written: 76,000 Social Message comics worked on: 12 Number of Clients: 4 Stories I edited/refined for submission: 13 (I think) Utterly new stories completed: 5 Submissions Sent: 76 Acceptances: 6 (Including 1 reprint and on Maxima Vrugleplex becoming a play) Awaiting Response: 8 Stories Published: 2 (1 reprint) Super Secret Project Proposals sent:…

  • Piggy Parfume

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    The fantabulous Ben Bates and I made a one page comic together out of love of the Muppets. You can check it out on his website. (Click the thumbnail, then scroll to the bottom and click full size if you want to read the words). Ben draws Sonic the Hedgehog for Archie Comics and was…

  • What I really think of doughnuts

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    My TRUE secret origin story, what I got out of Clarion, when to snoopy dance and more… All on Angela Slatter’s gorgeous website. Note to self: finish writing novel and then revamp website and emprettyficate.

  • Dear Ms Moon on Daily Science Fiction

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    You can now read a flash fiction piece of mine, Dear Ms Moon, online at Daily Science Fiction.

  • This is what 61,000 words looks like

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    60,000 took me a while to get to. I’ve been wrestling with some structural issues that need to be resolved now, not in draft 2. It’s taken some unexpected turns that I must now analyze and interrogate. Different stories have different needs and this story demands careful thought and deep exploration. Things are starting to…

  • A Chance to Win Prizes

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    So Maxima Vrugleplex, a short story of mine, has turned into a play. A play premiering in Portland, Oregon in January as part of PULP DICTION II. PULP DICTION II is a series of live staged readings of world premiere works of pulp. It’s happening at the Brody Theater in downtown Portland OR, Jan 23rd,…