Author: Liz
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PlayWrites BlueMouseMonkey Acting Good Comics
I may have wanted to stick a bunch of cool nouns in the subject heading… you have a point there. My website has been a bit fragmented of late, so here’s what I’ve been up to the past few months. PlayWrite – a funky not for profite I do a whole swag of work for.…
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Posting every day – elsewhere
Just after I announced I’d post every day during the write-a-thon I found out that we have a special place on the internet for sponsors. To support the worthy cause I’ll be posting updates on a sponsor and writer only forum. Donate $1 or more to anyone and you will get access. You can sponsor…
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Preparing to write write write
In a few short days I’ll be writing for the Clarion Write-a-Thon. It turns out this is a necessary act of madness. I’ve been neglecting my novel you see. I’ve had a surge in work – writing websites, communication campaigns and work-for-hire comic books and moving to Seattle AND travelling back to Portland to work…
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Out of this world, sprawling and moving
Publishing News update Maia Blue is Going Home, one of my favourite short stories has found a place to call its own. She’ll be finding print in the Anywhere But Earth Anthology, by Coeur du Lion in late 2011. Seed Dreams, a short comic magnificently brought to life by Matt Hyunh, will be republished in…
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PlayWrite WordVoice Showcase 25 May
One of the awesome organisations I work with will be strutting its funky stuff on 25 May. Check it out for a lot of fresh, strange, character driven, emotion driven, non-human (characters are animals or created objects) plays and song written by youth at the edge in Portland. ’tis free! ’tis on 25 May at…
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Congratulations to Clarion Class of 2010
Yes the class of 2010 has been announced. Dear Clarion Class of 2010, Congratulations and welcome. I hope you have an amazing time. I can’t believe it’s been a year already! It feels like yesterday I was running round the house waving my hands and opening bottles of champagne. Here are some things I think…
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Ignite Portland, plus a bit of roller derby.
Speaking at Ignite Portland was a blast. It was scary and interesting and challenging and filled me with a manic kind of energy. You can see my talk here and you can see the full list of talks here. All these videos are brought to you by the fabulous folks at Blaze Streaming Media who…
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Writer’s Block, Shovels, Ignite!
It’s 2am. In a little over 16 hours I will be presenting my first Ignite Portland Talk, How to Hit Writer’s Block in the Face with a Shovel. I love the Ignite format – 20 slides, 15 seconds a slide. It’s really challenging and it has been an interesting process winnowing my profusion of thoughts…
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I didn’t know toes could do that!
I spent a lot of last week flat on my back plagued by a fearsome cold (or as we say in Australia, and the UK, a fearsome lurgy). On Saturday, recovering at last I did a bit of work on the laptop with my feet folded under me. I like to sit that way, it…
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Clarion Blogs February Update
Three new Clarion blogs have been added to the collection this month – Random Jane, Artemis Jones and Allan Rouselle. I found these blogs through a lovely e-mail Neile Graham sent me many months ago that I’m slowly working my way through. Thanks Neile!