Liz Argall

Author: Liz

  • My Campbell Year

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    Ever since I heard of the Campbell Awards I have loved them. The Campbell Award, given every year during WorldCon, recognises new emerging writers. Once you have received your first ok pay cheque for writing sf/f a clock starts to tick and you have two calendar years to prove yourself worthy of nomination. Carving out…

  • How to find a comics artist part 1

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    “Good approaches for finding comic artists to work with,” is a question in my skribit that has been staring at me for quite sometime. I have so many different answers and ideas, depending on the specific project and budget. This is a very general start point and articulation of things I have found and seen…

  • A funny thing

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    I do love searching through Google Analytics. There’s so much crunchy data to contemplate I could lose days in it, especially when I’m procrastinating. Someone found my website searching Liz Argall a funny thing. A funny thing is the name of a song I performed once or twice in the folk scene back in Australia.…

  • Campbell Awards – get ready to vote!

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    “The John W. Campbell Award is given to the best new science fiction or fantasy writer whose first work professional publication in the previous two year. of science fiction or fantasy was published in the previous two years” (Campbell official website). I’m not sure if I’m in my first year of eligibility, though I am…

  • Clarion collection of posts have been updated

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    I try to update the collection every month with a slow, catchemall plan (sustainability is crucial). This month my new catch, harking back to 1985, is from The Ferret. Thanks for flinging them my way dude. William Shunn and Geoffrey A. Landis have been added to the collection. Other news The skribit question (see right…

  • Home from a Photoshoot

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    I just got home from a lovely photo shoot for Roving Horse Henna, photos taken (of course) by the lovely Annaliese. It has been quite an involved process, working with two delightful women I adore. Wendy, Ms Roving Horse Henna is an astoundingly talented henna artist and Annaliese is a great photographer.

  • The glasses made whole

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    I hiked out to Asterix Eyewear (though the sign says All American Eyewear) in NE Portland to see if my glasses could be repaired… my ocular vision a little strained from seeing the world through a sagging bandaid repair and a little bit afraid to move my head. Every time I tilted my head down…

  • Steampunk Reloaded II – comics reprinting opportunity

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    Ann and Jeff VanderMeer are editing their second Steampunk anthology, Steampunk Reloaded II… and… I’ve just checked in with them, they love the idea of including comics. So here it is short and sweet: They only accept reprints Reading period is December 15, 2009, and February 15, 2010 Their definition of Steampunk is broad (if…

  • Oh no melon! my glasses broke

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    I got out of the shower this morning, I polished my glasses and they snapped in half. Oh no! I don’t think I have spare glasses and shall subsist for a time with my specs stuck together with tape. I am considering shopping online for my new specs given I have a recent prescription. Any…

  • Creating Comics in Canberra, Australia

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    I’ve noticed (through the power of google analytics) that quite a few people have found my website while looking for comic workshops in Canberra. I don’t live in Canberra anymore, but I am happy to help you find local comicers if you need someone. Impact Comics might be able to help you as well, I’m…