Author: Liz
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Nebula Awards wrap up
The Nebula awards were hosted in Pittsburgh this year and once again I was delighted by the proceedings. These were my third Nebulas and it’s been so interesting seeing how they have grown and developed. My most distinct memory of Nebulas 2015 was David Hartwell chuckling with delight to see all these new young people…
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Will I see you at Norwescon?
Happy 40th birthday Norwescon! Norwescon this year is on April 13–16 at SeaTac, WA Come say hi, I’ll be on programming, running a workshop for anyone who wants to create comics and my autograph session will be on Saturday. Make sure you pop by the autograph session if you would like me to draw a…
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Mayara responds to “Monster Girls Don’t Cry” by Merc Rustad
Mayara, the tamarin the size of a tamarind seed, brings you her response to “Monster Girls Don’t Cry” by Merc Rustad over at Uncanny Magazine. Go check it out! “Monster Girls Don’t Cry” contained a lot of what I was soul food to me when I was teen, speculative fiction with enough teeth, hope and…
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e-postcards from the Things
Subscribing is definitely the best way to make sure you get a hug for your pocket, but you can have a sneak peak at today’s e-postcard and look at last fortnight’s postcard if you what to check out our newest work in progress http://eepurl.com/ctLf3T And apologies for the dark blue urls! I shall fix the template!…
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Tomorrow I send out my first e-postcard!
Would you like to join us? Would you like to feel more nourished as you make, create and re-find the spark? I’d like to send you electronic postcards – nuggets of wisdom, sketches, reflections on the craft, and a guarantee you’ll never miss another Things comic. You don’t even need a stamp. Liz and Things,…
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Orycon, availability, and a boost for your own creative process
Home from Orycon It filled me with so much joy to see old friends and meet new fans. You guys inspire me and I will try to work harder for you every day. We have some challenging years ahead of us and it will be important to find a multitude of ways to bring the…
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Home from Atlantic Centre for the Arts, Residency 163
Flying home from ACA, inking Things comics I sketched while there. So much deep work. I found new capacity as a storyteller. I was inspired by great people who I got to talk to and listen to and exist in space with. I realized, again, ways I rob myself of my own power an watched…
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Coming to an Orycon in Portland
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Hello! I will be at Orycon in Portland, Nov 18-20. If you see me at the con or in the bar you’re super welcome to come up and say hi. I have a hectic schedule, so the best way to make sure you see me is to come to a panel. I take programming prep pretty…
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Communities of dreaming – love letters to Star Trek
If you would like more Things in your diet please head over to Uncanny Magazine and check out Things React to Star Trek where we look at love as a tool we use to shape ourselves, and shape our communities. Thanks to Mary Anne Mohanraj and Una McCormack for being the muses on this one…
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Remembering Kate Yule
A brain tumor took Kate Yule from us yesterday. She was/is (for the quality of character can extend beyond time) an exemplar of so much of what I love about the community of science fiction and fantasy, and why I choose SFF author over author as a label. The first time I met Kate I…