Liz Argall

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  • Mermaid’s Hook into your ear

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    Mermaid’s Hook is now live at Podcastle! Woohoo! A magnificent introduction by Ann Leckie, a dreamy reading by Julia Rios plus some lovely end notes by Dave Thompson. Kinda funny, but I think I needed to hear my own words today (even if loving and caring can be a painful thing). It’s rated R, for disturbing…

  • On Reconciliation

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    Since coming to America from Australia I’ve really missed an active reconciliation culture. There are many awesome activist things that happen here, but reconciliation is something that it’s important to me. It’s like breathing, it’s a fundamental part of the country that is inside me and the land I belong to. Sometimes it’s hard to…

  • Pulp Pocket

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    Attention Oregonians and those that like to visit the city of roses. One of my plays will be performed at the Pocket Pulp: Sci Fi Night on Thursday June 20. Other familiar names in this pocket of pulp include Tina Connolly and Terry Bisson. I love Terry’s dry wit, I wish I could be there.…

  • Primary school kids are cool: redux

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    Substantial additions have been made to that blog post. You might like them. Primary school kids are cool. You are cool.

  • Thank you for your disappointment. SFWA bloggedness

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    I am a member of SFWA, but I do not hold office. In this blog post I will refer to SFWA as we or us, that’s my SFWA, the reason I am a member of SFWA, a SFWA I share with other members and will fight for. Dear people who have criticized SFWA, members* and…

  • Things Comic 130!!! We made it!

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    Comic 130! Comic 130!!!!!!! I promised I would make 130 comics by June 23 and I did it! For a bit I was drawing a comic every day and zooming ahead like a machine, then (just as a wise writer told me this was probably not a good long term strategy) my drawing fell over…

  • The challenges of the write-a-thon

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    Every year I’ve participated in the Clarion Write-a-thon – a six week, try to push yourself creatively to raise money for a good cause. Every year I’ve met great people, re-connected with friends, made art and told stories I never would have without the desperation of this challenge. There’s a poem that I wrote standing…

  • Some good words by ze frank

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  • Primary school kids are cool

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    I spent the afternoon at a school talking to super smart 4th graders about comics and art and stories. They asked really good questions and had terrific imaginations. It was a lot of fun. If you came here looking for advice on how to look cool in primary school (for boys or girls)… well chances…

  • Drawings from Wiscon

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    I’ve recently taken to drawing during readings. I find it helps me stay alert and remember the key moments of the story. The drawings don’t have to be good, I just have to do them. Drawing on the iPad has been freeing, it creates less mess, the smooth texture of stylus on glass is less…