Liz Argall

Category: News update

  • 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…

  • Wiscon is done, initial links to further reading

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    Wiscon, the fab feminist fiction festival on matters speculative, interstitial and intersectional, is done for another year. I’m in the airport at O’Hare and my flight boards in 10 minutes, but here’s the initial links I promised to folks during the Karen Axness panel. Blog post wherein I ask for help around books to read…

  • Ichabod ‘splain… no that will take too long, I’ll sum up

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    Betsy Nails didn’t go to The Big O, but a certain Ichabod ‘splain had her announcing debut. Not all has been uploaded, but this is what’s available so far. Friday: Arizona vs Sin City, first announcing gig ever! With the fabulous Fragglepuss the Chaste. Humboldt vs Treasure Valley, with sophisticated man of mystery Phil Dirt…

  • Awesomesauce news! Falling Leaves

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    Falling Leaves will be appearing in Apex Magazine! If you’ve read (or heard at Pseudopod OR Dark Fictions) my story a Study in Flesh and Mind, the setting might be a little familiar. Chances are you won’t actually get to read it until 2014, but I’m super happy that Apex accepted and it’s a joy…

  • Rat City Roller Girls, Key Arena, Saturday May 11

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    Championship Bout for the home teams tomorrow!!! eee!!! I’ll be there in my labcoat (penalty box and score keeping). There are still tickets available, so you can be there too :-) And a new highlights reel with some big hits, including a ref take down. See you at the after party?

  • Mermaid’s Hook will kiss your ear-meats

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    In news that is rad, PodCastle will be doing an audio version of Mermaid’s Hook (you can hook your eyeball-meats into the text version over at Apex Magazine). You might recall the awesome audio version they did of The Rugged Track (my Roller Derby Fairytale), so as you can imagine I’m quite excited to have…

  • Jealousing is the new writing exercise

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    When I get professionally jealous it’s often an exciting thing. “Wow! I never thought of doing that, that’s amazing!” But excitement can turn into sad feelings… “I don’t know if I’ll ever be awesome, eloquent and organized enough to use a moment in front of doorknockers to do the sort of tight exposition, character development…

  • Late night at the Science Fiction Museum

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    I’ll be at the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum 5-8pm tonight. Rat City will be sharing the derby love during the Art of Computer Games exhibit. If you’re in town you might want to enjoy the late close as well as play a bunch of cool games.

  • Extra gifts from the seahorse

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    On Monday I wrote about about Bruce Livingston’s TedX talk. It inspired a sequence of Things Without Arms and Without Legs comics. Here’s a link to part 1 if you want to check it out.

  • Tina Connolly makes sweet sounds – and will be reading Shadow Play

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    I feel like a fool not mentioning this last week when Tina Connolly was coming into town as part of the SFWA Reading Series (great reading series, it’s in Portland, Seattle and I hear it might go to more cities soon).Tina Connolly’s fab eclectic podcast of short fiction, Toasted Cake, will be doing an audio…