Category: News update
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This is How You Die: Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death
As some of you may recall I have a short story that will be coming out in the anthology formerly known as Machine of Death: Volume 2. “Blunt Force Delivered by Spouse” is about love and land and violence and hardship and strength and love and loss and sisters, but most of all it is…
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Things we said at Clarion
During Leonard’s memorial I mentioned the Clarion wall. During Clarion we stuck a bunch of crazy quotes on the wall of our common room. Words from critiques and sometimes just from random conversations. In the center was “Screw being a time traveling researcher, I want to be a writer.” I’m staying with the marvelous Ed…
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Leonard Pung
Leonard Pung died on Monday 3 September 2012 from complications caused by leukemia. My condolences to his friends, colleagues and family. Seeing people from other aspects of Leonard’s life is heartwarming, full of remarkable kith and kin. Clarion has founded a scholarship in his honor. I met Leonard when we went to Clarion together. Clarion…
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Poetry sale and Write-a-Thon wrap up
Great news! Apex will be publishing my poem Casanova Clay, probably in late 2013. Casanova Clay started as a piece of twitter fiction (lovingly rejected because the story needed to be bigger) and then slowly grew over the years. He got me back into writing poetry. I love Casanova and its nice to know others…
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Last day of the Write-a-thon
Today is the last day of the Write-a-thon. I’m thrilled by how this process has given me permission to make a bevy of Things Without Arms and Without Legs, write words, think about process and finish a promise made last year. Last Days Offer: If all my pledges come in I am only $50 away…
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At a professional convention I am likely to hug you. At a comics/pop-culture convention I am likely to say please don’t touch me
It has been heart warming to see honest conversations about sexism, harassment and prejudice in story-sharing communities (be it gaming, books, or comics). Sometimes it makes me cry a little. I find it interesting that now that men are talking about it a lot more it has become news, and I find it a huge…
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Start of Week 5!!! – with unexpected challenges and potential prizes
Write-a-thon update! Things without arms and without legs continue – I’m waiting for new styluses to arrive, but in the meantime you can at least enjoy animated giffs of the Things. One of my unspoken ambitions of the Write-a-thon was to set up a standing desk and USE IT. It’s working really well, although I…
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End of Week 1 – reflections!
Almost at the end of week one! Reflections People are amazing. I mean I know that already but I’m so happy that people are enjoying Things Without Arms and Without Legs. Wow my sponsors! Getting sponsored is wonderful and humbling and amazing. A quarter of a way towards my goal already! Every time I see…
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Write-a-thon Day 2 and 3
So yesterday I wrestled with technology and wrote 150 words on a collaborative universe and collaborative media fairytale (not many words, but edging towards my first priority, a thousand words, a priority that was set by terrific sponsor Shauna Roberts). Today I wrestled with technology again and put up the first post for the Things…
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Fresh minted blogness – “
If you’re thinking ‘dammit Liz, why don’t you blog more!’ never fear, for I have written something for the Horrific Miscue blog. “Writing meets Derby – there’s no such thing as no impact.” Best Liz