I was on two - count em, TWO - whole podcasts last week and neither one was Verity! and only one was about Doctor Who, because I'm a multi-facted and layered individual of ENIGMATICNESS. One of these fab podcasts is the ever so brilliant Reality Bomb, where Mr Burk and Mr Kennard let me ramble…
Author: Lizbeth Myles
Writer, podcaster. Likes Doctor Who a lot. And spaceships generally. And cake.
May the Fourth Be With You!
You have no idea how hard I'm trying not to be fannish about Star Wars. It's for my own good. I quit The Old Republic MMORPG cold turkey at the end of last year because I need More Hours in the day, and that's been swell and all, but I really miss it, and I'm…
Companion Piece launch day!
Today is the official release date for Companion Piece, an essay anthology about the humans, aliens and tin dogs of Doctor Who, edited by myself and Liz Barr. It's got over thirty essays on the companions of Doctor Who, from award-winning and New York Times best-selling authors, to fans for whom this is their first…
Ten Years of New Who
Shockingly, terrifyingly, it's been a decade since the new series of Doctor Who began. I'm trying to remember if I ever imagined that New Who would last ten years, back when the new series was first announced. I suspect not. I think I was so caught up in the excitement of having all those new…
Cranky Ladies of History, ahoy!
As we all know from, um, watching movies and stuff, timeliness is for losers. Thus, despite being released on International Women's Day, it's only now that I write this blog post on the ridiculously gorgeous anthology Cranky Ladies of History edited by Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely, in which I have a story, 'Little…
Ten Random But Excellent Facts About Historical Women for International Women’s Day
1 – If Meryt-Neith had a man's name she'd be regarded as a pharaoh of the First Dynasty of ancient Egypt (ruling circa 3000 BCE) and the world's first know queen regnant. But since she has a women's name many historians don't consider there to be enough evidence to say with reasonable certainty that she…
Trek movie rewatch: Star Trek The Motion Picture
The recent passing of the rather wonderful Leonard Nimoy had prompted me to do a Trek movie rewatch. I've never actually watched them all in order before, I suspect because it's quite a tricky thing - once you've seen it and know what's about to happen - to make yourself sit through The Motion Picture.…
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Gallifrey 2015
Home from Gallifrey 2015 for over a week now. A nice quiet week as I recover from a hectic weekend of friends, panels, drinking, talking, and flailing at amazing costumes, but no con crud! I blame the fact I've been forcing myself to eat broccoli this year. Here are some of the things that brought…
Drive-by recs
Pausing in my not-panicking to recommend two delicious fantasy novels that will totally make you a better, happier person. Possibly. Here they are: 1) The Copper Promise by Jen Williams – I bought this after I saw the author in a panel at FantasyCon (she was magnificent) and then bought it extra hard when I…
To the Gallifrey-mobile!
I'm off to Gallifrey One aka Gally this weekend, and I'm trying to pack and I hate packing, so what's actually happening is tons of productive procrastination and no packing. Mostly I hope it's warm in Los Angeles. I am totally imagining the eye-rolling of certain friends as I type this since they have like…
