Nine Worlds is coming up this Thursday! I'm obviously calm, collected, and completely organised. If you don't know about Nine Worlds it's a ridiculously fabulous convention held in London and encompasses all manner of geek culture, including literature, gaming, cosplay, fandom, some twenty-six other things (ish – can I count signings as their own track?),…
Author: Lizbeth Myles
Writer, podcaster. Likes Doctor Who a lot. And spaceships generally. And cake.
My Beautiful Loncon Schedule
Worldcon aka Loncon 3 is, terrifyingly, in two weeks time. Obviously, I'm completely organised and totally calm about that. Yes. Good. And I have a schedule! Of stuff! It's really awesome. Here it is: The Girls Who Waited Friday 19:00 - 20:00, Capital Suite 11 (ExCeL) Last year, in an essay for The Guardian, Anna…
Verity! Big Finish Round Table
This week's Verity! has three whole guests on it! Or two, if you think we cheated by including me. But two guests! All novel and exciting for us. And there's a competition, with prizes from Big Finish, ra! Behold: "We at Verity! often jabber on about Big Finish, but this time we thought we’d let…
Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories is out!
I received this very exciting package in the post last week: Rah! A Doctor Who story what I wrote, all real and on a CD with a cover and notes and things! There're also stories on there by the not-at-all intimidating company of Mark Ravenhill, Una McCormack, and Nev Fountain. And you too can have…
Continue reading ➞ Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories is out!
Breaking Bubbles Bits and Pieces
My Doctor Who audio from Big Finish, Breaking Bubbles, is out this month. Precisely when? Not a clue. But there are a couple of THINGS to do with it that of which at least one, I am assured, is yayful and lovely. Naturally, I lack the courage to look and/or listen to them without first…
Verity #45 and Other Fripperies
There are no fripperies in this post, sorry. Everything is a very proper and substantial thing, but I felt particularly keen on the word at time of writing, so a pox on meaning, it shall be in the title. Anyway, this week! Verity! At our forty-fifth ever-so-exciting episode: "It’s another villaintastic episode of Verity! This…
100 Stories, 100 Writers, 100 Years
Because we wouldn't want to forget that women have always written SFF, WOULD WE? 1915 – Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1916 – Five Generations Hence by Lillian B Jones 1917 – The Great Beast of Kaifu by Clotilde Graves 1918 – The Professor in Erin by L. McManus 1919 – When Dead Lips Speak…
Call for Doctor Who panellists at Nine Worlds
Greetings, delicious readers! Are you a fan of that fine telly show Doctor Who? Are you planning to attend Nine Worlds, the most delightful convention these United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have to offer? Yes? Then consider making your convention time Infinitely More Exciting by volunteering to be a panelist on the…
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Ten Great Women of the Star Wars ‘verse
What the dickens is this? Two posts in one week? Why yes, delicious readers, it is. Devilishly exciting, I'm sure. What on Earth could this one be about then? (The title might give it away somewhat.) Ah, Star Wars. Lovely, lovely Star Wars. They are smashing movies, all three of them (shusht). And I will…
Hugos and Eastercon and Breaking Bubbles
What happened to that amazing plan to blog every week, self? What happened? You're going to have to do a week of lists or something to catch up. But lists are great, right? Everyone likes lists! (Five Vegetables of Most Hellish Taste; Five Beigest Trek Episodes; Five Lego Creations People Should Make For Meeeee….by gum,…
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