Eliza ChanEnd of 2016 Round-upTo the round-up! Work Published in 2016 In January my story ‘The Water Museum’ was released online in Holdfast Magazine‘s Issue 8:Love, Sex and Romance, ed. ...
Eliza ChanMancunicon!Some of the Manchester Spec Fic group at the con This time last weekend I was at my first Eastercon, Mancunicon. It wasn’t my first SFF con, I’ve been to Wor...
Eliza ChanRipping out the still beating heart of the NHSI don’t normally comment on politics, on news, on things outside of my writing life in this blog. But I’ve decided to do something a little different today. ...
Eliza Chan2015-2016 Views and NewsIt’s late in the month but it’s still January so I’ll attempt one of these review/ preview things. Reading Through my fortnightly book group and some other r...
Eliza ChanBlacksmithingEver since I started reading fantasy novels as a child, I, along with most other fans of the genre, have loved a blacksmith. The archetypical blacksmith’s so...
Eliza ChanLong overdue updateThis blog has been sorely neglected due to a wedding, a postgraduate degree and finding things like Twitter are so much faster. I decided last night that thi...
Eliza ChanGo on, stare!With the Paralympics currently on in London, I thought it would be very topical to discuss disability. There have been a lot of TV programmes on lately about...
Eliza ChanCall me racist but…I had settled down to watch How I Met Your Mother (*S17 E16 spoiler alert*) last night and halfway through the episode spontaneously announced that Kevin was...
Eliza ChanToys for girls and toys for boysSome of the girls at the school I work at have started bringing in skipping ropes. I was pleasantly surprised that children as young as 4 and 5 have the coor...
Eliza ChanDiscoveryI have recently joined a book group and members had commented on their interest in my choice in books, due to having a degree in English Literature and as a w...
Eliza ChanIcelandHave just come home from a fantastic holiday in Iceland. When I was a teenager I read about the aurora borealis in Iceland and wanted to go ever since. These...
Eliza ChanChristmas is a-coming!I know it’s cheesy and commercialised but I love the run up to Christmas. I possibly love it more now than when I was a child because I have free rein (or is...
Eliza ChanFeminism is deadI randomly started a book yesterday because I had a vague recollection of the author’s name. At this stage I don’t want to reveal what book or author, but my...
Eliza ChanFunny things children have said to me…I’m too tired to think of a proper blogging subject today. So instead, things that children have said to me over the years: Why do you have spots on your fac...
Eliza ChanArts and CraftsIt struck me today that arts and crafts are still seen as something mainly for children. If not kits aimed at children (jewellery making, cards making, paper...
Eliza ChanFriendshipsEveryone likes having friends, but the friends we have at different stages of our life change. When I was in primary school I was friends with the clever gir...
Eliza ChanVintage darlingVintage is a word which has become a phenomenon in the last few years. It used to be second-hand or used, but change the word to vintage and suddenly the pri...
Eliza ChanUnreliable narratorsI’m reading the bookWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver for a book club I recently joined. It’s not something I would pick up myself and whilst I w...
Eliza ChanSelf-promotionToday I went along to the relaunch of the Portsmouth Writers’ Hub. Having only moved here a little over two months ago, I was unaware of the old Portsmouth W...
Eliza ChanGender BenderIt defines us all. It’s the first thing you notice about a person and if you can’t pinpoint it, it drives you mad. And at the end of the day, why does it mat...