lizzybuffy2008

On Friday, I went to the Saatchi Gallery in London to see their exhibition: The Sun and The Moon - Art Inspired By The Celestial, before it finishes on the 8th of September. I like the Saatchi Gallery. Their exhibitions always have such an eclectic mix of artistic styles, and this was no exception, with paintings, collages, fabrics, costumes, tarot cards, flags, sculptures, literature and scientific instruments. Halfway through was Luc Jerram's Helios - a huge model of the sun made up of 400,000 photographs of the sun, which was spectacular as it was animated too...

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Overall, a very interesting exhibition with lots to see. I really enjoyed it, and I'm glad I caught it before it closes.

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1. What arts or crafts do you spend time on these days?

2. What arts or crafts have you stopped doing, and why?

3. What new art or craft are you interested in trying?

4. Are you more of an experimental craftsperson, or do you tend more toward the traditional?

5. Choose your favorite, and explain why: line shape form light color texture

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marthawells

I was so thrilled and happy that Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano, Britta Rowings, Dan Balgoyen from Depth of Field Productions, and David Dastmalchian (who plays Gurathin) and and Keith Levine from Phantom Four, and Stan Pham from CBS, were able to come to the LA WorldCon and the Hugo Awards to accept the Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form Hugo for "All Systems Red" (written by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, directed by Roseanne Liang).

If you want to see us onstage, the Hugo Awards were streamed live and are now up on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyarB0EVaM.

Our category is at about 2:09:00, with Ronald Moore presenting. (And you can see me in my pretty dress.)

Chris Weitz and Andrew Miano also came early to do a panel with me, with Brenda Clough as moderator, on adapting the book to the screen, but I think you have to be a member of the virtual convention to see that one.

The list of Hugo nominees and winners is here: https://www.lacon.org/2026hugos/

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1. What chores did you have to do, growing up?

2. Which chore do you hate doing the most?

3. Which chore do you actually enjoy doing?

4. Did you receive an allowance when you were growing up?

5. What was (or is) your favorite subject in school?

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marthawells

Coming up on Sept 10 in College Station TX, I’ll be there with two of the Murderbot showrunners, Chris Weitz and Andrew Miano, hosted by the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives SF/F Collection:

https://library.tamu.edu/news/2026/08/murderbot-panel.html

This is a free event in Texas A&M’s Rudder Theatre.

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I'll be at the LA WorldCon this coming weekend, and here's my schedule: https://guide.lacon.org/people/7898eca8/martha-wells

Separate from the convention, Kate Elliott and I will be doing an interview and signing event on Thursday, August 27 at 7:00 pm with our editor Lee Harris at the Huntington Beach Barnes & Noble.

https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062217872-0

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And I'll be at ArmadilloCon in Austin on Saturday September 12: https://armadillocon.org/

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