Part time author 🪶⚓ Full time pirate
Hi! I'm Liz. I'm a writer and off-grid liveaboard sailor. I gallivant about the high seas with my partner and my dog, turning my adventures into speculative fiction.
While I explore the world, my books explore themes adjacent to mental health, the loneliness epidemic, addiction, tech creep, climate change, and the looming collapse of society (but, like. . .in a fun way.)
When I'm not penning novels about the impending apocalypse, I make money tearing other writers' manuscripts to shreds. Others call this pastime 'editing', and if you're interested, I can do it for you.
On the rare occasion I'm not working, you can find me swimming, complaining about the weather, telling my dog I love her for the bazillionth time today, or watching Taskmaster.
For editing inquiries, please see the 'Editing' page of this site. For anything else, contact my agent Amy Collins at acollins@talcottnotch.net.
Our floating home
My partner, dog, and I live on a 43ft Morgan sailboat called Loki. We bought the boat in 2019 after almost 6 years of planning, and set sail in September of 2021.
Our journey began in our hometown of Santa Cruz, CA. From there, we sailed down the Pacific Coast into Baja California. We spent a year in Mexico before continuing south through Guatamala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Hondurus, Costa Rica, and Panama. In March of 2023 we came through the Panama Canal to the Caribbean.
Loki is a wonderful home, albeit small at times. We live simply, and with minimal expense and waste, procuring our own water and generating our own power from solar.
One of my favorite things about this way of life is the freedom it gives us to explore work we love. We were motivated to pursue this lifestyle by a desire to see the world, but also by the understanding that boat life is an amazing way to keep expenses low - meaning we have time to focus on creative projects, rather than a mortgage.
Meet the crew
Trevor Hope
Trev is the indispensible captain of this ship, without whom, let's face it, the whole operation really falls apart. He's an excellent sailor, outstanding electrician, and can fix just about anything. We've been together 16 years.
Aloy Bonesnatcher McGee
We rescued Aloy from GEPDA rescue in San Martin, CA in 2017. She came to us with some behavioral issues, including aggression toward strangers. We still have to manage that from time to time, but she's calmed down a lot in her maturing years. She's an amazing guard dog and once she gets to know a person, she is ride-or-die. Readers may recognize her as Malarkey from the Thalassic Series.