Ditch Diggers
249 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsTreat your writing like a blue collar job. Doctors don't get doctor block and ditch diggers don't get ditch digger block, and working writers can't get writer's block. Business and humor.
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Ditch Diggers #83
September 24, 2019 20:38 - 25 minutes - 31.1 MBSo what do you do with that new money that lands in your lap when no one teaches writers anything about money management?
Ditch Diggers #82
September 04, 2019 02:10 - 47 minutes - 57.4 MBMatt-replicant Alasdair Stuart and I bring you live Ditch Diggers with Gail Carriger, Ursula Vernon, and the game Superfight!
Ditch Diggers #81
August 12, 2019 16:00 - 25 minutes - 15 MBMatt and I both spent our Julys finishing projects, and we talk about that.
Ditch Diggers #80
July 29, 2019 13:31 - 10 minutes - 13.2 MBWe recorded this a month ago and then the hammer of deadlines fell. We come to you from Jody Foster's Gorilla Preservation, and talk about how, if you want to make a career, you are not the one story you're in love with. We talk about Wonder Boys.
Ditch Diggers #79
June 12, 2019 21:51 - 20 minutes - 14.9 MBShow Notes for DD 79 The Streisand Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect An Anne Rice Moment of Zen https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/11/books/the-people-have-spoken-and-rice-takes-offense.html
Ditch Diggers #78
June 04, 2019 15:24 - 1 hour - 30.5 MBDon't show your ass on the Internet. That is all.
Ditch Diggers #077: 20 Min Ditch: Just Jetpacks
May 13, 2019 19:00 - 10 minutes - 12.6 MBThe 20-Minute Ditch returns! Time is the fire in which we burn! In this new mini-episode Matt and Mur talk about inventing science fiction and how it's just people plus robots plus jet packs. More seriously, they talk about how "literary" authors offering "serious takes" on SF is reductive and harmful to SF authors and the field in general, and the result that attitude has on how books are marketed and sold.
Ditch Diggers #77
May 13, 2019 19:00 - 10 minutes - 12.6 MBThe 20-Minute Ditch returns! Time is the fire in which we burn! In this new mini-episode Matt and Mur talk about inventing science fiction and how it's just people plus robots plus jet packs. More seriously, they talk about how "literary" authors offering "serious takes" on SF is reductive and harmful to SF authors and the field in general, and the result that attitude has on how books are marketed and sold.
Ditch Diggers #76
April 30, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBI've had weird bizarre problems uploading, so I apologize for the lack of ID3 tags. We talk about ennui and stuff.
Ditch Diggers #75
April 03, 2019 19:20 - 31 minutes - 40 MBMatt and I had some miscommunications and I thought I'd lost the file, and it's been a rough start to the year. But we're back!
Ditch Diggers #74
February 25, 2019 16:43 - 13 minutes - 17.3 MBWe had some questions that we wanted an agent to tackle, and I was at a con with my agent, so I sat down with her and we ordered drinks.
Ditch Diggers #73
February 05, 2019 17:00 - 37 minutes - 49.4 MBMatt and I are back on the horse, talking to puppy-saving hero and writer, Sean Grigsby.
ISBW #403
February 01, 2019 21:30 - 30 minutes - 23.9 MBI talk about some changes coming to the podcast, and then I interview Sherrilyn Kenyon. Remember to email me if you want to win a copy of her book! US only please.
Ditch Diggers #72
January 11, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBMur and Matt invite many-award-nominated Brooke Bolander on the show and talk about awards.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 25, 2018 19:19 - 11 minutes - 8.12 MBTime to read all those cherished stories and drink cocoa. Or take your dog to the ER and post this late, cause that's what I did. *She's fine.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 25, 2018 19:19 - 11 minutes - 8.12 MBTime to read all those cherished stories and drink cocoa. Or take your dog to the ER and post this late, cause that's what I did. *She's fine.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 22, 2018 14:30 - 8 minutes - 5.33 MBIt's getting close to Christmas, folks. So close we can taste it.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 21, 2018 14:30 - 8 minutes - 5.26 MBHappy Yule everybody! It's the solstice and Matt totally knew that.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 21, 2018 14:30 - 8 minutes - 5.26 MBHappy Yule everybody! It's the solstice and Matt totally knew that.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 20, 2018 23:30 - 8 minutes - 4.97 MBMur is out of it so Matt continues taking the burden of hosting.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 20, 2018 18:31 - 17 minutes - 9.74 MBSo Jodie Foster double booked days 17 and 18. That's our story and we're sticking to it.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 16, 2018 17:00 - 11 minutes - 6.58 MBWe're out of questions and we need more! Email mightymur at Gmail or use #ditchdiggers on Twitter to ask us publishing questions. Till then, we talk imposter syndrome. And Santa Claus.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 15, 2018 17:00 - 6 minutes - 3.8 MBMur thought it was Day 14 because we do a lot of these at once. Matt laughs at her.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 14, 2018 17:00 - 10 minutes - 6.4 MBWe're back and not reliant on the 12 days of Christmas anymore.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 13, 2018 17:00 - 11 minutes - 6.96 MBWe're out of servants and birds. I feel at a loss.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 13, 2018 12:50 - 8 minutes - 5.45 MBTwelve lords a- no, it's maids- no, dammit, what are there twelve of? Regardless, another day, another DD question.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 11, 2018 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.11 MBPipers are a piping and I don't know what we're going to do when we're done with the 12 days.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 10, 2018 17:00 - 9 minutes - 5.37 MBTen lords a leaping. Those jerks.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 10, 2018 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.07 MBNine lords a leaping. Those drunk jerks.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 09, 2018 23:12 - 8 minutes - 5.28 MBAnother question, more festive answers!
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 06, 2018 22:00 - 11 minutes - 7.26 MBIt's a geese a laying day, and we hate geese.
Ditch Diggers #71
December 06, 2018 20:33 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBThe Ditch Diggers come to you live from Jeff Goldblum's Honcho Spa with special guest, best-selling author Chuck Wendig!
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 06, 2018 20:10 - 9 minutes - 5.68 MBBeta and Alpha readers- what are they?
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 05, 2018 04:44 - 15 minutes - 9.81 MBIt's late but it's happening.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 03, 2018 23:24 - 30 minutes - 7.49 MBWe talk advertising jobs, Christmas movies, and Lea Thompson.
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendars
December 03, 2018 04:01 - 12 minutes - 6.86 MBWhat do you do with crappy beta readers?
Ditch Diggers Advent Calendar
December 01, 2018 19:01 - 15 minutes - 9.58 MBWe're going through the old posts! And talk about the awards for bad sex writing.
Ditch Diggers #70
November 21, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBThe Ditch Diggers come to you live from Jeff Goldblum's Free-Range Panther Habitat with special guests, Parvus Press co-founder and publisher, Colin Coyle, and FLOTSAM author RJ Theodore, known conversationally as Rekka!
Ditch Diggers #69
October 29, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBHow do you attend cons and network if you are hearing, sight, or otherwise disabled?
Ditch Diggers #68
October 24, 2018 19:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBWe're back after a big win and several losses!
Ditch Diggers #67
September 24, 2018 16:00 - 48 minutes - 62.9 MBWe're live from WorldCon with Kellan Szpara and Margaret Dunlap!
Ditch Diggers #067: Live from WorldCon!
September 24, 2018 16:00 - 48 minutes - 62.9 MBWe're live from WorldCon with Kellan Szpara and Margaret Dunlap!
Ditch Diggers #66
September 20, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBMatt and I have been super busy and super stressed for many reasons. We're very sorry this is so late. WorldCon episode goes live next week!
Ditch Diggers #65
July 07, 2018 19:45 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBMur and Matt come to you live after abandoning Morgan Freeman's elaborate and fictitious estate (because, once again, the Ditch Diggers believe women) and tunneling from the interstate (for reasons Mur explains) to Jeff Goldblum's modest empire. Or possibly Jodie Foster's underground lair. It's all very complicated, but we're working on it.
Ditch Diggers #64
June 25, 2018 13:30 - 20 minutes - 14.7 MBWe bring you 20 more minutes of talk, this time about grudges and forgiveness.
Ditch Diggers #63
June 20, 2018 13:00 - 53 minutes - 38.9 MBMatt and Mur discuss the Nebula awards.
Ditch Diggers #62
May 21, 2018 13:30 - 20 minutes - 14.8 MBWelcome to the first 20-Minute Ditch! On their inaugural truncated episode, Matt and Mur talk about deadline management do’s and don’t’s for freelance writers! Also, Matt has a metronome, Mur has a long riff on “Footprints,” and will be talking mainly to herself!
Ditch Diggers #61
May 14, 2018 08:30 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBWe talk about how to get started with the freelance life.
Ditch Diggers #60
April 25, 2018 22:24 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBMargaret Killjoy joins the ditch diggers to talk novellas, Tor.com, and other publishing.
Ditch Diggers #59
April 17, 2018 21:57 - 44 minutes - 30.2 MBFor the first time ever, both Matt and Mur have had phenomenal first quarters of the year. We go over it, as much as we can, anyway.