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I Should Be Writing

437 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★ - 321 ratings

"I should be writing" is what people say, but they rarely do it. This podcast is designed to help you get past those blocks, whether it's what your teacher told you when you were a kid, to being totally sure you'll never be as good as (FAV AUTHOR) so you might as well quit.

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[ISBW] Gwynne Garfinkle and Ghosts!

June 16, 2022 16:00 - 43 minutes - 43.5 MB

Pre-show Notes I've been stressed out finishing my book, and sat on SO MANY EPISODES. So we'll be releasing them soon. Don't forget Spoilers Club, June 25! Also: Goodreads STATION ETERNITY Giveaway (open through June 30) S18 Ep40 2022 Word Count: 73335 ?? (are we even in the same ballpark?) Writing Retreat coming at the end of May Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 177 Main Topic: Interview with Gwynne Garfinkle Debut novel: Can’t Find My Way Home by Gwynne Garfinkle  Th...

[ISBW] Don't Wait. Dangit.

June 14, 2022 16:00 - 34 minutes - 34.9 MB

Pre-show Notes I've been stressed out finishing my book, and sat on SO MANY EPISODES. So we'll be releasing them soon. Don't forget Spoilers Club, June 25! Also: Goodreads STATION ETERNITY Giveaway (open through June 30) Total raw wordcount for 2022: 118656 Open 2022 Word Count: 73335 ?? Writing Retreat coming at the end of May Good News Good News Marketing Department Station Eternity social media artwork FTW! Team Rejection count: 177 Main Topic: Don’t wait. Don’t hesitate. Tru...

[ISBW] Editing and Cross Referencing Hell

June 11, 2022 16:00 - 28 minutes - 29.5 MB

Pre-show Notes I've been stressed out finishing my book, and sat on SO MANY EPISODES. So we'll be releasing them soon. Don't forget Spoilers Club, June 25!  Also: Goodreads STATION ETERNITY Giveaway (open through June 30) Total raw wordcount for 2022: 118656 S18 Ep38 Open 2022 Word Count: 71335 ?? Writing Retreat coming at the end of May Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 177 Main Topic: Editing, Cross Referencing, and Matching Numbers Timelines in your stories can...

[ISBW] What Can A REAL Lawyer Tell Us About Copyright and IP

May 13, 2022 16:00 - 50 minutes - 47.3 MB

Please Note,While Solicitor Kenner is A lawyer, she's still not YOUR lawyer, so do not take anything said here as direct legal advice.   Open 2022 Word Count: 68178 ?? Writing Retreat coming at the end of May Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 171 Sourdough starters growing up and ready to go to school Main Topic: Your Writing, Copyright and Intellectual Properties Trademarks, and referring to brands in fiction Fair Use: The Rules, The Limitations, and Usages Titles...

[ISBW] Minor Characters

May 12, 2022 16:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

Open 2022 Word Count: 68178 Writing Retreat coming in May Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 150 Main Topic: On Supporting Characters Whydunit is more important than Whodunit The Afterparty on Apple TV It’s good to focus on moving the plot along, but think about doing it well Babylon 5 “A View From the Gallery”, and the adventures of Mack and Bo. The Contagonist as Catalyst Build the back stories for the minor characters just as carefully as the main characters Link...

[ISBW] Unwritten Etiquette for Writers

May 08, 2022 16:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MB

Main Topic: Unwritten Etiquette The etiquette of talking about reading stories by your other author friends Don’t ask if they read it, don’t ask if they liked it The Blurb: the asking and the being asked The unwritten rules for signing lines Reader etiquette regarding used books About well-wishes for award nominations Remember, reviews are for other readers, not the writer (and potential mine fields) Social Media: Promotion vs Self-Promotion (balanced by volume) Networking: ...

[ISBW] Rejectomancy

May 07, 2022 16:00 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MB

Main Topic: Rejectomancy Revisited Diving into the alchemy of deciphering rejection letters Does the story fit the magazine it’s being submitted to? Social Media: the game is afoot and no one knows the rules Try to level up networking skills Links Merch Shop Mur on Twitter Mur on Instagram Mur on Youtube Mur's newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi! John Anealio on Bandcamp Twitch schedule for week of May 9: Mon: 4:30pm Ditch Diggers with Alasdair Stuart...

[ISBW] Unboxing: Story Engine

May 05, 2022 16:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB

Main Topic: Story Engine Unboxing: Story Engine… we have cards! Booster: Eldritch Horror set Today’s quandary is how to run a giveaway for the spare Story Engine set. Roll for wild luck. Walking through the decks, and how to use them to help you tell your stories Buy Your Own Story Engine deck: https://storyenginedeck.myshopify.com Links Merch Shop Mur on Twitter Mur on Instagram Mur on Youtube Mur's newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi! John Anealio o...

[ISBW] Devil's Advocate: The Case for Distractions

May 03, 2022 22:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

Main Topic: Distractions Sometimes, we just need a person, pet or thing to bounce ideas & questions off of The games more fun to play have the more intricate and fleshed out stories Writing on side projects when you get stuck on a primary project can be a good thing Emotions are not reality, but take the emotions out of how the distractions make you feel ISBW archives and DD archives are complete! Links Merch Shop Mur on Twitter Mur on Instagram Mur on Youtube Mur's newsle...

[ISBW] I AM A FLAWED WRITER

April 24, 2022 12:00 - 38 minutes - 36 MB

Open 2022 Word Count: 65178 Your Mur doesn’t pun, and your daddy doesn’t rock ‘n roll Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 141 ?? Spoilers Club: “One for All” by Lillie Lainoff – April 30, 6pm Eastern Main Topic: Examinations of Flaws in the Writing Over explaining or under explaining in descriptions and dialogue Repeating repetitive phrases over and over The challenges in designing satisfying interpersonal conflict Editing cleanup on Aisle 4 Working with the characters...

[ISBW] What Makes a Setting Really Work?

April 21, 2022 19:00 - 33 minutes - 31.3 MB

Please note as of April 21, 2022, I Should Be Writing is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 License. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Open 2022 Word Count: 50200 Science research! Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 141 Welcome Cosmo Quest raiders! Spoilers Club: “One for All” by Lillie Lainoff Main Topic: Hitting Home Runs with Your Story Settings Tips on making settings come to life… it’s all about the details Guidelines for using real ...

[ISBW] Peek at Patreon: Grab Bag of Topics

April 14, 2022 16:00 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

  Main Topic: Talking taxes, money, habits, and news Amazing reveals in 2022 Hugo Finalist announcements Spoilers Club reminder: One for All by Lillie Lainoff, copy giveaways next week Tangling with Taxes, what can help freelancers YNAB: https://www.youneedabudget.com/our-app-lineup/ How advances work (a breakdown) Patreon: Bar Con Chat and Notes Resurrecting the Magic Spreadsheet? Requesting recommendations for Tips & Tricks for alternatives to “write every day” [ Turbo Tango ...

[ISBW] How Should You Use Social Media?

April 13, 2022 22:00 - 42 minutes - 39.7 MB

Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 115 First new Ditch Diggers has arrived! Spoilers Club, April 30, 6pm: One for All by Lillie Lainoff  Main Topic: How You Should Use Social Media (At Your Career Stage)? Elon Musk. Buying into Twitter. Because speech freedoms confuse him? Facebook is the worst. Facebook decides who sees your content, not you. Tik Tok… hmph, get off my lawn Choose what safeguards work best for your online presence comfort levels Be your best self, be k...

[ISBW] Rights, Creative Commons, National Backup Day, BUT NOT BORING

April 07, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes - 42.3 MB

Open 2022 Word Count: 44000 (?) Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 111 Ditch Diggers returns April 4, Noon Eastern! Book Club: “One for All” by Lillie Lainoff Main Topic: Important yet Boring writing related side topics Are you doing your backups of your work? And you know you should be, right? There are so many cloud-based options, what are you waiting for? Now, about your rights and copyright… Creative Commons licensing: ​​https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Strea...

[ISBW] What is “punching down” humor?

April 03, 2022 12:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB

NOTE- Releasing early so everyone knows to come see the return of Ditch Diggers on April 4, 2022, on Twitch! Open 2022 Word Count: 43300 (?) Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 108 Ditch Diggers returns April 4, Noon Eastern! Book Club News: Spoilers Club goals Camp NaNoWriMo starts April 1 Main Topic: Humor is subjective but doesn’t have to be cruel Is it funny if the joke’s purpose is to make fun of someone else in a less powerful situation? Sometimes, you don’t have t...

[ISBW] Opportunity vs Self Care: How Can You Tell?

April 02, 2022 15:00 - 46 minutes - 43.3 MB

Open 2022 Word Count: 41200 (?) Does Mur need her own cruise? Signs point to “yes” Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 100 Ditch Diggers returns April 4! SFWA Membership requirements have been updated Main Topic: Applied Self Help Strategies. Chances. Opportunities. Luck. Shonda. Rhimes. Scientific study examining luck as the convergence of talent, opportunity and hard work: “How Luck Happens: Using the Science of Luck to Transform Work, Love, and Life” by Janice Kaplan ...

[ISBW] Mystical Agent Wizards and their Wizarding Mysteries

March 31, 2022 22:00 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MB

Open 2022 Word Count: 41200 (?) Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 93 (maybe? Bots broke themselves) Ditch Diggers returns April 4! Horizon Forbidden West Family Game Time Main Topic: Agents, and the Magic We Need them to Do Listener question: when to approach an agent when publishing agreements are already in place How to find out who represents an author Basic reasons why you need an agent March 22, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 24 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | ...

[ISBW] Ursula Vernon, Chaos Demigoddess, Is In The House

March 25, 2022 18:07 - 1 hour - 66.6 MB

Open 2022 Word Count: 39600ish Ursula’s word count today: 1120 Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 93 Main Topic: Ursula Vernon. ‘Nuff Said. A Wild T. Kingfisher Appears! Here There Be Cursing… Sushi Good, deep fried fish bad… wait, what? Nah, really? Book Club: We Fear No Spoilers Here (or, Don’t Talk About Spoiler Club) The dietary habits of oxpeckers Story time: Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking Evil Mur and Evil Ursula Appear! Ursula’s new project: Steven Univer...

[ISBW] Brain Weasels that have nothing to do with Writing

March 23, 2022 00:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

Open 2022 Word Count: 38500? Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 93 Last chance Hugo nominations (ends March 15) Upcoming changes at Escape Pod Main Topic: Brain weasels When brain weasels attack and charge down riding the avoidance buffaloes Juggling the various stresses that live rent free in your brain, when they don’t need to be there The weasels may be strongest at the start Control the lure of the distractions March 15, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 22 | murverse.com Copyr...

[ISBW] Fiction Traps and How to Avoid Them

March 17, 2022 16:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MB

Open 2022 Word Count: 38083 Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 81 Yay Premee Nebula nom Yay secret project update Notes on Writing the Other [ dog cam and dog treats activated ] Main Topic: Falling into those Fiction Traps, and Ways to Sidestep Them Writing yourself into a corner using a background character that grows beyond your boundaries Art imitating life, but life is not narratively tidy, while fiction tends to be Feed your subconscious deeply and well, and let ...

[ISBW] Task Avoidance: We WANT to write… right?

March 16, 2022 00:00 - 38 minutes - 36 MB

Open 2022 Word Count: 37083 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open through March 15 Team Rejection count: 81 Nebula Awards Finalists announced, and there was much rejoicing! Ditch Diggers update Main Topic: Task Avoidance Hows and Whys Taking action: applying things learned from self-help tips Finding the reasons (fears) we are practicing task avoidance with the writing that needs to be done (perfectionism, sunk costs fallacies, etc) Ira Glass “The Gap”            ...

[ISBW] Sanderson's Success, As Told Through Animal Crossing

March 12, 2022 21:24 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MB

Open 2022 Word Count: ~34809 Doing character research… ? Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open through March 15 Team Rejection count: 78 ISBW Book Club launch imminent Main Topic: Why most writers can't duplicate Sanderson, told through Animal Crossing metaphors.  Clearing the slates in Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing Building a new island with Brandon Sanderson-like business aplomb Working to make enough money to be able to buy cool stuff to make your island better...

[ISBW] How Can We Use Agency to Make Our Stories Better?

March 08, 2022 23:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

ISBW S18 Ep18 Open 2022 Word Count: ~34000 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 55 Main Topic: The Agency that Characters Should Have Giving lead & side characters the ability to make choices about their own paths Good choices, bad choices, at least they make the choices March 1, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 18 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Story Bibles: What are they, Do I need one?

March 01, 2022 17:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

Open Mur’s newest, STATION: ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 (Cover So Pretty) 2022 Word Count: ~31000 Murder mysteries should not be boring There’s no such thing as a working convention visit Authors cannot control book prices. Don’t yell at them about that, please? Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 44 Beefing up story in Midsolar Murders Book 2 Will Staehle: Art Good Main Topic: Making Story Bibles Work Why you might need...

[ISBW] Which Word is Worst: Could or Should?

March 01, 2022 14:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MB

Open STATION ETERNITY will be out on October 4 2022 (Cover So Pretty) 2022 Word Count: ~34000 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 50 Main Topic: The Burdens of “Could” and “Should” Analysis Paralysis has entered the building… with a shiv… now what? When stories are wanted, needed and cared about. Or not. Evil Mur appears! What to work on when Move on to new projects February 24, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 17 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, ...

[ISBW] The End... ?

February 25, 2022 21:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

Open Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 (Cover So Pretty) 2022 Word Count: 29193 Heading for Boskone Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 42 Main Topic: Ending Your Stories Ambiguous endings: where lies the story satisfaction? The endings structure of romances Save the Cat Beat Sheet for story parts Advice on Endings from James Patrick Kelly “Beginnings, Middles, and Ends” by Nancy Kress “Save the Cat Wri...

[ISBW] The End... ?

February 25, 2022 21:00

Open Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 (Cover So Pretty) 2022 Word Count: 29193 Heading for Boskone Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 42 Main Topic: Ending Your Stories Ambiguous endings: where lies the story satisfaction? The endings structure of romances Save the Cat Beat Sheet for story parts Advice on Endings from James Patrick Kelly “Beginnings, Middles, and Ends” by Nancy Kress “Save the Cat Wri...

[ISBW] LIES

February 22, 2022 14:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

Open Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4, 2022 Saved by Save The Cat Beat Sheets 2022 Word Count: 27890 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 40 New Book Cover Reveal on io9 Feb 17th Evil Mur Appears! Main Topic: LIES Emotions are not Reality Self confidence, self doubt, and the roller coaster ride between Depression Lies, Anxiety Lies, Dr House reminds us Everybody Lies Artist’s Way vs Finding Water February 1...

[ISBW] Let’s Build A Character!

February 17, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MB

Open (Pre-Open) Pick a word, and use it a lot (new Evil Mur tip?) Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 38 New book: Slaying the Dragon by Ben Riggs Main Topic: Let’s Build A Character! Using a character toolkit to help create characters for your story Better Backstories cards (see links) could help jumpstart ideas Yes, fictional characters living rent-free in your head is comm...

[ISBW] How Do I Workshops?

February 16, 2022 17:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB

Open (Pre-Open) Dogs Run the Joint! Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 35 Audio Drama inspiration New Assistant onboard Main Topic: How Do I Workshops ADHD-Friendly organization methods, revisited Prioritizing tasks randomly: Taking the D20 roll to heart Will there be a Brindlewood Bay stream in the future? Writing Workshop Etiquette & Guidelines Structure for receivin...

[ISBW] Are You Drowning in Productivity?

February 10, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

Open (Pre-Open) Babylon 5 old and new Giveaway: SVG and Bump Words: No Words Yet Today Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 34 Word Compensation, yay! Main Topic: Productivity Overwhelm Overload When seeking out productivity tools becomes part of the distraction problem When working with many different methods & systems causes productivity setbacks Planners, planning and ADHD… let’s roll a D20 and go from there! February 3, 2022 | Sea...

[ISBW] Keep Your Eyes On Your Own Paper

February 09, 2022 05:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

Open (Pre-Open) Stream Raiders game dev sausage making WIP: A Swarm of Cuckoos, 19,407 words Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: up to 34 (19 new ones from Brian alone) Reality Checks: stop worrying about the (podcast) numbers Main Topic: Look at Your Own Paper (Focus on Your Work) Keep yourself mentally healthy by avoiding comparing your career with others’ Freedom to write what you want, or maintain the momentum of what has been selling...

[ISBW] HAVE LIFECHANGING WORKSHOPS, uh, changed With Gregory Ashe

February 05, 2022 17:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MB

  Open Special Saturday Stream! Working on new office layout   Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: now at 14 Greg is working on draft of Book 4 in his series   Main Topic: Greg’s Teaching & Writing Greg is teaching one of the Odyssey Workshop’s Winter Online Sessions Pandemic influence: Odyssey shifting to 100% online instead of a 6-week in-house program Series and characters, likeable vs deserving Mur gets pointers for writ...

[ISBW] Matt Wallace Declares the Year of the Fat Kid!

February 03, 2022 23:00 - 48 minutes - 45.2 MB

[NOTE: this episode has some NSFW language] Open Welcome back from the wilderness, Matt F’n Wallace! Scrivener will indeed tell you how many words you wrote in a year Mur is making progress on Midsolar Murders Book 2 Matt is working on a video game he can’t talk about yet, and we await Savage Crowns Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: now at 14 Main Topic: Matt’s New Middle Grade Book This is the book Matt always wanted as a kid, so now...

[ISBW] (Meta) State of the Shows, and Mur

February 02, 2022 21:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

Open Yesterday: adventure flails + research rabbit holes = zero words written Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: now at 14 Rescue Adventure Fumble Saving Throw Success! Main Topic: Game of Goals Setting goals, meeting goals from different directions, and changing things up What to do when growth is shrinking rather than growing Is there a better way to find a better fitting niche for your podcast? Goal: A Scifi Writing Stream Team Drea...

[ISBW] Is Genre Worth Fighting Over?

January 28, 2022 14:00 - 34 minutes - 32.4 MB

Open (Pre-Open) I Should Be Cooking? Channeling the Ditch Diggers Writers Block sneaks up on you even when you’re able to write the words. Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: up to 10 Accountability Buddies rock Tracking yearly wordcounts Main Topic: Genre, Genre, and more Genre The desire to write a psychological thriller means reading more of them to peel back the layers The genres have their own rules of engagement. Subvert them at...

[ISBW] I SHOULD BE WRITING. DAMMIT.

January 27, 2022 14:52 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

Open Tightening up the podcast schedule Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: up to 9 Main Topic: Characters, Setting, and Story Do you like Star Wars because of the heroes, or because of the world they inhabit? There are stories where you can mix & match characters easily, and others not so much What makes the setting the key element, and what makes the characters key? Fanfic blazing the trails January 18, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 5 | murverse...

[ISBW] Nicole Glover and Alt History/Mystery/Fantasy

January 20, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB

Open Mur: 2k words today Nicole: words later tonight Good News Good News Team Rejection count: still at 1 Main Topic: Nicole Glover Nicole introduces the Murder and Magic series (2 books so far) The world-building involves the historical, the magic, and the murder mysteries The structure / framework of the stories Games Nicole plays Wildermyth: https://wildermyth.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/763890/Wildermyth/ Murder & Magic character cards: https://nicole-glover....

[ISBW] Is It Time to Embrace the Weird?

January 18, 2022 21:00 - 26 minutes - 25.1 MB

Open Embrace the live stream stumbles. It builds character! New novel: 11k words in Good News Good News Team Rejection count Next episode: Guest Interview Nicole Glover! Main Topic: Embracing the Weird Thing for Yourself Using the tool that works best for your brain doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong Finding comfort where you can in order to get the work done Don’t overload in self-care so much that you can’t do any work Half a million downloads for 2021! Links https://www.r...

[ISBW] Is Your To-Do List World Writable?

January 15, 2022 14:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB

Open Pluto. Red Snow. Cthulhu spaces. Go Team Elder Gods! Arranging the pieces for a Book 2 to help the writing along Fonda Lee book prizes are en route! The world has timey wimey loose threads folding 2020 into 2021 Good News Good News Twitch gadgets and bots are nearly back to normal Team Rejection is on the field Main Topic: To-Do Lists, Productivity, and Writing PNH on forming your to-do list based on your Inbox (hint: don’t do it) Looking at email items to put them on the...

[ISBW] Resolutions – Ya know we gotta!

January 13, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB

Open Sometimes, we all need a break Attending WorldCon for the Hugos… was not fun this time? But still Fancy Like FIYAH. Go read, now. New Year Good News Good News Dodged COVID while at WorldCon in the middle of a spike in DC Started a new book Main Topic: Resolutions Focus on getting your work out there, instead of on the rejections Patreon tiers are changing, to offer more support for writers The Whole Ass Quotient Evil Mur: Name Dropping Neil Gaiman Links https://www.re...

[ISBW] Year End Celebration!

December 10, 2021 14:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MB

This is the final I Should Be Writing for 2021. I am taking some time off to plan 2022, changes to the Patreon, and just get some rest. I will still be streaming from time to time, writing my newsletter, and posting to Patreon. Open Wannabees vs Amateurs What I’m Working On A gay Christmas rom-com in progress… maybe? Good News Good News Looking forward to time off! Acknowledgements! Birthdays! We are sponsored by Scribophile again! Thanks Scribophile! Check them out to find a w...

[ISBW] What's YOUR Online Presence?

December 09, 2021 14:00 - 46 minutes - 43.4 MB

Open Today is unfocused chill… grab a glass of wine, put your feet up What I’m Working On Freelance projects progress Murder pies and cozy mysteries There’s that NaNoWriMo novel again… asking for attention Good News Good News Feeling healthier! We are sponsored by Scribophile again! Thanks Scribophile! Check them out to find a writing buddy, beta readers, or form your own writing crit group! Main Topic Twitter Main Character of the Day: Jealousy from Toxic Partners? Don’t th...

[ISBW] POV Change to the Rescue!

December 08, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

Open Infectious contagions anxiety! Yay! What I’m Working On Freelance projects ahoy Whamageddon: the rule is: “no listening to Last Christmas by Wham!” … and this game has been around since 2011? [PODCASTER'S NOTE: I officially lost on December 5, when I started to rewatch "Dash & Lily" on Netflix.) Good News Good News Home for the Holiday(s)! Streamlabs vs OBS reindeer games We are sponsored by Scribophile again! Thanks Scribophile! Check them out to find a writing buddy, beta ...

[ISBW] Cli-Fi with Sarah Lahey

November 25, 2021 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB

The world needs cookie points. Just sayin’ Open Sarah Lahey is here! What I’m Working On Sarah has been moving house, in addition to teaching uni Mur is surviving Good News Good News Sarah’s enjoying Book Launch Main Topic Interview with Sarah:  Looking at the increasing interest in climate change based science fiction  More about NOSTALGIA IS HEARTLESS (sequel to GRAVITY IS HEARTLESS) Fan response to the series, with plans for Books 3 & 4 The science behind predicting f...

[ISBW] Acceptance

November 24, 2021 15:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB

Open NaNo Day 16: word count should be near 26,667 words Bug bites in the middle of the night are creepy, no matter what the bug is NaNo wordcounts from chat: progress not perfection What I’m Working On Stardew Valley Psychological Thriller Working Title: Nitro Infused Cold Brew Good News Good News The zombie bite on Mur’s face is not causing rot. Yay. (Note, doctor input has declared spider bite a case of shingles. Which always made me think that people's skin got all rough and lay...

[ISBW] Lock Up Your Ego, Too

November 23, 2021 15:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MB

Open ADHD executive functions and brain fatigue Answering marketing questionnaires is hard What I’m Working On NaNo wordcount: 13k Freelance projects are cool Good News Good News The Fonda Lee books giveaway going strong! (Note- I am extending the giveaway through Nov 30 since I posted this so late) Merch: YAY Button at Red Bubble Yes, there are two Merch sites. Double the swag, double the pun potential (Actually one is discounted for Patreon supporters and one is for everyone e...

[NaNo] 21 Day 11: Returning from The Bad Place, Valerie Returns!

November 12, 2021 00:40 - 28 minutes - 16.3 MB

[Warning- I did drop one S-bomb in this episode.] It's been a rough week. Mom's in the hospital again and freelance work has kicked my butt. So I've broken my streaks, all the streaks, and Valerie Valdes is here to help me. The very very cool thing is that I got cover art for Station Eternity in the middle of the live recording. And I will show y'all as soon as I can! Visit murverse.com | CC BY NC SA | 2021

[NaNo] 21 Day 11: Returning from The Bad Place, Valerie Returns!

November 12, 2021 00:40

[Warning- I did drop one S-bomb in this episode.] It's been a rough week. Mom's in the hospital again and freelance work has kicked my butt. So I've broken my streaks, all the streaks, and Valerie Valdes is here to help me. The very very cool thing is that I got cover art for Station Eternity in the middle of the live recording. And I will show y'all as soon as I can! Visit murverse.com | CC BY NC SA | 2021

[ISBW] Where to get Writing Inspiration for Little Things

November 09, 2021 13:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

We are sponsored by Scribophile again! Thanks Scribophile! Check them out to find a writing buddy, beta readers, or form your own writing crit group! Main Topic Different places to explore to get inspiration for character names and other story aspects. Links https://nanowrimo.org/ Blaseball.com November 4, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 76 (Episode 627) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

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