Mur Lafferty's Blog, page 19
February 8, 2022
[ISBW] Keep Your Eyes On Your Own Paper
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(Pre-Open) Stream Raiders game dev sausage making WIP: A Swarm of Cuckoos, 19,407 wordsGood 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) numbersMain 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? Keep Writer Beware in your bookmarks, Victoria Strauss has the 411 on the scammers Patreon perks update: ISBW Book Club debut, plus Discord discussionsFebruary 1, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 10 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
February 5, 2022
[ISBW] HAVE LIFECHANGING WORKSHOPS, uh, changed With Gregory Ashe
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Special Saturday Stream!
Working on new office layout
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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 writing clues in a mystery seriesJanuary 29, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 9 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
February 3, 2022
[ISBW] Matt Wallace Declares the Year of the Fat Kid!
[NOTE: this episode has some NSFW language]
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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 CrownsGood News Good News
Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: now at 14Main Topic: Matt’s New Middle Grade Book
This is the book Matt always wanted as a kid, so now he’s written it for himself & everyone else Using the word “fat” and all the baggage different people bring to it Relating to Vincent D’Onofrio and Sammo Hung in their acting and action roles How to approach writing fat characters: Writing the Other (written by Hugo-nominated author Meg Elison. You really should read her award nominated novella "The Pill.") Matt's page, and the Fat Kid Guide pageJanuary 27, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 8 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
February 2, 2022
[ISBW] (Meta) State of the Shows, and Mur
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Yesterday: adventure flails + research rabbit holes = zero words writtenGood 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 Dream Team The status of Ditch Diggers to come The Joy of PantsingJanuary 25, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 7 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
January 28, 2022
[ISBW] Is Genre Worth Fighting Over?
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(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 wordcountsMain 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 your own peril (or genius) Mur is addicted to Christmas mysteriesJanuary 20, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 6 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
January 27, 2022
[ISBW] I SHOULD BE WRITING. DAMMIT.
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Tightening up the podcast scheduleGood News Good News
Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: up to 9Main 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 trailsJanuary 18, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 5 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
January 20, 2022
[ISBW] Nicole Glover and Alt History/Mystery/Fantasy
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Mur: 2k words today Nicole: words later tonightGood News Good News
Team Rejection count: still at 1Main 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.com/books/ Debut author advice for fresh new authorsLinks
https://www.redbubble.com/people/mightymur/shop https://thegarages.bandcamp.com/, https://twitter.com/thegaragesband
January 13, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 4 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
January 18, 2022
[ISBW] Is It Time to Embrace the Weird?
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Embrace the live stream stumbles. It builds character! New novel: 11k words inGood 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.redbubble.com/people/mightymur/shop https://thegarages.bandcamp.com/ https://twitter.com/thegaragesbandTwitch schedule for Jan:
Mondays: 1-3pm AMA Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing Wed: 3-5pm Gaming Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be WritingJanuary 11, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 3 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
January 15, 2022
[ISBW] Is Your To-Do List World Writable?
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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 2021Good News Good News
Twitch gadgets and bots are nearly back to normal Team Rejection is on the fieldMain 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 to-do list, and prioritization confusion Saying YES to your work, or saying NO for yourself? Varying task scheduling approaches Patreon tiers: upcoming changes on Jan 17Links
https://www.redbubble.com/people/mightymur/shop
Twitch schedule for Jan:
Mondays: 1-3pm AMA Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing Wed: 3-5pm Gaming Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be WritingJanuary 6, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 2 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
January 13, 2022
[ISBW] Resolutions – Ya know we gotta!
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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 bookMain 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 GaimanLinks https://www.redbubble.com/people/mightymur/shop
Twitch schedule for Jan:
Mondays: 1-3pm AMA Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing Wed: 3-5pm Gaming Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be WritingJanuary 4, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 1 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
