Mur Lafferty's Blog, page 21

[NaNo] 21 Day 2: Behind Already?

Yeah, a little but not too bad. And a friend I met on Wisdom drops in! Goal - 3333 Me - 2000-something.  

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[ISBW] Humor (and NaNo prep, obvs)

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No, I don’t need to follow my own advice about having too many alliterative character names. Nope. I do not. Not even Evil Mur can make me.

What I’m Up To:

Station Eternity copy edits are turned in!

More fun with character names all starting with the Letter T

Good News Good News

My Blaseball’s back and I’m gonna make some trouble, Hey Na, Hey Na, My Blaseball’s Back!

Hugo Voting is still open, and Mur is doubly eligible for her awesome work on Escape Pod!!

Devo Spice: Pumpkinhead song

Main Topic

Humor, and ways to get better at writing it

Steven Kaplan, The Hidden Tools of Comedy

Clarion anecdote on dinosaurs and sodomy stories

Links

NaNoWriMo

October 26, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 73 (Episode 624) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[NaNo] 21 Day 1 - Back Up!

Try Backblaze, Google Drive, your program's auto backup feature, external hard drive, OR just mail yourself the file. 

Goal: 1667

My words: 0

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[ISBW] BULLIES

The worst bully is in your head. Trust me. Don't listen to it. 

October 19, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 71 (Episode 622) | murverse.comCopyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] NaNo Prep 2, Electric Boogaloo

It's getting closer... and closer...

October 14, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 70 (Episode 621) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Keep Your Eyes On Your Own Paper

It's time to stop fussing over everyone else and being jealous. You only get to measure yourself up to yourself. 

October 14, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 69 (Episode 620) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Will Gwenda Bond Give Up Her Gall Bladder for Literature?

Gwenda Bond author of Not Your Average Hot Guy, joins us to talk about writer friends and whether they're threats or not. We also talk about gall bladders. 

Twitch schedule for week of Oct 10

Mon: 1pm Gaming (Dream Daddy) Tues: 3pm- I Should Be Writing Wed: 5pm Gaming (TBD) Thurs: 3pm- I Should Be Writing

October 7, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 68 (Episode 619) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] How Important Are The Tiny Details?

HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT!

Going beyond clothing and food to weather and guns. Seemed like a good idea at the time. 

October 5, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 67 (Episode 618) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] NaNoWriMo Is Coming. Are You Ready?

Are you ready? None of us ever is. Still, we plan...   Wanna join 4thewords? Here's my affiliate code: SKYOA08774   HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT!

September 30, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 66 (Episode 617) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] What Can Beginning Writers Do More Easily Than Career Writers?

It's been a wild month, and I have tried to stream as best I can. So I figure how can we handle struggles not by resting or pushing through on our "real" writing, but by being weird.

Worth a try, anyway.

HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT!

September 28, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 65 (Episode 616) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License