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[NaNo] Day 1 (1666 words)

0 down, 50000

Of course I stumble in posting the first freaking day of the month. So today you get two episodes.

4thewords.com is the best place to lose yourself this month and still feel like you’re writing. You won’t write much, but boy you’ll have fun!

Have you friended Mur on NaNoWriMo or 4thewords yet?

Don't forget Chaos Terminal comes out November 7!

The daily podcast is usually for supporters only, but this year I’m putting it out for everyone! If you like it, consider supporting with a paid subscription to either Patreon or Substack to get the exclusive episodes after November!

Please remember that Evil Mur is evil and gives terrible advice. Evil Mur will not be responsible for choices you make in November.

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Published on November 02, 2023 14:00

[NaNo] Day 0 (0 words)

Evil Mur is here with Day 0 of the NaNoWriMo podcast. I’ll post Day 1 later today.

My current wordcount: 0 (cause this was recorded on October 31)

Streamed live on Twitch! Come join me for cowriting and other shenanigans!

Schedule:

M 2pm- Co-writing

T 2pm- co-writing, then ISBW*

W 2pm- Baldur’s Gate (or co-writing**)

Th 2pm- co-writing then ISBW*

F 3pm- Baldur’s Gate (or co-writing**)

*The show will still stream at 3pm. **co-writing will happen if I don’t hit wordcount/podcast count that day.

Video will be live on Youtube at 4pm EDT!

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Published on November 01, 2023 13:00

[ISBW] NaNoWriMo Prep with Valerie Valdes!

NaNoWri Mo starts tomorrow! Are you participating? Are you ready? Author, editor, and long time NaNoWriMo municipal liaison Valerie Valdes joins us to talk about her new projects and how to tackle NaNoWriMo!

Don't forget, Chaos Terminal comes out in ONE WEEK.

Transcript

Valerie Valdes 10:08: I wonder if there's like enough NaNoWriMo people at this point who are published writers that it's kind of lost some of that sheen of the amateur. Somehow I don't know. But I definitely haven't heard that as much as I feel like I also would occasionally see that kind of grump on social media. But yeah, I think that, that more and more writers, the benefit of NaNoWriMo, even if you're a professional writer, and you write 100%, of the time all year round, is that you're doing this together with other people who are also doing this thing. And even professional writers, a lot of them don't write 50,000 words in a month, a lot of times, it's a much slower pace, and it's spread out over a longer period of time.

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Valerie's secret project: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (A Magic The Gathering novella!)

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Published on October 31, 2023 05:00

[ISBW] Meta Cast and Wole Talabi Interview

I'm taking a break from podcasting to finish my book. Doing some housekeeping and then presenting an excellent interview with Wole Talabi, author of Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon!

Transcript

Wole Talabi: 19:50- ...And I've been to the British Museum several times. The last time I was there, I saw a few items in that I really wanted to, like, take with me, including the brass head of Obalufon, which is a real object. ... I felt the urge to conduct a heist. So I just decided to write it into the novel.

List of Talabi's publications and short story links Temi Oh's work T. Kingfisher won the Manly Wade Wellman Award! Congrats, Ursula! Escape Pod is a finalist for the Hugo Award, Best Semiprozine category! I don't talk enough about the I Should Be Writing book. It exists. Did you know that?

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Mur's newsletter, The Hot Mic Socials: Bluesky, Mastodon, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Focusmate. No more bird site. Alas. Theme by John Anealio I Should Be Writing tea blends Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more! OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books! August 10, 2023 | Season 19 Ep 28 | murverse.com Copyright 2023, Mur Lafferty | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 License

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Published on August 17, 2023 08:25

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Listen to I Should Be Writing wherever you get your podcasts!

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Published on July 28, 2023 14:13

[ISBW] Beyond the Mental Editor vs Writer Battle

ISBW S19 Ep27

T. Kingfisher, Richard Dansky, and I are all nominated for the Manly Wade Wellman Award! It will be given at Congregate this weekend.

Escape Pod is a finalist for the Hugo Award, Best Semiprozine category!

Black Mirror says just tell the story instead of worrying about the science. Gene Wolfe said it too.

There are many voices that tell us different things, and some of those voices aren’t writers.

Interviews will be more frequent moving forward.

I don't talk enough about the I Should Be Writing book. It exists. Did you know that?

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(some book links are affiliate)

CREDITS Theme song by John Anealio, art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and files hosted by Libsyn (affiliate link). Get archives of the show via Patreon or Substack. July 13, 2023 | Season 19 Ep 27 | murverse.com "Beyond the Mental Editor vs Writer Battle" by Mur Lafferty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Published on July 17, 2023 05:00

[ISBW] A Bout of Melancholia

Short episode this time, and not having the best brain day. So I'm sharing with you because this happens to everyone.

Transcript

Mur Lafferty: And maybe what I write is crap, but I'll never know unless I write it. And then I think lies the key. It's not even allow yourself to write crappy first drafts, It's: a pro thinks they suck, but they write it anyway. And there's your Deep Thought for the Day.

What I'm Reading: Savage Crowns and Dead and Gondola. Affiliate links to all of these and the other books I mentioned in the episode.

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Published on June 27, 2023 05:00

[ISBW] Can YOU Write a Pile of Garbage?

I got to interview game designer turned YA romance writer James L. Sutter in this episode, and it was a blast. So much good stuff here! I also talk about my latest anger at ADHD and what I'm reading.

Transcript

James L. Sutter 34:10: And so it was hugely enlightening for me to see, sort of these authors were very talented and established, going through the same outline process, you know, struggling with their pitches, struggling with characters and realizing that like, oh, every great work of art, like starts out as a pile of garbage. And like, I can make a pile of garbage.

(emphasis Mur's)

What I'm Reading: Darkhearts, of course, but also These Prisoning Hills and People You Meet on Vacation. Affiliate links to all of these and the other books I mentioned in the episode.

Mentioned: The Artist's Way podcast (Apple link)

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Published on June 19, 2023 05:00

[ISBW] The Importance of Fanfic (RIV Blaseball)

S19 Ep24

It's June, and I have had some disappointments (She Podcasts, Live! and Blaseball), but at least I'm not worrying about travel so much. Got my 10k words turned into my agent, and lament the loss of the podcast community. But Tee Morris, Scott Sigler, and Christiana Ellis are all live streaming too. And so is Grant Baciocco!

(from the transcript)

Mur Lafferty 00:59

...Whatever you're afraid of, you're not alone. And the thing is about those fears, if everybody has them, no matter how successful you are, does it really have to do with writing?

What I'm Reading I'm currently reading The Other Side of Infinity by Joan Smith, magical real world YA romance about seeing the future and wondering if you can make a difference.

Savage Crowns launch party next week on Twitch! (2pm EDT June 13, 2023) We have a transcript! Support the Patreon if you'd like to see the annotated transcripts! RIV Blaseball

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