Mur Lafferty's Blog, page 90
September 3, 2009
Dragon*Con!
I know I'm behind on podcasts, but I've spent all this week trying to get ready for DragonCon and finish up my edits for Heaven – which I did! The edited manuscript is on its way to my agent, and I'm wrapping up packing for DragonCon. I will edit some audio in the car on the way, so hopefully you'll have something while I'm at the show.
My DragonCon schedule:
Title: The Life And Times Of Podcast Novels
Time: Fri 02:30 pm Location: 204 – Hilton (Length: 1)
Description: How the podcast novel has evo
September 2, 2009
The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 98
A woman gets on a bus…
…in space.
Hana got on the Trans-Galactic Kestral bound for Titan—with stops at Mars, Ceres, and Ganymede—with her raygun and badge back on her nightstand at home. Hana's mother was on Titan, and she was determined to make this trip as a daughter, not a cop.
After all, Hana thought, this was just a bus trip. It took six hours to get to Titan. She'd palm her Buhg's volume up, drown out any babies or over-friendly old ladies, and catch up on her reading. What could go wrong?
Han
September 1, 2009
The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 97
A woman gets on a bus…
…only to never leave it.
Margot's tried to leave. Several times. But each time she gets off, she just gets back on, stepping off of one bus onto identical one. The other passengers get on and off, but not Margot. Margot was stuck.
Ever since the explosion, that's where Margot's been. On the bus she was on when it happened. Her body was moved to clean white sheets of a hospital bed, but her mind remains there, on the bus.
And until Margot figures out how to leave, that's where
August 31, 2009
The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 96
Hi, I'm Jared. I'm the new guy.
By this point, I'm sure you all have gotten a taste of what I'm planning to do over the next year or so with The News From Poughkeepsie. For those who are a little confused with what exactly NFP is, there's always Mur's explanation from the very first NFP post. The short version is that's an idea a day, with a weekly theme. It is, essentially, a jumpstart for your head.
Just as last week had "Lesser known superheroes" as a theme, and the week before had "time trav
August 28, 2009
ISBW #128 LITE- You can't convince people to love you
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No means no, and you can't make people love you. Really.
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The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 95
Lesser known superheroes:
In the end, they all die.
That's the only thing that connects them. Barry is an electrician with an ex-wife and a kid already in the ground. Cecelia, having finally worked off those last stubborn 15lbs, spends most of her time trying not to think about food. Roger has had enough of his father and his belt, so he's gonna try to hitchhike as far away has he can get. Winnie's refrigerator is plastered with drawings from her grandkids. And Gertrude still wets the bed, fright
August 27, 2009
ISBW #127 LITE – Wanna give up
Everyone feels it. But we have to press on.
Also, it's hot.
Short. Unedited. Free.
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Your dose of common sense
I met agent Jenny Rae Rappaport at WorldCon and she was a delight to talk to. She recently had a blog post that I'd hope would be common sense to my listeners, but just in case you had a question: when you get a response from an agent, No Means No.
Also, if you have some extra time, then check out this great list of writing blogs that are must-reads from The Urban Muse.
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The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 94
Lesser known superheroes:
The Great Old One will rise. That much is certain. But until it awakens, it has sent minions to do its work on Earth. They are monsters of every shape and size, but none so peculiar as the one who walks like a man. He carries with him no name, only a single minded purpose: to learn everything about the souls his Master will one day devour. His is a quest for knowledge, and his very life a whim of a greater creature to fulfill that quest.
But what the Great Old One could n
August 26, 2009
ISBW #126 LITE – Drawing Class
I test out my new headphone/mic combo for my ipod and talk about my latest creative attempt: a beginning drawing class where I have to allow myself to suck. Square one, baby.
It's short, it's unedited, it's attempting to be daily, and it's free.
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