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Playing For Keeps available for print from Swarm Press, Aug. ‘08

Sick of these announcements yet?
I am thrilled to announce that I have signed a contract to release Playing For Keeps with Swarm Press! Swarm is an imprint of Permuted, the small horror press, and is launching this summer with three superhero titles, PFK being one. (For podcast fans, Matthew Wayne Selznick’s Brave Men Run is […]

Mur Lafferty | May 10th, 2008 | Continued

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Cory Doctorow releases Little Brother

One of my favorite guests from I Should Be Writing, Cory Doctorow, has a new book out! A YA book focusing on kids, online rights and Homeland Security, Little Brother is available in hardcover and audiobook. Cory’s strongly against DRM - digital rights management - and refuses to release his book through Audible or iTunes […]

 
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Mur Lafferty | May 6th, 2008 | Continued

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Playing For Keeps Issue 15

You thought we’d forgotten, didn’t you? Not at all, the ultimate issue is here, the story ending with a grand battle and some heroic actions by many. Including some mindblowing cover art from Natalie Metzger and JC Hutchins, and a little special something from a Hugo and Nebula winning author. (You know to look for […]

 
icon for podpress  PFK Issue #15: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Mur Lafferty | May 2nd, 2008 | Continued

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Announcing The News from Poughkeepsie!

i would like to announce my latest project: The News From Poughkeepsie.
I get a lot of email from people who are afraid to join peer writing groups because they’re afraid someone will steal their ideas. I’ve heard authors say that they get a lot of people saying, “Hey, I’ve got this great idea for a […]

Mur Lafferty | April 22nd, 2008 | Continued

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Obsidian is coming - Have you heard?

Obsidian is coming.
I am thrilled to be part of the audio anthology podcast project that is 7th Son, Obsidian. My story will be alongside works by Scott Sigler, Michael A. Stackpole, and my nemesis, Matt f’n Wallace (author of The Next Fix). But the project is bigger than the seven of us working on it […]

Mur Lafferty | April 10th, 2008 | Continued

About this Site

A while ago someone asked me if there was one central place to find all of my projects, and while I do have a home page, it doesn’t have one centralized feed to subscribe to, nor does it have easy access to my archives. So I decided to make the Murverse.
The Murverse is where you […]

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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 21

Character sketches Mondays
Prophesy is a funny thing. So when Prince Lawrence was visited by the local seer on his thirteenth birthday, he was dismayed to find out he is not the Chosen One, or a Hero, or the Savior. He was destined to be a good and fair king during the time of peace his […]

12May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 20

Anything goes Sundays
So on the ride home I was thinking about the plotlines, mainly thinking about the whole hide-the-important-thing-inside-a-living-person plotline. And that’s been done. it’s tired.
But what if we twist it? What if we have a king who needs to hide something. Doesn’t matter what. it’s a Macguffin. We’ll worry about that later. But […]

11May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 2 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 19

First Sentence Saturdays:
Old Kelly had been in prison for so long that she didn’t even remember why she was there, but when the King summoned her from her dark cell, he reminded her.
I thought about Old Kelly a lot on the drive up to Baltimore, wondering what her crime had been, wondering how old she […]

10May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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Changes to The News From Poughkeepsie

Hey all. Thanks for all the great feedback on The News From Poughkeepsie project so far. It’s been challenging and sometimes frustrating, but always fun.
And no, I’m not making drastic changes implying i can’t keep up with the daily posting. I just want some structure in my life. So I’ll be doing a couple of […]

10May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 3 comments | Continued
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Meet the newest columnist for Suicide Girls

Last December I lost my job with Lulu TV/Gnack. In looking to get back into freelance writing, I figured I’d contact Suicide Girls to see if they needed writers. If you don’t know, Suicide Girls is a pinup site with women sporting tattoos and piercings, but they’re also known for having kick ass interviews, news, […]

9May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 27 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 18

I wonder why technology has evolved the way it has - and then it struck me. What if we advanced just as we have today, but we still kept a great deal of the everyday habits of yesterday? What really hit me was the Andy Griffith Show, where in Mayberry each phone in the town […]

9May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 17

One thing that I’ve been wondering is how to deal with cliche’ aspects. Granted, I don’t read a lot of high fantasy anymore, but is it possible to write a unicorn story, or a magical sword story, or an orphan-with-a-destiny story without hitting every cliche’ in the book?
Yeah, it’s been done. I think there was […]

8May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 2 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 16

I’ve tried to write children’s books in two aspects. The first has been when my kid is up sick and I’m trying to talk to her to calm her down and distract her. The second is a little comic that appears later this month in Murky Depths. So let’s get an idea for a kid’s […]

7May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 3 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 15

The real fear with this blog is not that I’ll run out of ideas, but that I’ll start to repeat myself. Went to see Avenue Q tonight - it was amazing, but it makes for almost-late posting of blog. But I made it!
I’m fascinated by spear carriers. I love stories told from their POV, or […]

6May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 2 comments | Continued
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