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  • ISBW #149 Editing – Paolo Bacigalupi / Tobias Buckell Interview

    Editing and a dual interview! Our show notes recorder is back on the job and will have notes to us soon! We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial!

  • Restless Brain Podcast #2

    Matt Wallace is my guest host as we talk services like cable and plumbing, my awesome husband, and Balticon. You like Restless Brain? Let me know! Restless Brain image provided by a Lisa Snellings sculpture, used with permission.

  • ISBW #148: Feedback/Good Cop, Bad Cop

    Yes. Another unannounced break. I was editing a book. This was recorded before I took the time to edit. Lots of feedback, and Matt joins us again for a long Good Cop Bad Cop. We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial!

  • ISBW #147: Writing Tools/Liz Gorinsky Interview

    We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial! A much more … sane ISBW returns to talk writing tools and to play the fantastic interview conducted by Chris Lester of the Hugo-nominated Tor editor, Liz Gorinsky! 00:00:06: ISBW #147 00:00:43: State of the Mur: working on the administrative [...]

  • Restless Brain Podcast #1

    Did I need a new podcast? Really? Well. I call this an evolution of Geek Fu Action Grip. It’s an audio blog along with other stuff. This time you get an interview with Jonathan Coulton. We talk about huge bags of money, Creative Commons, John Hodgman, profanity, and other things. You like Restless Brain? Let [...]

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NEW- The Murverse Companion iPhone Application

Hey iPhone/iPod Touch users- you can now get the Murverse App! The app will let you get my podcasts and blog posts directly on your phone, you can call the show from your phone, follow me on Twitter, and star your favorite episodes, all for the price of $1.99. Hell, Mur, I can get all [...]

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I’m 37, I’m not OLD

Yesterday I turned 37, which, according to Monty Python, is still Not Old. What a relief. I don’t feel old. I do feel a bit down and melancholy in a sort of, “another year has passed, what have I accomplished?” kind of way, though. I mean, I know what I’ve done, but I’m not happy [...]

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ISBW #149 Editing – Paolo Bacigalupi / Tobias Buckell Interview

Editing and a dual interview! Our show notes recorder is back on the job and will have notes to us soon! We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial!

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Restless Brain Podcast #2

Matt Wallace is my guest host as we talk services like cable and plumbing, my awesome husband, and Balticon. You like Restless Brain? Let me know! Restless Brain image provided by a Lisa Snellings sculpture, used with permission.

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ISBW #148: Feedback/Good Cop, Bad Cop

Yes. Another unannounced break. I was editing a book. This was recorded before I took the time to edit. Lots of feedback, and Matt joins us again for a long Good Cop Bad Cop. We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial!

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ISBW #147: Writing Tools/Liz Gorinsky Interview

We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial! A much more … sane ISBW returns to talk writing tools and to play the fantastic interview conducted by Chris Lester of the Hugo-nominated Tor editor, Liz Gorinsky! 00:00:06: ISBW #147 00:00:43: State of the Mur: working on the administrative [...]

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Podcast Plug: Did This Happen?

I’ve been a fan of Grant Baciocco, the brilliant mind behind The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd and Throwing Toasters, for years. He has a new podcast now, a short history show called Did This Happen? Grant has family-friendly humor down to a science, and his writing, voice acting, and audio production is top-notch. If [...]

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Photographs and honesty

I hate being stereotypical, but I am not really comfortable with pictures of myself. There are a variety of reasons, I won’t go into them now because they’re irrelevant or may be seen as fishing. But I do love the photography of my good friend JR Blackwell, and I see her photo shoots and want [...]

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Her Side is available now!

Her Side is a multimedia fiction project conceived by author Mur Lafferty and photographer J.R. Blackwell. Mur Lafferty’s narrative leads the reader through a story of violence, love and self discovery as J.R. Blackwell’s photography illuminates the unspoken elements of the story. Together, they combine two different storytelling methods to tell one story. This is [...]

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Enunciation is key

AS our daughter is getting older, we do encounter the swearing thing more. Right now she’s in a purely academic world. I wrote “Don’t be an ass” in a notebook as a note of what I wanted to talk about on I Should Be Writing, which she saw. “Mom, why did you write the A [...]

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Running, feet, and getting old

Last February I tried to start getting back into running. It’s been a slow process, but I heard someone on Twitter mention the Vibram Fivefingers shoes, and I was intrigued. I started researching barefoot running, and really liked the idea. One thing I was interested in was the aligning of the toes. I am developing [...]