Archive for Mur Lafferty
Do you want to see me dance?
Well, see, I want to see you dance.
In November, when I launched Playing For Keeps, Beatnik Turtle also released the song Playing For Keeps as a theme song. It’s a fantastic song and I was thrilled to have it associated with my book. And now that the book is coming out (AUGUST 25), I thought, [...]
The Takeover, Episode 5: Inside HR
HR delivers a non-literal blow to Dzoba, and Maureen struggles with her decision as Matt makes a plan. We meet the new guy, James.
More links links links
Maybe just two links.
Yeah, I went on and on about being part of 7th Son OBSIDIAN (heck, it was cool, what can I say?) and in the early days, back when I knew I was writing a story but no one else did, JC made a call for listeners to record videos during the blackout [...]
20Jul2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
ISBW #94 - Truths
Matthew Wayne Selznick debuted Brave Men Run last week! Congrats, Matt!
This week’s Key to Publishing #2 (check Adventures in SciFi Publishing for #1)
Truths - my confessional about bad habits in writing. MY bad habits.
Promo: John Payne fancast
Writing and Tracking through Subversion (from Jennifer)
MFA/MFYOU
Robert’s write-every-day blog
New Fantasy Magazine- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 81
First Sentence Saturdays:
Billy Jo didn’t know what to do when she realized her toddler, Randy, was controlling the weather.
The News From Poughkeepsie is a daily blog post featuring an idea for you to take and do with what you will. Read more about it here. This post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. [...]
Help promote PFK!
People have asked me how they can help with Playing For Keeps promotion. I was more than happy to comply with some art from some very helpful friends, JC Hutchins and Tee Morris. Feel free to take the ads, put them on your site, and link back either here or playingforkeepsnovel.com! (And if you want [...]
19Jul2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
More Interviews
I was interviewed 7/16 by Hollywood Jesus - it was an IM interview, so if some of my answers seem a little stream-of-consciousness, that’s how I am in chat…
My interview with Gem from Time Well Wasted went live this morning.
More coming soon!
The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 80
General Stuff Fridays:
My friend Ami’s clan was a laughingstock, but she wore her family’s colors proudly. Where the rest of us wore earth colors, colors taken from our natural fibers, our animal skins and furs, her clan dyed wool to be brightly colored. They did a bad job of hunting after that, bright red tunics [...]
The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 79
Scenes Thursdays:
When Wal-Mart put in the world’s largest kids’ ball pit, Johnny was thrilled, but it made my breath catch in my throat.
Never mind the fact that as a doctor, she feared what germs and diseases lurked in such places. It was the other things that lived there. As a child, she had spent [...]
Burning Bridges
The concept of “burning bridges” has been fascinating to me because it’s such a complex social construct. It’s not just the simple act of doing something that severs contact with another party, damaging the relationship so it’s irreparable. There’s a lot of social hierarchy and power involved.
When I was at Red Storm, I had an [...]
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Like you, I am... shall we say, "dancing impaired." Or maybe "rhythm impaired" might be a better term. Even so, ...
I've already given up on the fear of warping my 4 year old daughter; it's inevitable. There's too much ...
As a fellow July 25ther, just wanted to send out a big happy b-day to ya!
--- Chuck (an, ahem, early ...
Send me an email, treed, and I'll get you hooked up. 
group humiliation?? hell, i am in! might even get daughter involved and possibly wifey 
I'm in! Email sent :) 
Would wearing my Keepsie's Bar shirt in the video be considered cheating?