Archive for Mur Lafferty
Links, Interviews, Second Life
I was thrilled this week to find an article in Strange Horizons magazine called From iTunes to the Bookshelves: The First Wave of Podcast Novelists. Shaun Farrell of Adventures in SciFi Publishing did the article, interviewing several podcast authors over this year, writing an honest and excellent article on the medium and where it may [...]
2Oct2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
Win the book that inspired Playing For Keeps!
I recently got an email from James Maxey (who did a fantastic review of PFK over at Intergalactic Medicine Show) telling me that his superhero novel, Nobody Gets the Girl, turns five this October. He’s doing a giveaway at his blog, soliciting superhero haiku and giving away copies of the book (and an ultra-limited chapbook!).
Nobody [...]
ISBW VIDEO Special #40 - Connie Willis Interview Pt. 2
This is part 2 of the hour-long Guest of Honor video from Balticon 42 with Connie Willis.
1Oct2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
ISBW VIDEO Special #39 - Connie Willis Interview Pt. 1
I was thrilled and honored to be able to co-conduct the Guest of Honor interview at Balticon 42, to interview my idol, Connie Willis. This is part 1 of 2 in the hour-long interview. Thanks to JC Hutchins for camera aid.
29Sep2008 | Mur Lafferty | 4 comments | Continued
ISBW #101 - Feedback
I have an agent now! I’m represented by Byrd Leavell of Waxman Literary Agency. I’m working on editing Heaven for him. And the short story “Mother Sponge.”
Promo: The Zombie Chronicles by James Melzer
Lots of fun interviews in the can!
New press available: Long Tale Press
Freedom for Mac users easily distracted
Brown Street Press is publishing a NaNo [...]
Back into running
A little over 13 years ago I quit smoking. As it’s still something I find myself craving, and also something I don’t mind other people doing around me, I don’t think of myself as a non-smoker, more like an ex-smoker.
In the same vein, I realized that because my attempts to get into running have been [...]
Stories of the Third Wave #18 - The Naked Bootleg
Boy howdy - things have been a little crazy here since DragonCon, and I’m very sorry I haven’t been updating! News before we get to the podcast:
Playing For Keeps won the Parsec Award for Best Novel! What a shock and honor! Congrats to the other nominees and winners!
I now have an agent; I’m being represented [...]
New SG Column, Reality Break Interview, and more
Good lord, where has the week gone? I’m not really sure.
Monday had my latest Suicide Girls column published. It’s about movies and nostalgia. Remember, the column is SFW, but the ads on the site my NOT be.
At DragonCon I had the honor of being interviewed by one of my podcasting icons, Dave Slusher, for the [...]
ISBW #100 - Live from DragonCon
I Should Be Writing was taped live at DragonCon this year, to a packed room on a Saturday morning. It was low key and friendly and I answered a lot of questions.
Thanks to everyone who has helped keep this show going. It - and my writing career - has gone places I never could have [...]
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Mur,
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Jason, yeah, mine are pretty mild, relatively, and sorry for your wife. I can get headaches that have me nauseated ...
I'm glad you've been able to find and kick some of the causes of your migraine headaches. There are ...
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It never ceases to amaze me how willing the podcast community is to help one of their own. I was ...
I just finished reading this last night (stayed up till 1:30 to do it) and i just wanted to ...
Hi Mur,
Just found your work this past week and love it.
Like some here I am from the North (Minnesota). ...
Thanks Mur and keep up the amazing writing. 
Hi. First, your cool.
Second, I agree on the tea issue and the mustard vineger barbecue. 2nd loop in Florance ...
When I sit down with my boss for my annual review, we go over the things I did and talk ...