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New Suicide Girls column live!

As I announced a couple of weeks ago, I am a new columnist for Suicide Girls. And I wanted to announce that my first column is live today! The name of the column is “Speak Geek to me” and the title of this column is “BC, AD and … MK?”
Suicide Girls is a geek pinup/erotica [...]

16Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 5 comments | Continued
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The Takeover Episode 1

Episode One: The Offer
In which Maureen gets a job offer, Phil gets a promotion, and Allison shows her unfortunate bigotry.
Spread the word about The Takeover! Infect more zombies!
(Direct link to podcast for Livejournal/Facebook/Myspace readers)

 
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3Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 7 comments | Continued
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7th Son Obsidian Launches!

I’ve been stoked about this project for quite some time, folks. JC Hutchins approached me a while ago and asked if I wanted to play in his world and write a story based on an event that happened in his epic podcast series, 7th Son.
If someone asks you if you’re a god, you say [...]

2Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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Announcing The Takeover!

I would like to announce my new podcast project, The Takeover!
The Takeover is an audio drama that covers the merger between a web design company and Zombinc, a premier staffing service. Only, zombies run Zombinc, which causes for some workplace stress.
The Takeover will debut at Balticon 42 this weekend, live, on Saturday, 1pm. It [...]

20May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 11 comments | Continued
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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 [...]

10May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 40 comments | 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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6May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 2 comments | 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 [...]

 
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2May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | 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 [...]

22Apr2008 | Mur Lafferty | 15 comments | 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 [...]

10Apr2008 | Mur Lafferty | 6 comments | Continued
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Supporting Podfic Authors

Many of you know, but some of you may not, that some podiobook authors are moving from audio to print, some very effectively. Our first superstar, Scott Sigler, came out with a new book April 1 from Random House, Infected.
If you’ve been interested in this novel, if you’ve enjoyed Sigler’s free audio before, do yourself [...]

 
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9Apr2008 | Mur Lafferty | 2 comments | Continued