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Latest SG column is live!

I went more for a straight feature with the latest column, pushing music (mostly comedic) that you can find online.
Stories about the RIAA bullying music fans are so ubiquitous it’s nearly becoming white noise. The association has been trying to kill ants with a hammer; when the blow strikes true, it’s devastating, but even as [...]

14Jul2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 74

First Sentence Saturdays:
The meeting of the Young Ladies’ Baking and World Domination Club came to order as usual, but because Miss Peabody was out sick, this time the meeting had to be chaperoned by Coach Wilkins.
The News From Poughkeepsie is a daily blog post featuring an idea for you to take and do with what [...]

12Jul2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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Is Cheyenne Wright awesome?

Yes. Yes, I believe he is.
This is the Mighty Mur and the Pink Tornado. They fight crime. Thank you, Cheyenne!
In other news, I have decided to take an official week off from the News from Poughkeepsie. It will resume on Sunday.
Happy 4th to US residents!

4Jul2008 | Mur Lafferty | 11 comments | Continued
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Update on The Takeover and NfP

The Takeover has NOT podfaded! I went on vacation last week and then my computer had a hard crash and I lost all the stuff I’ve worked on in the past 2 weeks, including the script for episode 4. So I’m working on it as fast as I can.
The good news is that I have [...]

2Jul2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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Origins Report

Last week we went on our year trip to Buffalo, NY to visit Jim’s family and then to head down to one of our favorite cons, Origins, the gaming convention in Columbus, OH. We got there Wednesday night and had dinner with our friend Dave Wendt and I later went out drinking with some friends [...]

1Jul2008 | Mur Lafferty | 5 comments | Continued
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Letters

When I think about the random things that shaped my childhood, I fear interacting with the Pink Tornado, because I worry an idle comment from me will affect her forever.
When I was in kindergarten, we had posterboards that anthropomorphized letters. The consonants were male, the vowels and Y were female (that always pissed me off.) [...]

24Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 8 comments | Continued
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Playing For Keeps launch date announced: 08/25/08

I received word recently that Playing For Keeps will be out from Swarm Press on August 25! This is the week before DragonCon, where I’ll be with BELLS on. BELLS, people.
I’m going to be asking you for a favor. If you want this book, if you want to support me for giving away years [...]

22Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 11 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 57

Settings Tuesdays
I like abandoned buildings, urban decay, as much as the next person. The potential for fiction, what happened here long ago, etc, is excellent. However, what about shiny new buildings full of people? Why do we never assume they have personality, or hauntings, or quirks? (Indian burial ground doesn’t count, either. I want something [...]

17Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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21 days to a habit?

I call bullshit. The News From Poughkeepsie has been going on for nearly 50 days now, and I still have to remind myself to do it. I remember JR Blackwell told me that on her daily project hit a slump around 29 days or so (Sorry, JR, I don’t remember the exact day) and I’m [...]

8Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 5 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 47

First sentence Saturdays
Mama told me her totem was the slug, and I didn’t want to believe it - especially when she said that, me being her first daughter, it was destined to be my totem as well.
Art- Slug Totem by Ursula Vernon
The News From Poughkeepsie is a daily blog post featuring an idea for you [...]

7Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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