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ISBW #119 – Are You a God? / Seth Harwood Interview
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Note- I [...]
ISBW Video #009 – Book Trailers Revisited
Book trailers. Well. They’re hard. That’s about it.
In this video, we have two versions of my WAR trailer, and lots of help and love from fans. I asked for content, and got well over TWENTY comments, videos and audio clips. Deluge of love! I couldn’t use them all, but I do plan on putting each [...]
Help out with WAR trailer, get a chance to introduce!
Here’s the deal-
I was on YouTube looking for book trailers to get an idea of how to make a trailer for Heaven Season Five: WAR. Turns out that a lot of them suck. So I’m doing an ISBW video episode, trying to make a really bad book trailer, have that transition into a discussion, and [...]
ISBW Video Podcast #8 – JC Hutchins Interview LIVE from Balticon
I got to get an exclusive sneak peek at the awesomeness that is Personal Effects: Dark Art this past weekend at Balticon! I talk to author JC Hutchins about his ground-breaking book, and we try not to get distracted by passers-by.
Camera work by John Cmar, Additional Direction by David Moldawer
ISBW Video #007 – Submission Survival Kit
In this podcast me and my camerawoman head to Staples to talk about the best tools for your submission kit. Her camera work isn’t the best, and I mispronounce “Pyr Books“, but we had a good time.
The kit:
Pens
Self-adhesive #10 envelopes for small queries and SASEs
Self-adhesive large envelopes for larger queries/partials
Tracking system for queries
Stamps (USA [...]
ISBW #118 – Getting Restarted – Christiana Ellis Interview
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Frankly, [...]
ISBW #117 – Back to Basics / Scott Sigler Interview
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12May2009 | Mur Lafferty | 4 comments | Continued
ISBW #116 – Writing Magazines / China Miéville Interview
New show format, new show notes format!
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00:07: ISBW #117
00:37: GoTo Meeting Message
01:27: Allergy Attack!
01:52: Change in show format – adding interviews, subtracting nothing
03:57: Progress report on WAR
04:40: Hope to see you at Balticon- sign up for our [...]
ISBW Special #43 – Nebula Award Winner John Kessel
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I interviewed Dr. John Kessel, winner of the 2009 Nebula Award for best novella! We talked in a coffee shop, so please forgive the background noise.
Did I mention you can get the early info of the new [...]
29Apr2009 | Mur Lafferty | 5 comments | Continued
ISBW #115 – Beginnings and Prologues
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I come up from illness to say hi and talk about stuff!
My Story “Mother Sponge” came out in Hub magazine!
Friend me at GoodReads!
Promo: GreatHites
Beginnings, prologues, and yes, you are allowed to suck!
Promo: Nina Kimberly the Merciless
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Congrats, Mur! The Agent search comes to an exciting end! 
Oh I so hope that tinkerer they met becomes a recurring character. He was awesome. :-) 
So you really CAN pronounce Dr. Name-I-Can't-Spell. Color me impressed!
(P.S. - Loving War so far!) 
I just finished Heaven 3 (2nd time) and 4. Chapter 5 (V) comes just in time. I was starting to ...
WTG NATALIE!!!!
wow this looks amazing....it's got a Miyazaki kind of vibe happening.....
fuzzyslug FTW 
YAY more heaven im glad you made a bigger part for Barris i knew he wasnt a big baby he ...
sweeeet! I look forward to more of her work.