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ISBW #153 – Plz read show notes first / Mary Robinette Kowal Interview

NOTE- Please read this before listening. This is a show regarding getting down about your career, and I pinpoint a lot of things that aren’t true about publishing. Upon relistening, I realize what I’m TRYING to say is the things I mention (ie, your editor putting a huge marketing campaign behind your book) aren’t guaranteed. [...]

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ISBW #152: Sundries / David Williams Interview

I talk emotional approaches to writing, and interview David Williams. We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 45-Day Trial! 00:00:06 ISBW #152 00:01:07 State of the Mur: tired! Writing, cleaning, recent attendance at NASFiC. Upcoming: WorldCon and the next book. 00:04:08 GoTo Meeting Message 00:05:05 Emotional approaches to writing: [...]

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ISBW #151 – Feedback Show

This is the first of our dedicated feedback shows, complete with a Good Cop, Bad Cop at the end of the show. You’ve been warned. Still somewhat shaky on the “two a week” thing. Working on it. Promise. We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 45-Day Trial! 00:00:06 ISBW [...]

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ISBW #150(!!): Hard Work vs Fun – Tracy Hickman/Scott Sigler Interviews

Happy episode 150! Is writing fun? Is it hard work? Can it be both? We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial! 00:00:07 ISBW #150 00:01:31 State of the Mur: 12,000 words written in one day to meet deadline, upcoming changes in the podcast format 00:05:38 GoTo Meeting [...]

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ISBW #149 Editing – Paolo Bacigalupi / Tobias Buckell Interview

Editing and a dual interview! We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial! 00:00:07 ISBW #149 00:01:18 State of the Mur: new theme song from John Anealio, new podcast at Angry Robot, magazine article & work-for-hire fiction, future plans to work on new book, listening to The Alchemist [...]

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ISBW #148: Feedback/Good Cop, Bad Cop

Yes. Another unannounced break. I was editing a book. This was recorded before I took the time to edit. Lots of feedback, and Matt joins us again for a long Good Cop Bad Cop. We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial! 00:00:06 ISBW #148 00:01:14 State of [...]

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ISBW #147: Writing Tools/Liz Gorinsky Interview

We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial! A much more … sane ISBW returns to talk writing tools and to play the fantastic interview conducted by Chris Lester of the Hugo-nominated Tor editor, Liz Gorinsky! 00:00:06: ISBW #147 00:00:43: State of the Mur: working on the administrative [...]

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ISBW Metacast #1

Really? I’ve never done a Metacast before? In FIVE years? Maybe it was called a “special” cast. I dunno. Regardless! I talk about what happened in May, what I’ve been up to, and assure you that the podcast is back and going nowhere anytime soon. We return to calm, clean, solo podcasting here. Note- I [...]

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ISBW #146 – EXPLICIT – Live from Balticon, with John Anealio, Gail Carriger, and Matt Wallace

We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial! This is live from Balticon with return guest Gail Carriger (@gailcarriger), songwriter John Anealio (@johnanealio), and Bad Cop Matt F. Wallace (@mattfnwallace). This is not safe for work or kids. We are explicit here. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. [...]

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Jonathan Coulton and the Forced March (An ISBW Audio Treat)

I got a chance to interview Jonathan Coulton before his Raleigh show last Friday. I hadn’t talked to him since ’07 when he came through town backing up John Hodgman, and he was the opening band for Paul and Storm. Things have changed a bit since then. I asked him about Thing a Week, when [...]