The Murverse Mothership

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• Matt and Mur come to you live from Jeff Goldblum’s Teeter-Totter Playground, which is really just one teeter-totter in the middle of a room that his guests all think is an art installation but that Jeff desperately wants them to use.
• Matt is stressed and yearns to live in Goldblumian fantasy, and Mur is using self-awareness to guide her out of a depression fog as she drives towards her most recent book deadline.
• Depression, phlebotomy, and tormenting butchers are all discussed.
• The main topic of the episode is finally revealed, and that is the myth that once you make that first big sale as a writer, your work is done and your career is made.
• Matt and Mur talk about experiencing the highs and lows of a long, steady freelance writing career, specifically how they’re both currently experiencing a quiet year after a big professional year.
• Dealing with the illusion, vastly perpetuated by social media, that everybody is constantly announcing big deals and exciting news except for you.
• Matt can’t think of a non-sexual-sounding metaphor for orally ingesting CBD oil.
• Mur talks about feeling like nothing matters when you’re in-between big projects and big announcements, and trying to fill her time by redirecting energy into meaningful tasks.
• Matt and Mur talk about how to get past that initial slong of trying to get into a new project, and how to build momentum.
• Q&A! Matt and Mur are referred to as “entrepreneurs” and are very excited about it, eventhough the question that follows is vague. Plus, conspiracies and Matt resisting his old urges to say dickish things, and much more!
• Obligatory end-of-episode shilling.