The Murverse

War Episode 1

Remember Barris, the sun god? He has a secret, a wonderful secret that he’s not willing to share. And why is the moon now smaller?
The complete intro, the whole tragic story up to now, is done by the talented James Melzer, author of The Zombie Chronicles: Escape.
Thanks for your support in making this a [...]

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Recent Interviews

I’ve been on a couple of podcast interviews recently, and hoping to have more once War launches tomorrow.

I failed to post this because of the Balticon excitement, but I was interviewed on JC Hutchins’ awesome new podcast Hey Everybody! where I talked about War, the Inside Story, and other sundries.
At Balticon I had the honor [...]

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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 [...]

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Send your family and friends to HEAVEN

So you may have heard that in a couple of days I’m launching the fifth and final season of my Heaven series, WAR. Usually there are diminishing numbers when you do a series, and it’s damn hard to catch new listeners when you are working on a part 5.
Here’s where you come in. Word of [...]

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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 [...]

27May2009 | Mur Lafferty | 4 comments | Continued

Balticon 2009

Balticon is a strange animal. I’ve been to the huge productions (OK, just one, but I’ve attended Dragon*Con regularly for many years) that are exciting and overwhelming, and I’ve been to small cons that have their awesome moments, but feel tired and drab much of the time. And then there’s Balticon.
I’m not sure of the [...]

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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

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War Promo #1

Here’s the promo for WAR – this is to promote the Inside Story – I’ll have proper podcast promos coming soon. But if you want to spread the word before June 1, this is the promo to use!

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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 [...]

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ISBW #118 – Getting Restarted – Christiana Ellis Interview

Once again we are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor this week! Get a Free 30-Day Trial!
We are also proud to be sponsored by JC Hutchins’ Personal Effects series, the podcast Sword of Blood, launching for free on May 15, 2009, and the novel Personal Effects: Dark Art, launching mid-June (pre-order now!)
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