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[ISBW] Writing Workshops, with Gregory Ashe

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  • Special Saturday Stream! Welcome author and writing instructor Gregory Ashe!
  • Working on new office layout

Good News Good News

  • Hugo nominations are open for 2022
  • Team Rejection count: now at 14
  • Greg is working on draft of Book 4 in his series

Main Topic: Greg’s Teaching & Writing

  • Greg is teaching one of the Odyssey Workshop’s Winter Online Sessions
  • Pandemic influence: Odyssey shifting to 100% online instead of a 6-week in-house program
  • Series and characters, likable vs deserving
  • Mur gets pointers for writing clues in a mystery series

Links

Twitch schedule for Feb:

  • Mondays: 2-3:30pm AMA
  • Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 3-5pm Gaming
  • Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing

Support Local Book Stores!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
January 29, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 9 | murverse.com
“Writing Workshops with Gregory Ashe” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] Matt Wallace Declares the Year of the Fat Kid!

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  • Welcome back from the wilderness, Matt F’n Wallace!
  • Scrivener will indeed tell you how many words you wrote in a year
  • Mur is making progress on Midsolar Murders Book 2
  • Matt is working on a video game he can’t talk about yet, and we await Savage Crowns

Good News Good News

  • Hugo nominations are open for 2022
  • Team Rejection count: now at 14

Main Topic: Matt’s New Middle Grade Book

  • This is the book Matt always wanted as a kid, so now he’s written it for himself & everyone else
  • Using the word “fat” and all the baggage different people bring to it
  • Relating to Vincent D’Onofrio and Sammo Hung in their acting and action roles
  • How to approach writing fat characters: Writing the Other, lecture by author Meg Elison. You really should read her award nominated novella “The Pill.”)
  • Matt’s page, and the Fat Kid Guide page

Links

 

Twitch schedule for Feb:

  • Mondays: 2-3:30pm AMA
  • Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 3-5pm Gaming
  • Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing

Support Local Book Stores!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
January 26, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 8 | murverse.com
“Matt Wallace Declares the Year of the Fat Kid!” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] State of the Shows, and Mur

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  • Yesterday: adventure flails + research rabbit holes = zero words written

Good News Good News

  • Hugo nominations are open for 2022
  • Team Rejection count: now at 14
  • Rescue Adventure Fumbles Saving Throw!

Main Topic: Game of Goals

  • Setting goals, meeting goals from different directions, and changing things up
  • What to do when audience size is shrinking rather than growing
  • Is there a better way to find a better fitting niche for your podcast?
  • Goal: A Scifi Writing Stream Team Dream Team
  • The status of Ditch Diggers to come
  • The Joy of Pantsing

Links

Twitch schedule for Feb:

  • Mondays: 2-3:30pm AMA
  • Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 3-5pm Gaming
  • Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing

Support Local Book Stores!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
January 25, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 7 | murverse.com
“State of the Shows, and Mur” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] Is Genre Worth Fighting Over?

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  • (Pre-Open) I Should Be Cooking?
  • Channeling the Ditch Diggers
  • Writers Block sneaks up on you even when you’re able to write the words.

Good News Good News

  • Hugo nominations are open for 2022
  • Team Rejection count: up to 10
  • Accountability Buddies rock
  • Tracking yearly wordcounts

Main Topic: Genre, Genre, and more Genre

  • The desire to write a psychological thriller means reading more of them to peel back the layers
  • The genres have their own rules of engagement. Subvert them at your own peril (or genius)
  • Mur is addicted to Christmas mysteries

Links

Twitch schedule for Jan:

  • Mondays: 2-3:30pm AMA
  • Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 3-5pm Gaming
  • Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing

Support Local Book Stores!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
January 20, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 6 | murverse.com
“Is Genre Worth Fighting Over?” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] I SHOULD BE WRITING DAMMIT

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  • Tightening up the podcast schedule

Good News Good News

  • Hugo nominations are open for 2022
  • Team Rejection count: up to 9

Main Topic: Characters, Setting, and Story

  • Do you like Star Wars because of the heroes, or because of the world they inhabit?
  • There are stories where you can mix & match characters easily, and others not so much
  • What makes the setting the key element, and what makes the characters key?
  • Fanfic blazing the trails

Links

Twitch schedule for Jan:

  • Mondays: 2-3:30pm AMA
  • Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 3-5pm Gaming
  • Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing

Support Local Book Stores!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
January 18, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 5 | murverse.com
“I SHOULD BE WRITING, DAMMIT” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] Nicole Glover and Alt History/Mystery/Fantasy

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  • Mur: 2k words today
  • Nicole: words later tonight

Good News Good News

  • Team Rejection count: still at 1

Main Topic: Nicole Glover

NOTE: This is longer than usual, as we wanted all of Nicole’s awesomeness in the feed. I had a sound hiccup when I played an in-stream game (Stream Raiders), and I apologize for that.

Links

Twitch schedule for Jan:

  • Mondays: 2-3:30pm AMA
  • Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 3-5pm Gaming
  • Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing

Support Local Book Stores!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
January 13, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 4 | murverse.com
“Nicole Glover and Alt History/Mystery/Fantasy?” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] Is It Time to Embrace the Weird?

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  • Embrace the live stream stumbles. It builds character!
  • New novel: 11k words in

Good News Good News

  • Team Rejection count
  • Next episode: Guest Interview Nicole Glover!

Main Topic: Embracing the Weird Thing for Yourself

  • Using the tool that works best for your brain doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong
  • Finding comfort where you can in order to get the work done
  • Don’t overload in self-care so much that you can’t do any work
  • Half a million downloads for 2021!

Links

Twitch schedule for Jan:

  • Mondays: 1-3pm AMA
  • Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 3-5pm Gaming
  • Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing

Support Local Book Stores!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
January 11, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 3 | murverse.com
“Is It Time to Embrace the Weird?” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] Is Your To-Do List World Writable?

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  • Pluto. Red Snow. Cthulhu spaces. Go Team Elder Gods!
  • Arranging the pieces for a Book 2 to help the writing along
  • Fonda Lee book prizes are en route!
  • The world has timey wimey loose threads folding 2020 into 2021

Good News Good News

  • Twitch gadgets and bots are nearly back to normal
  • Team Rejection is on the field

Main Topic: To-Do Lists, Productivity, and Writing

  • PNH on forming your to-do list based on your Inbox (hint: don’t do it)
  • Looking at email items to put them on the to-do list, and prioritization confusion
  • Saying YES to your work, or saying NO for yourself?
  • Varying task scheduling approaches
  • Patreon tiers: upcoming changes on Jan 17

Links

Twitch schedule for Jan:

  • Mondays: 1-3pm AMA
  • Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 3-5pm Gaming
  • Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing

Support Local Book Stores!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
January 6, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 2 | murverse.com
“Is Your To-Do List World-Writable?” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] Resolutions, You Know We Gotta

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  • Sometimes, we all need a break
  • Attending WorldCon for the Hugos… was not fun this time? But still Fancy Like
  • FIYAH. Go read, now.

New Year Good News Good News

  • Dodged COVID while at WorldCon in the middle of a spike in DC
  • Started a new book

Main Topic: Resolutions

  • Focus on getting your work out there, instead of on the rejections
  • Patreon tiers are changing, to offer more support for writers
  • The Whole Ass Quotient
  • Evil Mur: Name Dropping Neil Gaiman

Links

Twitch schedule for Jan:

  • Mondays: 1-3pm AMA
  • Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 3-5pm Gaming
  • Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing

Support Local Book Stores!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
January 4, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 1 | murverse.com
“Resolutions, You Know We Gotta” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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2021 Award Eligibility Post

Award Eligibility: Escape Pod eligible for Best Semiprozine, Mur Lafferty and SB Divya eligible for Best Editor (short), I Should Be Writing and Ditch Diggers eligible for Best Fancast.

2021 was an editing year for me. This year I’m excited to publish a novel (Station Eternity out in October) and novella (“The Ophelia Network” out May 26), but I didn’t have any fiction out last year. I did, however, do plenty of work on Escape Pod and my podcasts, I Should Be Writing and Ditch Diggers.

Escape Pod is eligible for Best Semiprozine. Last year we had over 2,000,000 downloads of our weekly science fiction stories. In the past the magazine has been nominated for 2020, 2019, and 2017 Hugo Awards.

SB Divya and I are eligible (together) for Best Editor (Short Form). We have been co-editors in chief at Escape Pod for over …five? years now? In addition we did an anthology for Escape Pod’s 15th anniversary in 2020. We were finalists on the ballot for the first time for the 2020 Hugos.

I Should Be Writing is still going strong at season 18, and is eligible for Best Fancast. I took the show to Twitch to record it live, which has changed up the show’s energy considerably. In 2021 I released 85 episodes and download numbers reached half a million (that’s 500,000 if you like the zeroes). It has never been nominated.

Ditch Diggers is also eligible for Best Fancast. The show had some hiatus time last year, but Matt Wallace, several guest hosts, and I still managed 23 episodes with around 50,000 downloads. It was a finalist for 2016 and 2017 Fancast Hugo Awards, winning for 2017.