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[ISBW] Will Gwenda Bond Give Up Her Gallbladder for Literature?

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Gwenda Bond author of Not Your Average Hot Guy, joins us to talk about writer friends and whether they’re threats or not. We also talk about gall bladders. 

Twitch schedule for week of Oct 10

  • Mon: 1pm Gaming (Dream Daddy)
  • Tues: 3pm- I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 5pm Gaming (TBD)
  • Thurs: 3pm- I Should Be Writing

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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).
October 7, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 68 | murverse.com
ISBW S17 Ep68: Will Gwenda Bond Give Up Her Gallbladder for Literature? by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[DD] How Many Kidneys Does Ursula Vernon Have?

HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT!

New Ditch Digger logo with shovel and ink“How Many Kidneys Does Ursula Vernon Have?” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

 


Ursula joins me and we talk about body organs and just how important they are to a writing career.

We reference this debacle.

Twitch schedule for week of Oct 10

  • Mon: 1pm Gaming (Dream Daddy)
  • Tues: 3pm- I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 5pm Gaming (TBD)
  • Thurs: 3pm- I Should Be Writing

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Ditch Diggers credits: production by Mur Lafferty, theme song byJohn Anealio, art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).


September 29, 2021 | Season 7 Ep 22 | murverse.com
Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-ND 3.5 License

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[ISBW] How Important Are the Tiny Details?

HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT!

New ISBW Logo orange mic with ISBW on the front“How Important Are the Tiny Details?” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

 


We go from food and clothing to weather and guns.

Made sense at the time.

Twitch schedule for week of Oct 10

  • Mon: 1pm Gaming (Dream Daddy)
  • Tues: 3pm- I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 5pm Gaming (TBD)
  • Thurs: 3pm- I Should Be Writing

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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).
October 5, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 67 | murverse.com
ISBW S17 Ep67: How Important Are the Tiny Details? by Mur Lafferty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] Are You Ready For NaNoWriMo?

HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT!

Illustration of people standing on a pile of books, NaNoWriMo Writer 2021” Are You Ready For NaNoWriMo?” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

 


Are you ready? None of us ever is. Still, we plan… Feel free to friend me over there!

Wanna join 4thewords.com? Here’s my affiliate code: SKYOA08774

Twitch schedule for week of Oct 10

  • Mon: 1pm Gaming (Dream Daddy)
  • Tues: 3pm- I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 5pm Gaming (TBD)
  • Thurs: 3pm- I Should Be Writing

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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).

September 28, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 65 (Episode 616) | murverse.com
Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License


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[ISBW] What Can Beginning Writers Do More Easily Than Career Writers?

HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT!

New ISBW Logo orange mic with ISBW on the front“Come on and get weird” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

 


September was a wild month, and I have tried to record as best I can. So I figure how can we handle struggles not by resting or pushing through on our “real” writing, but by being weird.

Worth a try, anyway.

Twitch schedule for week of Oct 10

  • Mon: 1pm Gaming (Dream Daddy)
  • Tues: 3pm- I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 5pm Gaming (TBD)
  • Thurs: 3pm- I Should Be Writing

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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).

September 28, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 65 (Episode 616) | murverse.com
Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License


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[DD] What Does John Milton Have To Do With YA?

HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT!

New Ditch Digger logo with shovel and ink“What Does John Milton Have To Do With YA??” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

 


Yup, we’re talking, a little late, about the YA Ratings debacle, but through the lens of dead white guy John Milton.

Yeah, he was a cranky old man, writer of super long Bible fanfic, and helped with regicide a little bit, but he also was a strong anti-censorship advocate. Which, considering you could lose your head for writing something offensive, was pretty damn brave.

My Milton professor made anything sound good. He was so excited about Milton that he made us excited. And Aeropagitica has stuck with me, even if the attention span to re-read it has not.

Twitch schedule for week of Oct 10

  • Mon: 1pm Gaming (Dream Daddy)
  • Tues: 3pm- I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 5pm Gaming (TBD)
  • Thurs: 3pm- I Should Be Writing

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Ditch Diggers credits: production by Mur Lafferty, theme song byJohn Anealio, art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).


September 29, 2021 | Season 7 Ep 22 | murverse.com
Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-ND 3.5 License

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[DD] What Do You Do When Your Books Don’t Sell? with GAIL CARRIGER!

New Ditch Digger logo with shovel and ink“What Do You Do When Your Books Don’t Sell?” is brought to you in large part by our patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

Mur and Matt welcome back the Godmother of Ditch Diggers herself, Gail Carriger! Gail wanted to talk about what happens when you’re a pro and your books don’t sell. What avenues do we have?


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Ditch Diggers credits: production by Mur Lafferty, theme song byJohn Anealio, art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).


September 15, 2021 | Season 7 Ep 21 | murverse.com
Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-ND 3.5 License

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[ISBW] When Is A Book Finally DONE?

New ISBW Logo orange mic with ISBW on the front“When Is A Book Finally DONE?” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

 


I’m a bit clearer-headed this episode, and talk about all those times you can say “the book is done!” (There are several times you can say that.)

Punchline- today I got another edit pass on my novella sent to me. >_<

Again, no twitch stream this week (week of Sept. 20).


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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).
September 16, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 64 | murverse.com
ISBW S17 Ep64: When Is A Book Finally DONE? by Mur Lafferty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] Narrative Studies

New ISBW Logo orange mic with ISBW on the front“Narrative Studies” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

 


Well, of a sort. I had a hell of a few weeks and was essentially brain dead and struggling today. I announce a week off of streaming and try to talk about the new narrative game I’m playing on my stream.

Yes, we play a narrative game and I try to figure it out.

I’m also working on more transcriptions. By the end of this week I should have this season’s episodes 1-10 done.

Again, no twitch stream this week.

 


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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).
September 14, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 63 | murverse.com
ISBW S17 Ep63: Narrative Studies by Mur Lafferty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] Authenticity in writing

New ISBW Logo orange mic with ISBW on the front“Authenticity in writing” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Jemi or Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

 


Using food, clothing, religion, and other everyday details can give your story authenticity, but if it’s something that you’re not familiar with, do some research.

Don’t forget to join us live on Twitch, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2pm Eastern!


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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).

September 9, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 62 (Episode 613) | murverse.com
Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-ND 3.5 License