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ISBW #281 – Rapid Fire – From the Car!
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Recorded last week- the FINAL word on exposure and why/when you should consider it currency.
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Recorded last week- the FINAL word on exposure and why/when you should consider it currency.
It landed at Orbit’s site today, so I can make my own reveal! Book 2 in The Shambling Guides is The Ghost Train to New Orleans and the illustration, done again by the awesome Jamie McKelvie, is gorgeous!

So the exciting thing is, I’m doing my first studio book narration! However, I’m doing it in a very short amount of time, so I’m in Raleigh for most of the day, and rushing around trying to do everything else in the time I am not in front of the mic. And recording for five hours straight is a bit different than recording a chapter a week. My voice is raw and I’m pounding the lemon and honey as if it were gin. Well. Even moreso.
So Rapid Fire and Fabulist Ramblings are on hold until I can get a little bit of time to record and upload.
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In personal news, I have new glasses and new hairstyle. I’m like a whole new Mur, only without a voice.
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I’ve seen the near-final cover for Book 2 of The Shambling Guides, and OMG it’s gorgeous. I can’t wait to show you all! The minute I’m allowed to, I’ll be uploading the hell out of that thing.
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Lastly, it’s now announced that I’ll be joining the Torment: Tides of Numenera team! The Kickstarter is already at nearly $2,000,000 on Day 2 of the campaign — O_o — and I’m thrilled to be on the team! Check it out, and pledge if it looks cool to you!
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Just like horse trainers must shovel poop, so must writers deal with rejections. Get a goal. Make it hurt less. Get tough!
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So once you know who you’re contacting, HOW do you contact them? Hint: Less is more.
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So I’m very embarrassed, as one commenter mentioned, I kind of skipped three episodes. So in an effort to make numbers completely meaningless (actually to not confuse people in the archives) here is episode 275.
We talk about the Agent HUnt and great sites like Agent Query, Writer’s Market, and Absolute Write.
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It’s another rapid fire episode! I talk, well, read the dang headline! There’s not much more to say! I’m trying not to obsess about reviews, listener numbers, etc.
I was looking at my stats today. I don’t like looking at my numbers, as they haven’t really done much in the past several years. I hit a plateau of listeners and didn’t really budge.
And yeah, “Do more regular shows,” is the clear answer. I know. I know.
But I decided to peek at them today. January had a noted increase from December, and Feb looks like it might just outpace January. So that was cool. Then I found out Libsyn gives a neato map of your podcast reach. So here are the people listening to ISBW:

I was delighted with all of the listeners in the Southern Hemisphere, I usually hear from Australia and New Zealand, I didn’t know I had listeners in South America and most of Africa. Of course, now I’m looking at the little white countries and wondering if anyone knows anyone in Greenland, or Suriname, or Ethiopia to spread the message of I Should Be Writing?
People are bringing to my attention that there were files on the poor departed website that died in the destruction of the site. One of the things was a critique sheet given to me by, I believe, my producer Patrick Hester. I’ve found a copy and am uploading it again, you can find it here. Critique Template Word
I’ll be including my appearances this year on a permanent page shortly, but I wanted to mention now that I have the following cons/appearances coming up: