The Murverse Mothership

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“Is Genre Worth Fighting Over?” 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!

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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

• Merch Shop!
• Mur on Twitter
• The Garages on Bandcamp
• The Garages on Twitter

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!

• Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!
• OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

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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“I SHOULD BE WRITING DAMMIT” 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!

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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

• Merch Shop
• Mur on Twitter
• The Garages on Bandcamp
• The Garages on Twitter

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!

• Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!
• OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

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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“Nicole Glover and Alt History/Mystery/Fantasy” 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!

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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

• Nicole introduces the Murder and Magic series (2 books so far)
• The world-building involves the historical, the magic, and the murder mysteries
• The structure / framework of the stories
• Games Nicole plays
• Wildermyth: https://wildermyth.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/763890/Wildermyth/
• Murder & Magic character cards: https://nicole-glover.com/books/
• Debut author advice for fresh new authors

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

• Nicole Glover
• Merch Shop
• https://thegarages.bandcamp.com/
• https://twitter.com/thegaragesband

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!

• Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!
• OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

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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“Is It Time to Embrace the 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!

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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

• Merch Shop
• Mur on Twitter
• The Garages on Bandcamp
• The Garages on Twitter

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!

• Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!
• OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

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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“Is Your To-Do List World Writable?” 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!

Check out the official ISBW merch!

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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

• Merch Shop
• Mur on Twitter
• John Anealio on Bandcamp
• The Garages on Bandcamp

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!

• Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!
• OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

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
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“Year End Celebration!” 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!

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This is the final I Should Be Writing for 2021. I am taking some time off to plan 2022, changes to the Patreon, and just get some rest. I will still be streaming from time to time, writing my newsletter, and posting to Patreon.

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Wannabees vs Amateurs

What I’m Working On

• A gay Christmas rom-com in progress… maybe?

Good News Good News

• Looking forward to time off!
• Acknowledgements!
• Birthdays!

We are sponsored by Scribophile again! Thanks Scribophile! Check them out to find a writing buddy, beta readers, or form your own writing crit group!
Main Topic

• There’s no such thing as a NaNoWriMo failure
• The Daily NaNo fell by the wayside this year… many apologies
• 2021 Year in Review
• Trope Bingo
• No official ISBW podcasts for December 2021, but streaming will be partying on
• Secret Merch Locations!

Links

• https://nanowrimo.org/
• https://www.redbubble.com/people/mightymur/shop

WorldCon is December 15-19! Here’s my schedule:

• 12-16 Thursday
  5-7pm, Public Hugo Nominee Reception, Ambassador Ballroom
  (I will try to make the end of this, but I get in at 5pm and have no idea how hard it will be to get to the hotel.)
• 12-17 Friday
  1pm The Softer Side of Science Fiction, Blue Room
  2:30pm Escape Artists Meetup, Ambassador Ballroom
• 12-18 Saturday
  1pm The Magnificent Novella, Blue Room
  8pm The Hugo Awards! (Eee!)

I don’t have a Kaffeklatch, a signing, or a reading, so I’m a bit unhappy with that, but the con has been beset by many problems, COVID not the only one, and I’m trying to be understanding. That said, if you want something signed, hit me up after a panel or if you see me around.

I’m hoping to have custom postcards for y’all. Wish me luck.

Twitch schedule for December: Best to follow on Twitch, because, frankly, because of holidays and Worldcon, I’m not sure what I can promise, but the goal is:

• Mondays: 1-3pm
• Tues-Thurs: 3-5pm

I WANT to stream from WorldCon, but I’m not sure if I will be able to.

• Six Wakes
• Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

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).

December 2, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 82 | murverse.com
ISBW S17 Ep82: Year End Celebration! by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0