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[ISBW] The Importance of Fanfic (RIV Blaseball)

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S19 Ep24
It’s June, and I have had some disappointments (She Podcasts, Live! and Blaseball), but at least I’m not worrying about travel so much. Got my 10k words turned into my agent, and lament the loss of the podcast community. But Tee Morris, Scott Sigler, and Christiana Ellis are all live streaming too. And so is Grant Baciocco!

(from the transcript)

Mur Lafferty  00:59

…Whatever you’re afraid of, you’re not alone. And the thing is about those fears, if everybody has them, no matter how successful you are, does it really have to do with writing? 

What I’m Reading
I’m currently reading The Other Side of Infinity by Joan Smith, magical real world YA romance about seeing the future and wondering if you can make a difference.

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CREDITS
Theme song by John Anealio, art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio
and files hosted by Libsyn (affiliate link). Get archives of the show via Patreon.
June 6, 2023 | Season 19 Ep 24 | murverse.com
“The Importance of Fanfic (RIV Blaseball)” by Mur Lafferty
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[ISvBW] Online Writing Workshops, how are they now?

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I Should Be Writing is new again with classic podcasts from 2005! If you wonder what I Should Be Writing sounded like back in the old days, when podcasting was new and before I was published, look no farther! I’m releasing most of my old episodes with commentary, and maybe some new interviews with old friends. The shows will also be released with transcriptions for free, but Patreon and Substack supporters will get the episodes first, and annotated transcripts too!


I Should’ve Been Writing S1 Ep2

(from the transcript)

Mur Lafferty  08:43

…you read Neil Gaiman’s blog and you hear “Yes, I went up to the cabin for the week to finish Anansi Boys…’ and, well, that’s great for him, but he’s a best selling author with best selling comic books and just best selling all over the place. Everybody else you see on the shelves, they likely have day jobs, they likely have children, they find time to write, they make time to write because it’s one of their priorities. Have you ever picked up a book and thought, ‘wow, this is crap, I can write better than this?’ Well, maybe that’s true. But one thing that that writer has that you may not have, is persistence. You may have noticed in your life in other places than writing that the people who are not the most talented are the ones that succeed. And I’m starting to sound like a business self improvement tape right now.

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I’m going to hang a lampshade on the elephant in the room and mix my metaphors and say that yeah, I need to get my audio problems fixed. The reasons they are bad are frankly uninteresting and I need to deal with it. The next episode should be better.

So! We pretend it’s August, 2005, and Mur is still messing about on Online Writer’s Workshops. Let’s talk about it.

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Art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio
and files hosted by Libsyn (affiliate link). Get archives of the show via Patreon.
June 7, 2023 | Season 1 Ep 2 | murverse.com
“Online Writing Workshops, how are they now?” by Mur Lafferty
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[ISBW] Promises Authors Make // Arley Sorg Interview

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ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain pen for arley sorg interview“Promises Authors Make // Arley Sorg Interview” 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 $3 a month!

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S19 Ep23
Thinky bits about reading and pacing and migraines. I’ll be clever next week, promise. But what I’m really excited about is the interview with Arley Sorg, editor, writer, and now a new agent!

We have a transcript! Support the Patreon if you’d like to see the annotated transcripts!

New Agent in Town: Arley Sorg!

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CREDITS
Theme song by John Anealio, art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio
and files hosted by Libsyn (affiliate link). Get archives of the show via Patreon.
June 1, 2023 | Season 19 Ep 23 | murverse.com
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[ISvBW] And So It Begins…

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And so it begins: I Should Be Writing is new again with classic podcasts from 2005! If you wonder what I Should Be Writing sounded like back in the old days, when podcasting was new and before I was published, look no farther! I’m releasing most of my old episodes with commentary, and maybe some new interviews with old friends. The shows will also be released with transcriptions for free, but Patreon supporters will get the episodes first, and annotated transcripts too!

The show is super new, but for now you can subscribe via the feed. I’ll have specific podcatcher links soon!

Where It All Began
I Should’ve Been Writing S1 Ep1

Transcribed Thu, Jun 01, 2023 Download

SUMMARY KEYWORDS
short stories, books, rejections, sonar, published, editor, backburner

SPEAKERS
Mur Lafferty

Mur Lafferty 00:00
My name is Mur Lafferty. And in 2005, I started a little podcast called I Should Be Writing. I hadn’t sold anything; I had done some work on RPGs. But I hadn’t sold a story at all. Nothing. I’d been doing agent hunts. I’ve been sending out short stories. And I was miserable.

00:24
But I was podcasting. And I thought, are there any podcasts for writers? and there was there was one. And that was The Secrets by Michael A Stackpole. He was taking his advice, that he put in his newsletters and putting it out in audio, which was great. The downside being, he was giving advice to seasoned writers, career writers, aka not me. I mean, I could take the advice, but it wasn’t applicable yet. And I thought, let’s make a podcast for people who are just at my level. And I’ll try to pass on what I’ve learned….

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June 1, 2023 | Season 1 Ep 1 | murverse.com
“Where It All Began” by Mur Lafferty
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[ISBW] Breaking the Rules

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ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain pen“Breaking the Rules” 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 $3 a month!

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S19 Ep11
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Which rules must I break, and why can’t beginners break rules too? Bad news: your teachers were right.

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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 (affiliate link) (or you can get it via Patreon).
February 28, 2023 | Season 19 Ep 11 | murverse.com
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[ISBW] Is Realism Enough For Good Narrative?

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ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain pen“Is Realism Enough For Good Narrative?” 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 $3 a month!

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S.19 Ep. 10
Transcript

Good News Good News

  • Station Eternity gets a second printing!
  • Chaos Terminal can be pre-ordered!
  • Team Rejection Count: 26

Main Topic: How believable does fiction need to be?

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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 (affiliate link) (or you can get it via Patreon).
February 23, 2023 | Season 19 Ep 10 | murverse.com
“Realism Isn’t Good Narrative” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] 34 Minutes

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ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain pen“34 Minutes” is sponsored by Scribophile, who are now offering writing classes! It’s also 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 $3 a month!

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S19 Ep07 – Recorded (as opposed to livestreamed)

Scribophile logo on navy blueWe are sponsored by Scribophile! The best place to find a writing community and join a workshop just added writers’ classes,  giving them another reason they’re one of the best places online for writers. Check out their classes, or just to find a writing buddy, beta readers, or form your own crit group!

Good News Good News

Main Topic: Get Bored for 34 Minutes

I know you’ll be shocked, but I did a Google search AFTER I recorded this, and found that the writer I reference in this podcast is Eugene Schwartz. You can read more about his method in this post.

His magic number was 33, but I’m keeping mine at 34 because he was a copywriter and I write fiction so they’re one different. (It’s like being one louder.)

This Is Spinal Tap Youre On Ten GIFfrom This Is Spinal Tap GIFs

Getting bored is important to creating, except that technology has not allowed us to be bored for at least the last 15 years. So you gotta work at it.

I also consider my upcoming milestone birthday.

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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 (affiliate link) (or you can get it via Patreon).
February 14, 2023 | Season 19 Ep 7 | murverse.com
“34 Minutes” by Mur Lafferty
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[ISBW] Evil Mur AMA (+transcript)

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S18 Ep55

Back to Basics

Good News Good News

Main Topic: Back to Basics: Ask Me Anything, featuring Evil Mur

  • Evil Mur regales the audience with proclamations of self-promotion and awesome writerly advice that you should do everything you can to emulate in order to create your Best Ever Author Life.
  • Do not listen to Evil Mur. Just, don’t.

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Twitch schedule for August:

  • Monday 12pm: Ditch Diggers
  • Rest of month CANCELED for WorldCon! See you in September! (And wish me luck at the Hugos!)

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SUMMARY KEYWORDS
write, book, editors, Mur, Premee, evil, people, rejections, muse, agent, character, questions, famous author, good, talk, plagiarism, con, listen, motivate, author

00:01

We have done our 12 episodes of getting back to basics and now it’s time for return of Evil Mur. Do not listen to evil Mur. It’s I Should Be Writing season 18 Episode 55.

More after the cut!

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[ISBW] Baaaaaad Writing Advice (+transcript)

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New ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain pen“Back to Basics: Baaaaaad Writing Advice” 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 $3 a month! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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S18 Ep54

Back to Basics

Open

  • New short stories being worked on

Good News Good News

Main Topic: Back to Basics: Turrible Writing Advice, Just Turrible

  • Writing & Self Publishing suggestions found on Wisdom, well, kinda weren’t all that wise
  • Old Wives Tale: You can successfully write if you don’t read widely or at all. Um, nope… reading while you’re writing is vital
  • (I’m with you… I have no patience for Tolkien, but the first 3 movies are wonderful)

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Twitch schedule for August:

  • Monday 12pm: Ditch Diggers
  • Rest of month CANCELED for WorldCon! See you in September! (And wish me luck at the Hugos!)

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SUMMARY KEYWORDS
writing, people, book, talking, story, advice, podcast, outline, published, read, character, good, rejections, feel, writer, screenplay, sell, good news, rpg, weird

00:01

I wanted to do 12 Episode themed sections of podcasts and we’re nearing the end of our very first one here on I should be writing season 18 Episode 54.

More after the cut!

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[Transcript] Live from the Beach: Kingfisher and Lafferty Brainstorm

New ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain penI’m excited to be able to offer transcriptions of I Should Be Writing again! I’m starting with the new season’s livestreams and catching up as I can. If you want to help this endeavor, supporting the Patreon, the Ko-Fi, or the Jemi would be a great help.

Live from the Beach:
Kingfisher and Lafferty Brainstorm
I Should Be Writing S18 Ep42

SUMMARY KEYWORDS
billionaire, anglerfish, thought, aquarium, bite, sperm whale, alfred, beach, bird, writing, ursula, people, live, big, book, erotica, full moon, kevin, loon, premium

SPEAKERS
Mur Lafferty
Ursula Vernon (T. Kingfisher)

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