The Murverse Mothership

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• Mur and Matt come to you live from Morgan Freeman’s sauna to handle “Old Business” from 2016 (it’s our long-awaited, oft hyped listener feedback episode!)
• A brief tangent on eucalyptus saunas.
• The Ditch Diggers both have new books out! And have turned in others!
• Marta from Poland asks about short story English language rights and reprints.
• Stefana from Johannesburg asks in what other jobs genre fiction writers might have an advantage.
• DevoSpice suggests recording special time capsule episodes.
• On contractual agreements between writing partners and writer wills.
• Thomas asks about finding an agent when you’re with a publisher who has right of first refusal on your next book.
• Michael asks about finding a publisher for a novel set in the same world as your published short stories.
• Doing a show about older mid-list authors struggling to find new ways to get their fiction out there.
• A Swedish author asks if you should submit a novel to agents/publishers when you know something like physical illness will prevent you from working on rewrites immediately.
• Cassandra asks at what age should you start submitting fiction for publication?
• Nicole asks if you should or should not resubmit stories you’ve completely rewritten to markets that rejected the first version.
• What helped the Ditch Diggers most when they were learning to write, a book or a lesson?
• Should studios make two versions of movies like Star Trek, an intellectually driven version and an action driven version?
• Sean asks about building an audience of readers who make you uncomfortable.
• Authors who don’t want readers to point out typos in their published works to them vs. authors who encourage readers to do so.
• Todd responds to our Godparents episode on the difficulty of building an audience through crowdfunding.
• How do you find cons that are fan-focused and allow you to speak to authors vs. cons that are pro focused.
• Not wanting to promote an anthology you’re contractually obligated to promote (Matt goes off on abusive small press contracts).
• Beth asks how you keep writing when your government is killing your soul and your healthcare?
• Having caught up on Old Business, Matt and Mur plug their books and ask you to support their Patreon and for your vote for the Hugo Awards.
• William Noble’s Conflict, Action, and Suspense: http://a.co/hTxkBbN
•  Stephen King’s On Writing: http://a.co/7Su5QHm

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