The Murverse Mothership

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(NOTE FROM MUR: I think I’m shying away from blogging and podcasting now because a part of me is thinking if I talk about stuff too much, these things will be taken from me. It makes no sense. But that’s why I’ve been quiet lately. Sorry to listeners and sorry to Matt.)

UPDATE: Congrats to previous guest Justina Ireland for debuting at #5 on the NYT Bestseller List with Dread Nation!

• Matt and Mur come to you live from Morgan Freeman’s Arctic Weather Station
• Matt explains that we’re in Morgan Freeman’s Arctic Weather Station because Matt doesn’t understand the purpose of radio stations in the Arctic.
• The off-topic discussion devolves even further into the California real estate market and C-list celebrity sightings.
• Mur and Matt finally arrive at the topic of the show: News!! We have a LOT of it to announce!
• Matt talks about the recent announcement on Barnes & Noble’s SFF Blog of his three-book deal with Saga Press for his new epic fantasy trilogy.
• Mur and Matt announce that the Ditch Diggers podcast (which is them) has been nominated for the second year in a row for the Hugo Award for Best Fancast!
• Mur has also been nominated for TWO ADDITIONAL Hugo Awards, Best Semiprozine as editor of Escape Pod and Best Novel for SIX WAKES! That makes three Hugo Award nominations in one year!
• Mur tells the story of her roller coaster day (and night) of Hugo finalist notifications.
• Matt and Mur talk about why the Escape Pod nomination is such a big deal for the Hugos, podcast fiction, and the industry as a whole.
•  Matt (while not being insufferable) does feel the need to point out the #SixWakesHatTrick hashtag he created came to pass.
• Matt talks about dealing with what feels like constantly seeing other authors announce their book deals and related good news on social media, and how your time will come as long as you don’t quit.
• Matt and Mur end the episode by recapping the first quarter of their 2018 as professional writers.

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