The Murverse Mothership

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• Mur and Matt come to you live from Jodie Foster’s Hurricane Florence Relief Center.
• It’s been a little while since the Ditch Diggers hit you with a newly recorded episode, and they explain why.
• Matt and Mur talk about their WorldCon 76 experiences, including (winning at) the Hugo Awards, the Hugo Losers Party, and staging Ditch Diggers Live!
• Matt talks about losing his marketing writing job after the agency unexpectedly closed its doors, and what’s happened since.
• Mur talks about post-WorldCon turmoil. Family vacation, finishing another unannounced secret project, the release of SOLO, her Star Wars movie novelization, and a freaking hurricane.
• Mur talks about depression and imposter syndrome and sudden realization and working on your internal life.
• The Ditch Diggers discuss how your goals change after you’ve achieved many of the big professional freelance writer benchmarks, and what goals mean when you’re an author.
• Matt and Mur catch up on some listener Q&A! Topics include signing with agents, the differences between writing fiction and non-fiction, and starting new projects.
• Mentioned in this episode: Matt’s WorldCon vlog, including the Ditch Diggers’ Hugo acceptance speech: https://youtu.be/YLFRKUPb40Y