The Murverse Mothership

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Matt and Mur come to you live from the jigsaw where they are cutting the joists for the brand new Ditch Diggers HQ!

• Brief discourse on Timothy Olyphant, aka Olyphantastic.
• The spike in your daily allergies is probably caused by tree sexism.
• Mur interviewed Kameron Hurley at ConFusion last month and you’re going to hear it on this episode.
• Before that, Matt and Mur talk about publisher vs. author responsibility and dig into the American Dirt catastrophe.
• What to do as an author or other professional when big publishers, possibly even publishers with whom you’re affiliated, behave harmfully or problematically.
• Matt announces a new book deal!
• We go live-via-prerecorded-tape-but-not-really-tape to ConFusion where Mur talks to blockbuster author Kameron Hurley!
• Mur and Hurley are at ConFusion, but they are not confused, nor are they drunk.
• THAT story publishing by Clarkesworld, and being the author of a story that goes viral and polarizes people so widely and heavily.
• Hurley talks about criticism, more specifically how authors should (and shouldn’t) relate to it.
• Content warnings, their evolution, and their purpose and validity, and being aware as creators that your content is going to provoke reactions in those who consume it, good and bad.
• Hurley finds an excuse to talk at length about The Witcher.
• Hurley advises authors on what to do if they find they have written THAT story.
• Hurley shills her many platforms and works, all of which are good things.
• Returning to Ditch Diggers HQ-in-Progress, Matt and Mur end the show.
• Matt beseeches you to preorder and talk about his forthcoming epic fantasy novel, SAVAGE LEGION.