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[ISBW] Matt Wallace Declares the Year of the Fat Kid!

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  • Welcome back from the wilderness, Matt F’n Wallace!
  • Scrivener will indeed tell you how many words you wrote in a year
  • Mur is making progress on Midsolar Murders Book 2
  • Matt is working on a video game he can’t talk about yet, and we await Savage Crowns

Good News Good News

  • Hugo nominations are open for 2022
  • Team Rejection count: now at 14

Main Topic: Matt’s New Middle Grade Book

  • This is the book Matt always wanted as a kid, so now he’s written it for himself & everyone else
  • Using the word “fat” and all the baggage different people bring to it
  • Relating to Vincent D’Onofrio and Sammo Hung in their acting and action roles
  • How to approach writing fat characters: Writing the Other, lecture by author Meg Elison. You really should read her award nominated novella “The Pill.”)

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January 26, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 8 | murverse.com
“Matt Wallace Declares the Year of the Fat Kid!” by Mur Lafferty
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