I Should’ve Been Writing

Old I Should Be Writing is new again with the releasing of these classic writing podcasts! The podcast was conceived in 2005, before podcasting was even a year old. Now it has over 600 episodes in the archives, and podcasting has changed–as has publishing, and my career.

Now I’m releasing the old episodes again, looking back on my podcasting and writing career from that day where I hadn’t sold any stories at all. Podcasting itself was a baby, and we used music from the Podsafe Music Project and … hell, I can’t remember the other place I found music. It was Creative Commons friendly though!

Anyway, like most good stories, we will start with episode one and go on, with a few new interviews with old friends along the way. I’ll also be providing transcripts! If you like to binge, or you want a fully annotated transcript with Future Mur’s (and sometimes Evil Mur’s) comments, then support (at just the lowest tier) on Patreon!

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[ISvBW] Is Rewriting Still Difficult?

I Should've Been Writing illustrated logo, black and white with red accentsOld I Should Be Writing episodes are new again with classic podcasts from 2005! If you wonder what I Should Be Writing sounded like back in the old days, when podcasting was new and before I was published, look no farther! I’m releasing most of my old episodes with commentary, and maybe some new interviews with old friends.

The shows will also be released with transcriptions for free, but Patreon and Substack supporters will get early, ad-free podcasts and annotated transcripts too!


I Should’ve Been Writing S1 Ep5

It’s September, 2005, and I have breaking news- rewriting was difficult then, and it still is. I’m at a point where I guess I have to just accept some things and move on. It will always be difficult.

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[ISvBW] Revisiting the Michael A. Stackpole Interview

I Should've Been Writing illustrated logo for Episode 3: Are Submission Guidelines from 2005 Still Valid?
Episode 4: Revisiting the Michael A. Stackpole Interview

Old I Should Be Writing episodes are new again with classic podcasts from 2005! If you wonder what I Should Be Writing sounded like back in the old days, when podcasting was new and before I was published, look no farther! I’m releasing most of my old episodes with commentary, and maybe some new interviews with old friends. The shows will also be released with transcriptions for free, but Patreon and Substack supporters will get the episodes first, and annotated transcripts too!


I Should’ve Been Writing S1 Ep4

Episode four, and my very first interview! I meet with Mike at Dragoncon and use my tiny digital recorder to get the audio, which I’ve tried to clean up.

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[ISvBW] Are Submission Guidelines from 2005 Still Valid?

I Should've Been Writing illustrated logo for Episode 3: Are Submission Guidelines from 2005 Still Valid?
Episode 3: Are Submission Guideines from 2005 Still Valid?

I Should Be Writing is new again with classic podcasts from 2005! If you wonder what I Should Be Writing sounded like back in the old days, when podcasting was new and before I was published, look no farther! I’m releasing most of my old episodes with commentary, and maybe some new interviews with old friends. The shows will also be released with transcriptions for free, but Patreon and Substack supporters will get the episodes first, and annotated transcripts too!


S1 Ep3
Are Submission Guidelines from 2005 Still Valid?

Episode three and we have my very first “oops, didn’t get this up on time.” But in the olden days, I still attended DragonCon and I was still writing on many projects I’ve forgotten about. Then, submission guidelines!

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[ISvBW] Online Writing Workshops, how are they now?

I Should Be Writing is new again with classic podcasts from 2005! If you wonder what I Should Be Writing sounded like back in the old days, when podcasting was new and before I was published, look no farther! I’m releasing most of my old episodes with commentary, and maybe some new interviews with old friends. The shows will also be released with transcriptions for free, but Patreon and Substack supporters will get the episodes first, and annotated transcripts too!



I Should’ve Been Writing S1 Ep2

(from the transcript)

Mur Lafferty  08:43

…you read Neil Gaiman’s blog and you hear “Yes, I went up to the cabin for the week to finish Anansi Boys…’ and, well, that’s great for him, but he’s a best selling author with best selling comic books and just best selling all over the place. Everybody else you see on the shelves, they likely have day jobs, they likely have children, they find time to write, they make time to write because it’s one of their priorities. Have you ever picked up a book and thought, ‘wow, this is crap, I can write better than this?’ Well, maybe that’s true. But one thing that that writer has that you may not have, is persistence. You may have noticed in your life in other places than writing that the people who are not the most talented are the ones that succeed. And I’m starting to sound like a business self improvement tape right now.

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I’m going to hang a lampshade on the elephant in the room and mix my metaphors and say that yeah, I need to get my audio problems fixed. The reasons they are bad are frankly uninteresting and I need to deal with it. The next episode should be better.

So! We pretend it’s August, 2005, and Mur is still messing about on Online Writer’s Workshops. Let’s talk about it.


CREDITS
Art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio
and files hosted by Libsyn (affiliate link). Get archives of the show via Patreon.
June 7, 2023 | Season 1 Ep 2 | murverse.com
“Online Writing Workshops, how are they now?” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISvBW] And So It Begins…

And so it begins: I Should Be Writing is new again with classic podcasts from 2005! If you wonder what I Should Be Writing sounded like back in the old days, when podcasting was new and before I was published, look no farther! I’m releasing most of my old episodes with commentary, and maybe some new interviews with old friends. The shows will also be released with transcriptions for free, but Patreon supporters will get the episodes first, and annotated transcripts too!

The show is super new, but for now you can subscribe via the feed. I’ll have specific podcatcher links soon!


Where It All Began
I Should’ve Been Writing S1 Ep1

Transcribed Thu, Jun 01, 2023 Download

SUMMARY KEYWORDS
short stories, books, rejections, sonar, published, editor, backburner

SPEAKERS
Mur Lafferty


Mur Lafferty 00:00
My name is Mur Lafferty. And in 2005, I started a little podcast called I Should Be Writing. I hadn’t sold anything; I had done some work on RPGs. But I hadn’t sold a story at all. Nothing. I’d been doing agent hunts. I’ve been sending out short stories. And I was miserable.

00:24
But I was podcasting. And I thought, are there any podcasts for writers? and there was there was one. And that was The Secrets by Michael A Stackpole. He was taking his advice, that he put in his newsletters and putting it out in audio, which was great. The downside being, he was giving advice to seasoned writers, career writers, aka not me. I mean, I could take the advice, but it wasn’t applicable yet. And I thought, let’s make a podcast for people who are just at my level. And I’ll try to pass on what I’ve learned….

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CREDITS
Art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio
and files hosted by Libsyn (affiliate link). Get archives of the show via Patreon.
June 1, 2023 | Season 1 Ep 1 | murverse.com
“Where It All Began” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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