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[DD] OG Ditch Digger Fonda Lee Is Back!

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Ditch Diggers 2022 logo, orange and blue, illustrated tiny matt and mur in foregroundDitch Diggers is brought to you in large part by my patrons, who received an early version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $3 a month! You can get the entire archive and bonus episodes!

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Streamed live, April 3, 2023
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Untethered Sky CoverS9 Ep4

Matt and Mur welcome Fonda Lee, multiple award winning author of Untethered Sky. Fonda talks Patreon, starting something new after a very successful series, and more!

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April 3, 2023 | Season 9 Ep 4 | murverse.com
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[ISBW] Spoilers Club: Lillie Lainoff talks One For All!

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New ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain pen“Spoilers Club: Lillie Lainoff talks One For All!” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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S18 Ep43

The first rule of Spoilers Club is talk about all the spoilers.
It’s our very first Spoilers Club episode, where we read One For All by Lillie Lainoff, and then she came on the show to talk all about the book with us! Check out the book and then check out the episode! You can also watch it!

For the full episode, support at Patreon.

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Twitch schedule for June:

  • June 1-24: ON BREAK- I may pop in for a stream but nothing scheduled
  • Sat June 25: 6:00pm EDT: Spoilers Club with John Scalzi to talk The Kaiju Preservation Society

Coming in July: Return of podcasts, and a live RPG play of Brindlewood Bay!

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I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (affiliate link) (or you can get it via Patreon).
April 26, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 43 | murverse.com
“Spoilers Club: Lillie Lainoff talks One For All!” by Mur Lafferty
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[ISBW] Gwynne Garfinkle and Ghosts

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New ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain pen“Gwynne Garfinkle and Ghosts” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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S18 Ep40

Open

  • 2022 Word Count: 73335 ?? (are we even in the same ballpark?)
  • Writing Retreat coming at the end of May
Good News Good News
  • Team Rejection count: 177
Main Topic: Interview with Gwynne Garfinkle

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Twitch schedule for June:

  • June 1-24: ON BREAK- I may pop in for a stream but nothing scheduled
  • Sat June 25: 6:00pm EDT: Spoilers Club with John Scalzi to talk The Kaiju Preservation Society

Coming in July: Return of podcasts, and a live RPG play of Brindlewood Bay!

List of Supporters

Support Local Book Stores!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
May 19, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 40 | murverse.com
“Gwynne Garfinkle and Ghosts” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[ISBW] Writing Workshops, with Gregory Ashe

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New ISBW Logo orange mic with ISBW on the front“Writing Workshops, with Gregory Ashe” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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Open

  • Special Saturday Stream! Welcome author and writing instructor Gregory Ashe!
  • Working on new office layout

Good News Good News

  • Hugo nominations are open for 2022
  • Team Rejection count: now at 14
  • Greg is working on draft of Book 4 in his series

Main Topic: Greg’s Teaching & Writing

  • Greg is teaching one of the Odyssey Workshop’s Winter Online Sessions
  • Pandemic influence: Odyssey shifting to 100% online instead of a 6-week in-house program
  • Series and characters, likable vs deserving
  • Mur gets pointers for writing clues in a mystery series

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Twitch schedule for Feb:

  • Mondays: 2-3:30pm AMA
  • Tues: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 3-5pm Gaming
  • Thurs: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing

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I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
January 29, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 9 | murverse.com
“Writing Workshops with Gregory Ashe” by Mur Lafferty
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Ditch Diggers #74: Drinks with an Agent

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  • Mur comes to you live from the Double Tree Hotel bar in Dearborn, Michigan as she flies solo this episode for a special sitdown with her agent, Jen Udden! It’s “Drinks With An Agent!”
  • Mur hits Jen with a listener question about how your suddenly defunct publisher’s reputation “taints” your work moving forward as you try to find a new publisher.
  • Jen talks about the different situations to which this problem applies, and how to proceed accordingly.
  • Jen also talks about how an agent perceives/handles this particular situation.
  • Mur and Jen discuss leveraging offers from small press when querying agents, and an agent’s value in the negotiating process.
  • Generous margarita pours and Mur’s reaction to them.
  • The common writerly problem of falling in love with ideas and staying in love with those ideas even when they don’t sell, and how to stay flexible.
  • Mutual author/agent respect and appropriate affection is demonstrated.
  • Knowing what your goals are, and living at home to achieve them.
  • Jen talks about her podcast, Shipping and Handling, and lets everyone know she is open to submissions!
  • Mur misses Matt. She says so.
  • Jen on Twitter
  • Shipping and Handling Podcast
  • Jen’s Submission Guidelines

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Ditch Diggers #73: Teddy Ruxpin Sings Sean Grigsby

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[Good lord- this went out without the link. And only one of you told me…]

The Ditch Diggers come to you live from Jodie Foster’s Very Busy and Very Important Staff Room with special guest, author of SMOKE EATERS and DAUGHTERS OF FORGOTTEN LIGHT, Sean Grigsby!

  • Matt explains that this is their second go at recording the intro, and how he is Busy and Important.
  • We discuss the history and mythology of Teddy Ruxpin (no, really), and Sean promises to perform a metal cover of the Teddy Ruxpin theme.
  • Sean was supposed to be a guest at Ditch Diggers Live! at WorldCon 2018, but it didn’t work out.
  • Sean talks about who he is and the books he writes.
  • Also, Sean is a firefighter who, the day before recording, literally saved a puppy from a fire.
  • The Ditch Diggers and Sean discuss how the various non-writing jobs/careers they’ve pursued (such as firefighting and pro-wrestling) influence both the way they approach writing and the way they approach the business of publishing.
  • Legendary pro-wrestler and wrestling promoter Bill Dundee’s sexual fetishes are briefly discussed.
  • Matt asks Mur and Sean, “If you could go back ten years and tell your younger self one thing about the publishing industry, what would it be?”
  • Twitter Q&A! The incendiary topic of which cheese is best is thoroughly dissected, and we answer some actual freelance writing industry questions, too.
  • The customary end-of-episode shilling occurs.
  • Sean’s website: http://www.seangrigsby.com/
  • Sean’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeanGrigsby
  • Smoke Eaters: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0857667734/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_58mvCb6F0HE95
  • Daughters of Forgotten Light: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0857667955/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_P9mvCb1S9SE45

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Ditch Diggers #71: Chuck vs Marvel

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The Ditch Diggers come to you live from Jeff Goldblum’s Honcho Spa with special guest, best-selling author Chuck Wendig!

  • Honcho spas and their maximum occupancy are briefly discussed.
  • How Chuck recently set Twitter aflame.
  • Chuck gives us the background on his involvement with the Star Wars franchise, beginning with his Force Awakens novels and leading to his work on Marvel’s Star Wars comics.
  • Chuck recounts his firing from Marvel, the events that preceded it, and what happened after the news broke.
  • Chuck’s thoughts on the idea of boycotting Marvel, and supporting the marginalized creators they do employ.
  • How the Marvel fallout affects Chuck’s involvement in other Star Wars properties, and how it affects the rest of his career.
  • Writing other people’s and corporation’s intellectual properties, and what you need to know going in.
  • Chuck clears up his least favorite misconceptions surrounding his release from Marvel’s Darth Vader Annual #2.
  • The status of the “mid-list” and how to get work as a media tie-in writer.
  • Digital Buttholes are discussed, and DigitalButtholes.com is reserved (no, seriously).

Chuck Wendig’s Terrible Minds
Chuck on Twitter

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Ditch Diggers #60: Novellas and Publishing with Margaret Killjoy

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  • Mur and Matt come to you live from Morgan Freeman’s conversion van with special guest co-host, author/publisher/designer Margaret Killjoy!
  • Conversion vans are NOT Transformers.
  • Margaret talks about her Danielle Cain series from Tor.com Publishing, including the second and newly released THE BARROW WILL SEND WHAT IT MAY.
  • The Ditch Diggers and Margaret talk about the resurgence of the novella in mainstream publishing, educating reader consumers about the model, particularly novella series, the pitfalls, difficulties, and potential.
  • The difficulties of writing utopian fiction in a modern context.
  • Margaret talks about Combustion, her own publishing imprint, its origins and the realities of running a small press publisher.
  • Margaret gives advice to those interested in starting their own publishing imprint (beyond the obvious piece of advice, which is, “Don’t.”).
  • How our perception of the people and works we took advice from when we were younger can change, and even sour, over time.
  • Twitter Q&A! Questions about Patreon, transitioning from shopping your first manuscript to becoming a published author.

THE BARROW WILL SEND WHAT IT MAY: http://a.co/jg434vE
Margaret’s chock-full-o-essays blog: http://birdsbeforethestorm.net/
Margaret’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/margaretkilljoy
The Age of Men is Over by Feminazgul: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Men-Over-Feminazgul/dp/B07B52VK9Y

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Ditch Diggers #58: Justina Ireland Interview

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  • Matt and Mur come to you live from the Alternate History Wing of Morgan Freeman’s Private Art Museum with special guest co-host, Dread Nation author Justina Ireland.
  • Justina talks about the long (and often exhausting) ramp-up period in YA book promotion and its roots in old school internet “first” culture.
  • The Ditch Diggers discuss author expectations with Justina, who recounts the story of how the amazing cover of her forthcoming novel Dread Nation came together.
  • Justina talks about the story of Dread Nation and reader expectations, including not delivering a wall-to-wall zombie-killin’ fest.

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ISBW #394: Procrastination / Gabe Denning Interview

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serial box logoIn reading a book on luck, I had an epiphany not on luck, but on procrastination. I explore the reason why we may avoid writing, and then I talk to G. S. Denning, author of the Warlock Holmes series.

ISBW is sponsored by Serial Box! Yes, my publisher for Bookburners, one of my favorite projects I’ve worked on in the past few years! Get a discount on a whole season of content with the code WRITING18.

Also: did you know I’m offering transcriptions of both ISBW and Ditch Diggers? They will go up as soon as I get them for Patreon supporters, and a bit later for everyone else. It’s only at the $1 level, and you’re helping me offer a more accessible show, so pledge now!

  • Current WiP: [REDACTED], a secret project and Project Code Name: LIMBY
  • Currently reading: How Luck Happens, and research related to [REDACTED], will update when I can. Follow me on Goodreads if you like, I’m usually reading a bunch of stuff at once.)
  • Last movie seen: Black Panther (still – I don’t see a lot of movies in the theater, but upcoming I hope to see Annihilation, Pacific Rim, and the new Pacific Rim movie)

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