The Murverse Mothership

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Well we drove the kid to college and I was exhausted, so the audience helped me out with topics. A whole feedback show if you will.

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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).

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“Playing With Ideas” 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 Jemi or Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

We take a nugget of an idea and play with it until we come up with a plot for a romcom, a horror story, fantasy, and other genres.

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We have a special sponsor this month! Frequently I’ll get the question of how to find a writer’s group, beta readers, or critiques. The folks down at Scribophile have the answer! Join, and you can find a group, or just a critique buddy. Get your short stories or your novel workshopped, and help others out in the process!

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).

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“HOW Long Have You Been Writing THAT Book?” 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 Jemi or Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

It gets close to killing your darlings, but if you’ve been working on a book for years and years, you might want to try a fresh story. No one says you have to abandon it.

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We have a special sponsor this month! Frequently I’ll get the question of how to find a writer’s group, beta readers, or critiques. The folks down at Scribophile have the answer! Join, and you can find a group, or just a critique buddy. Get your short stories or your novel workshopped, and help others out in the process!

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).

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“80 Ideas and another Internet SCAM” 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 Jemi or Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

It’s hard to deal with too many ideas, but I have some thoughts. But also, for the luvva all that is decent, don’t pay to publish your book. Just…don’t.

We have a special sponsor this month! Frequently I’ll get the question of how to find a writer’s group, beta readers, or critiques. The folks down at Scribophile have the answer! Join, and you can find a group, or just a critique buddy. Get your short stories or your novel workshopped, and help others out in the process!

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).

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“Post Project Meh” 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 Jemi or Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

It’s…tiring and down-bringing to finish a project, but hey, I got it done!

We have a special sponsor this month! Frequently I’ll get the question of how to find a writer’s group, beta readers, or critiques. The folks down at Scribophile have the answer! Join, and you can find a group, or just a critique buddy. Get your short stories or your novel workshopped, and help others out in the process!

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).

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“Passive Voice Is Discussed” 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 Jemi or Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

This podcast will be heard and hopefully lessons will be learned. (But is there ever a time TO use passive voice? Of course there is!)

I’m behind on posting these, so if there’s a link I forgot, please let me know.

We have a special sponsor this month! Frequently I’ll get the question of how to find a writer’s group, beta readers, or critiques. The folks down at Scribophile have the answer! Join, and you can find a group, or just a critique buddy. Get your short stories or your novel workshopped, and help others out in the process!

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).

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“Showing and Telling: What Do They Mean?” 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 Jemi or Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

I think I’m slow at these because I hate show notes. Truly.

Keeping up with my “flossing” topics- what exactly does “Show, don’t tell” mean? Is there a time when Telling is better than showing?

Twitch schedule for this week:

• M- 2pm AMA
• T- 2pm I Should Be Writing
• W- 11am Ditch Diggers
• Th- 2pm I Should Be Writing

I will probably play a game or something, but I don’t want to schedule it because it’s low on the priority of all the things I need to get done.

I WILL finish the damn novella this week. Today, hopefully.

OH YALL- Check it out! I wrote a running adventure for Six to Start, (of Zombies, Run! fame). If you have the app, you’ll have access to the adventure. And a VIP pass isn’t too expensive for so much content.

This is a story I’ve wanted to tell for so long, but couldn’t find the right medium. The Necropolis is a city within the mountains where people worship the sun and mourn the dead moon. And a Godmaker sits in cabin above them all and carves household gods for the people in town. You are her apprentice, and you

Godmaker comes out TODAY! 

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).

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“Where to Start Your Story” 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 Jemi or Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

Whew! I’m way behind on posting these! But here is the show where we talk about the seemingly simple question- where do you start?

Twitch schedule for this week:

• M- 2pm AMA
• T- 2pm I Should Be Writing
• W- 11am Ditch Diggers
• Th- 2pm I Should Be Writing

I will probably play a game or something, but I don’t want to schedule it because it’s low on the priority of all the things I need to get done.

I WILL finish the damn novella this week. Today, hopefully.

OH YALL- Check it out! I wrote a running adventure for Six to Start, (of Zombies, Run! fame). If you have the app, you’ll have access to the adventure. And a VIP pass isn’t too expensive for so much content.

This is a story I’ve wanted to tell for so long, but couldn’t find the right medium. The Necropolis is a city within the mountains where people worship the sun and mourn the dead moon. And a Godmaker sits in cabin above them all and carves household gods for the people in town. You are her apprentice, and you

Godmaker comes out TOMORROW! 

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).

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“Raising the Stakes” 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 Jemi or Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

I’m going to start covering those cliches that we hate to hear, but they’re like flossing–we know we should be doing them. But so many times people just say “raise the stakes” or “show, don’t tell” and then …nothing else. No examples or explanations. So let’s floss those teeth.

Twitch schedule for week of August 15-21 Please note the time changes:

• M. 2pm AMA/Boyfriend Dungeon
• T. 2pm I Should Be Writing Live
• W. 11am Ditch Diggers with Matt’s Return!
• W. 4pm Stardew Valley with NumbersNinja
• Th. 2pm 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).

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“Momentum” 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 Jemi or Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

One of the hardest things about creative work is dithering and procrastinating and getting started. While i’m not an ADHD coach or productivity expert, I talk about what works for me when I feel that getting started is impossible.

And one of my favorite episodes of Ze Frank’s The Show.

Twitch schedule for week of August 15-21 Please note the time changes:

• M. 2pm AMA/Boyfriend Dungeon
• T. 2pm I Should Be Writing Live
• W. 11am Ditch Diggers with Matt’s Return!
• W. 4pm Stardew Valley with NumbersNinja
• Th. 2pm I Should Be Writing

Affiliate Links of what I’m reading and what I write
 

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).