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Ditch Diggers, Podcasts, Projects

[DD] It’s a Multiple Whale Year for Ursula

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“Genre is a marketing tool, just like a book cover.” – Mur Lafferty

Ditch Diggers Season 11 logo featuring ursula illustrated In this episode of Ditch Diggers, Mur and Ursula rant about genre expectations, marketing, and what happens when you decide that genre isn’t for you because you’re special. 

Ursula lists her whales, and Imposter Syndrome doesn’t really make a showing when Mur travels. 

Highlights:
– (05:12) Ursula’s anxiety over multiple deadlines and projects
– (12:45) Mur’s recent business trip and the absence of imposter syndrome
– (25:30) The ongoing debate about happy endings in romance
– (38:15) The role of marketing in shaping reader expectations
– (47:50) The challenges of genre classification and reader assumptions
– (55:30) How personal growth as a writer often goes unnoticed

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June 12, 2024 | Season 11 Ep 6 | murverse.com
“It’s a Multiple Whale Year for Ursula” by Mur Lafferty and Ursula Vernon
is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

I Should Be Writing, Podcasts, Projects

[ISBW] Navigating Imposter Syndrome on the JoCo Cruise

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I Should Be Writing Season 20, Episode 10

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Photo of a baby humpback whale tail“I felt like a cuckoo among very pretty birds.” – Mur

Fresh off the JoCo cruise, we discusses the allure of nerd paradise and how navigating imposter syndrome is a frequent struggle. I share tabletop RPG antics, celebrity karaoke adventures, and the amazing feeling of having legitimately cool creators accept you. Self doubt did show up, and I’ll talk about how I dealt with that.

Drunken fools wandering down a hallway,

Also, what should I do for my 20th year podcasting celebration?

 

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Theme song by John Anealio, art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio
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April 8, 2024 | Season 20 Ep 10 | murverse.com
“Navigating Imposter Syndrome on the JoCo Cruise” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[DD] Power Dynamics and New Writers, with Ursula Vernon

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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 also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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S8 Ep19

Streamed live, October 10, 2022.

Matt had a family emergency so Ursula stepped in to talk about the gross topic of grooming, and whether any one person has the power to make or break your career. 
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Twitch schedule Oct. 17-Oct 21 (Eastern time):
  • M 12:00p,: Ditch Diggers with Ursula Vernon
  • T 3:00pm: I Should Be Writing with Eden Robins
  • W 3:00pm: Gaming TBD
  • Th 3:00pm: I Should Be Writing with Jule Selbo

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Ditch Diggers credits:
theme song by Devo Spice, art by Numbers Ninja,
site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
October 10 2022 | Season 8 Ep 19 | murverse.com
“Power Dynamics and New Writers, with Ursula Vernon” by Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace
is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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[DD] Station Eternity Launch with Chuck Wendig and Cherie Priest!

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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 also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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S8 Ep18

Streamed live, October 3, 2022.

Station Eternity is out! Cherie Priest and Chuck Wendig come on the show to celebrate with me! 
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Twitch schedule Oct. 17-Oct 21 (Eastern time):
  • M 12:00p,: Ditch Diggers with Ursula Vernon
  • T 3:00pm: I Should Be Writing with Eden Robins
  • W 3:00pm: Gaming TBD
  • Th 3:00pm: I Should Be Writing with Jule Selbo

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Ditch Diggers credits:
theme song by Devo Spice, art by Numbers Ninja,
site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
October 3, 2022 | Season 8 Ep 18 | murverse.com
“Station Eternity Launch with Chuck Wendig and Cherie Priest!” by Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace
is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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[ISBW] Spoilers Club, T. Kingfisher Talks What Moves the Dead

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New ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain pen“Spoilers Club, T. Kingfisher Talks What Moves the Dead” 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! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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S18 Ep57

NOTE- we had a number of technical difficulties, including a part where the stream drops off and then returns. Please take note. Also I can’t remember if we swore, so just treat this as Explicit if you have little ones wandering around. 
Ursula Vernon came onto Spoiler’s Club to talk about What Moves the Dead, horror, and mushrooms.
T. Kingfisher and What Moves the Dead 

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Twitch schedule for September (Eastern time):
  • Sept. 23 4:30pm: Ditch Diggers with Kameron Hurley and Margaret Dunlap
  • Sept. 26 12:00pm: Ditch Diggers with Matt Wallace
  • Sept 27 4:00pm: I Should Be Writing Barcon/AMA*
  • Sept 28 3:00pm: Gaming TBD
  • Sept 29 3:00pm: I Should Be Writing with Desideria Mesa
  • Oct 1 7:00pm: Station Eternity LIVE! Mini Audio Drama performance on Twitch!
* Barcon AMA is a relaxed chat about writing that will not be going into the general ISBW feed, but will go into the Patreon feed as exclusive content.

And remember, we can’t do this without you. Thanks for your support.

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).
August 29, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 57 | murverse.com
“Spoilers Club, T. Kingfisher Talks What Moves the Dead” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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[DD] The Missing Ursula Files!

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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 $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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S8 Ep9

Streamed live, May something, 2022.

Whoops, I told you I needed a break this past spring. I never got this out to folks. Recorded mid-May I believe. 
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Twitch schedule for July 11-15:
  • 11th Monday 12pm: Ditch Diggers with Ursula Vernon
  • 12th Tuesday 3pm: I Should Be Writing
  • 13th Wednesday 3pm: Thousand Year Old Vampire Solo RPG
  • 14th Thursday 3pm: I Should Be Writing
All times EDT

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Ditch Diggers credits:
theme song by Devo Spice, art by Numbers Ninja,
site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
May something, 2022 | Season 8 Ep 9 | murverse.com
“Missing Ursula Files” by Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace
is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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[ISBW] Live from the Beach: Kingfisher and Lafferty Brainstorm

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New ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain pen“Live from the Beach: Kingfisher and Lafferty Brainstorm” 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 Ep42

Live from the Outer Banks, North Carolina, where Mur and Ursula Vernon (aka T. Kingfisher) do a free-wheeling brainstorming session about our epic shapeshifter rom-com. Not a very serious episode. Explicit Language.

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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 (affiliate link) (or you can get it via Patreon).
May 26 2022 | Season 18 Ep 42 | murverse.com
” Live from the Beach: Kingfisher and Lafferty Brainstorm” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[DD] The Market HUNGERS (Ursula Vernon co-hosts)

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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 $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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Streamed live, April 11, 2022.

Ursula was recently asked “what’s selling right now?” and we discuss that and why we HATE that question.

Next week: Matt is back!

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Twitch schedule for April 18-30:

  • Mon: Ditch Diggers with Matt Wallace 12pm
  • Tues: ISBW 3pm
  • Wed: Gaming (Inscription) 3pm
  • Thurs: ISBW 3pm
  • Sat: Spoilers Club: One for All 6pm

All times EDT

Support Local Book Stores!

Ditch Diggers credits:
theme song by Devo Spice,  art by Numbers Ninja,
site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
April 11, 2022 | Season 8 Ep 2 | murverse.com
“The Market HUNGERS” by Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace
is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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[ISBW] Ursula Vernon, Chaos Demigoddess, Is In The House

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“Ursula Vernon, Chaos Demigoddess, Is In The House” 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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NOTE- Some language in this episode is NSFW.

Open

  • 2022 Word Count: 39600ish
  • Ursula’s word count today: 1120

Good News Good News

  • Team Rejection count: 93

Main Topic: Ursula Vernon. ‘Nuff Said.

  • A Wild T. Kingfisher Appears! Here There Be Cursing…
  • Sushi Good, deep fried fish bad… wait, what? Nah, really?
  • Book Club: We Fear No Spoilers Here (or, Don’t Talk About Spoiler Club)
  • The dietary habits of oxpeckers
  • Story time: Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
  • Evil Mur and Evil Ursula Appear!
  • Ursula’s new project: Steven Universe meets Silence of the Lambs
  • The discovery of birdwatching

Bonus Content

  • Pitching & Selling books on Twitter
  • How Live Hate-Tweeting Midsommar led to a sale
  • Top Three Tips for Writing Middle Grade Stories

Links

Twitch schedule for Mar 21-Mar 26:

  • Monday: 2-3:30pm AMA
  • Tuesday: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 3-5pm Gaming TBD
  • Thursday: 3-430 pm I Should Be Writing

NON-affiliate link to signed books, including:

  • Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1) by Mur Lafferty
  • Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition by Mur Lafferty
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).
March 17, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 23 | murverse.com
“Ursula Vernon is Chaos Goddess” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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[DD] How Many Kidneys Does Ursula Vernon Have?

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HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT!

New Ditch Digger logo with shovel and ink“How Many Kidneys Does Ursula Vernon Have?” 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!

 

Ursula joins me and we talk about body organs and just how important they are to a writing career.

We reference this debacle.

Twitch schedule for week of Oct 10

  • Mon: 1pm Gaming (Dream Daddy)
  • Tues: 3pm- I Should Be Writing
  • Wed: 5pm Gaming (TBD)
  • Thurs: 3pm- I Should Be Writing

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Ditch Diggers credits: production by Mur Lafferty, theme song byJohn Anealio, art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).

September 29, 2021 | Season 7 Ep 22 | murverse.com
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