* Matt and Mur come to you live from Morgan Freeman’s slightly better lawn furniture, which they’re actually sharing live and in-person in front of a small audience, slightly inebriated (Matt, Mur, the audience, or all three? Who knows!)

* Even during Ditch Diggers, a podcast about rolling up your sleeves and doing the job of writing, people are catching Pokemon while we record.

* Matt and Mur are joined by their special guest co-host, illustrator Natalie Metzger.

* The Ditch Diggers discuss the moistness of the environment.

* Networking! Matt and Mur talk to Natalie about how networking led to her landing a gig illustrating SFF titan John Scalzi’s short story collection, Miniatures.

* Subterranean Press, specialty books, and goats.

* Natalie talks about the networking “long game,” participating in fandom, and just plain getting to know people over a long period of time.

* Networking while dealing with shyness, introversion, anxiety, and other socially limiting conditions, and how to work with them rather than “overcome” them.

* Natalie sums up her philosophy on networking: “Give, don’t take.”

* Matt explains the Glengarry Leads.

* The Ditch Diggers take questions from the audience, including dealing with anxiety and shyness at cons, and how George RR Martin does NOT in any way frequent prostitutes.

* Natalie’s website: http://www.thefuzzyslug.com/

* Natalie on Twitter: @minitotoro

* Natalie’s webcomic: http://cthulhuslippers.com/

* Natalie’s other webcomic: http://over-encumbered.com/

* MINIATURES by John Scalzi, illustrated by Natalie: http://subterraneanpress.com/store/product_detail/miniatures

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