• Live from Morgan Freeman's bear sanctuary, it's the Ditch Diggers with special guest co-host Tobias Buckell!
• Mur recounts Toby blowing her mind this past January at ConFusion in Detroit, which prompted his appearance on the show.
• Toby talks about accessing your inner asshole (the tactful version uses Toby's description: "the power of no") in negotiations as a freelancer.
• What happened when Toby had to stop accepting con invitations on his own dollar, and how it took him to the next level as an author and speaker.
• Toby on releasing his earlier work as a self-published book and educational tool for writers.
• Toby talks about trying out Patreon as a partial income replacement for a year, what prompted it, and how it's going.
• Twitter and email Q&A! Many of Toby's fans ask him questions ranging from professional advice to the inside scoop on characters from his Xenowealth universe.

• Mur and Matt come to you live from the mud room of Morgan Freeman's trophy solarium (because they haven't earned the right to go inside yet).
• Ditch Diggers has been nominated for a Hugo Award! You did it! Mur and Matt will go up against the likes of The Coode Street Podcast and Tea & Jeopardy in Helsinki for Best Fancast (even though we're all professionals. Because there's only one podcast category)! Thank you to all Ditch Diggers listeners who supported the show and don't forget to vote for Mur and Matt for the Hugo itself!
• It's listener's choice! Mur and Matt select questions from their listeners to address in detail as the topic of the show.
• First up, for those who write many kinds of things, which writing medium/format to focus on when you being pursuing freelance writing as a serious job. Blogging? Books? Screenwriting? Should you focus on one thing or two things or all of them?
• Secondly, Mur and Matt talk about writing prep, everything from outlining to creating playlists. What's necessary for the task ahead and how much is too much?
• Regular Twitter and email Q&A.

Sooo many questions! So many answers!

We are joined by ugly Christmas sweaters, booze, and Kameron Hurley. Happy New Year! Fuck you, 2016!

Matt and I discuss etiquette in the world of publishing. Show notes coming soon.

For the first time we have Matt and Mur, and the godparents of Ditch Diggers Gail Carriger and Howard Tayler, in the same room together!

It is (OK, was) Mur and Matt's birthdays, and we celebrate in Morgan Freeman's Birthday Ball Pit.