What happens when you start making money with writing? We're talking advances, accountants, the sought for "six figure deal" and more. You may not be making money now, but you probably intend to. So let's talk about what people usually don't talk about.

Note- I am not an accountant.

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April 29, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 31 (Ep 582) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

Everyone knows the way to write a book, or get in shape, is to do the thing (writing, exercising, abstaining from junk food, etc) every day, and boom, you're done.

So why is it so freaking hard?

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I've been working on my protagonist's flaws, and realizing that the story is a lot easier to write when your character may have flawed reasons driving them, and it gives them something to fight against!

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April 22, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 29 (Ep 580) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

We're all imposters, no matter what you think. Trust me. All of us.

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April 20, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 28 (Ep 579) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

We're all imposters, no matter what you think. Trust me. All of us.

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April 15, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 27 (Ep 578) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

I'm a HUGO FINALIST! Escape Pod is up for Best Semiprozine, and SB Divya and I got nominated for Best Editor (Short form)! See all the nominees here!

The news went out right before I recorded, so I was a little out of it, hence the flightiness. But the audience pulled me through it!

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April 13, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 26 (Ep 577) | murverse.comCopyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

It's easy to slip into stereotypes when you  are writing someone different from yourself. I have some thoughts on how to avoid that.

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April 8, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 25 (Ep 576) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

The most recent "Main Character" on Writing Twitter was the woman who flat out said horror can't happen in space. If the story is in space, no matter how scary, it's automatically science fiction.

This means space beats zombies, if you're keeping score.

Now, aside from bringing the Internet down on your head when you say stuff like this, blanket advice is harmful in other ways, too.

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April 6, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 24 (Ep 575) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

I'm realizing that fear is often connected to the lack of control in a situation. Such as submitting to an editor or publishing a book. You might as well try to control the tides.

Also, I'm a NYT Bestseller now! Or part of one, anyway. (I wrote one of the Minecraft novels!)

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Practice and expectation of improvement are similar components between writing and running, but there's a big difference.

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March 23, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 22 (Ep 573) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License