I Should Be Writing

Last day on Role Playing a writer's life. 

It's been a rough two weeks, which is why this is late. Sorry about that. Things are back to normal, so here come the episodes!

May 11, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 34 (Ep 585) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

By popular demand we bring you Jennifer Udden, my former agent, current friend, and freelance editor! We attempt more LARPing but overall just chat. 

NOTE, my producer usually cuts out the interaction with the live chat to make for a smoother experience for you, but with two hosts that made it harder so I decided to  just leave most of it as-is. 

May 6, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 33 (Ep 584) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

Confidence is one of those weird emotions you can fake until you make it. So if we're pretending to be a confident writer, what else can we pretend to be? We begin the Save the Cat! beat sheet as a LARP and it gets interesting.

May 9 - May 15: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

• 5.10 (M), 2:30, AMA/Hangout (new time)
• 5.11 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live
• *NEW* 5.12 (5), 1:00, Ditch Diggers Live with Cat Rambo!
• 5.12 (W), 4:00, Gaming
• 5.13 (Th), STREAM CANCELLED THIS WEEK

May 4, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 32 (Ep 583) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

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.

May 3 - May 7: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

• 5.3 (M), 12:30, AMA/Hangout
• 5.4 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live
• *NEW* 5.4 (T), 1:00, Ditch Diggers Live with Alasdair Stuart!
• 5.5 (W), 4:00, Gaming
• 5.6 (Th), 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live

Links:

• Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch

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?

May 3 - May 7: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

• 5.3 (M), 12:30, AMA/Hangout
• 5.4 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live
• *NEW* 5.4 (T), 1:00, Ditch Diggers Live with Alasdair Stuart!
• 5.5 (W), 4:00, Gaming
• 5.6 (Th), 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live

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!

• 4.26 (M), 12:30, AMA/Hangout
• 4.27 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live
• 4.28 (W), 4:00, Gaming
• 4.29 (Th), 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live
• *NEW* 4.29 (Th), 5:00, Ditch Diggers Live with Kameron Hurley!

Links:

• Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch
• Writers Helping Writers series (Incl Positive & Negative Trait Thesaurus)

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.

Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

• Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout
• Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live
• Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming
• Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live

Links:

• Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch
• Behind the name

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.

Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

• Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout
• Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live
• Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming
• Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live

Links:

• Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch
• Behind the name

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!

Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

• Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout
• Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live
• Wednesday, TBD
• Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live

Links:

• Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch

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.

Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

• Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout
• Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live
• Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming
• Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live

Links:

• Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch
• Craft in the Real World
• Writing the Other (book and website) 
• Ursula K. Le Guin's Tehanu
• Just Keep Writing (Wil Ralston's podcast)

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