I Should Be Writing

We are back with our 2016 fantasy RPG, and we discuss the importance of both PCs (aka Player Characters, aka the important people in your stories) and NPCs (the spear carries and the cashiers and the red shirts and those troopers that Jedi have no problem killing but they can't kill the actual evil guy cause that's WRONG. Ahem. Tangent.)

November 4, 2020 | Originally posted Nov. 10, 2016 | Copyright 2020 Mur Lafferty, BY-NC-SA

Back in 2017 my NaNoWriMo MO was to spoof on radio shows. This is my Car Talk homage. We don't like it when things break, but our stories need them to!

Goal: 5000

 

November 3, 2020 | Originally posted Nov. 4, 2017 | Copyright 2020 Mur Lafferty, BY-NC-SA

You'll get pushback during NaNoWriMo. Some people will make fun. Some will dismiss you. Some will be downright jackasses. BUT I am a skilled jackass-to-English translator, and I cover what some of those comments mean.

Goal: 3333 words

This year November will feature daily reruns of past NaNoWriMo episodes! Tune into Twitch.tv/mightymur for live write-ins on Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30 EST. 

November 2, 2020 | Episode 533 | Rerun from Nov. 20, 2015 Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License murverse.com

It's November 1. You walk into a tavern and discover you're on a quest. There are metaphors and daggers involved. 

This year November will feature daily reruns of past NaNoWriMo episodes! Tune into Twitch.tv/mightymur for live write-ins on Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30 EST. 

 

November 1, 2020 | Episode 532 | Rerun from Nov. 1, 2016 Copyright 2016, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License murverse.com

October/November always feels like a renewing time for me, for my own personal reasons, so I talk about that.

October 27, 2020 | Episode 531 Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License murverse.com

We chat about writing yourself into a corner, the "Sliding Doors" moment, a peek in to the way I think about this show. How the sausage is made, actually.

But also, HOLY CRAP Tom Lehrer music is in the public domain! That is huge.  

Also, this weekend (Oct 23-25) I'm Guest of Honor at MileHi Con! Doesn't matter where you are, you can show up, cause we're in a global pandemic and the con is virtual!

October 20, 2020 | Episode 530 | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License murverse.com

I talk how to keep up with versioning. Well. I try, anyway. That, plus the motivational power of 4thewords.com and more NaNo prep talk! 

Remember you can see this video on Youtube and you can catch the next episode LIVE on Twitch!

Also, this weekend (Oct 23-25) I'm Guest of Honor at MileHi Con! Doesn't matter where you are, you can show up, cause we're in a global pandemic and the con is virtual! 

October 16, 2020 | Episode 529 | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License murverse.com

You will want to gain and keep momentum going in October as you prepare for NaNoWriMo. And good lord, folks, back up your computer and your work!

October 13, 2020 | Episode 528 Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License murverse.com

"I should be writing" is what people say, but they rarely do it. This podcast is designed to help you get past those blocks, whether it's what your teacher told you when you were a kid, to being totally sure you'll never be as good as (FAV AUTHOR) so you might as well quit.

"I should be writing" is what people say, but they rarely do it. This podcast is designed to help you get past those blocks, whether it's what your teacher told you when you were a kid, to being totally sure you'll never be as good as (FAV AUTHOR) so you might as well quit.