I took much more of an emotional hit this week than I thought, and so I leave the topics up to the chat. But we also talk self care.

May 24 - May 28: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

• 5.24 (M), 12:30, AMA/Hangout
• 5.25 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live
• 5.26 (W), 4:00, Gaming
• 5.27 (Th),12:30, I Should Be Writing Live
• 5.27 (Th), 5:00, Ditch Diggers Drink O'Clock with Kameron Hurley! *NEW*

May 20, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 36 (Ep 587) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

Well, I have redundant backups, and yet I STILL lost something. So we go over some things to keep in mind when you are thinking about your writing and not necessarily the health of your computer. 

May 24 - May 28: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

• 5.24 (M), 12:30, AMA/Hangout
• 5.25 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live
• 5.26 (W), 4:00, Gaming
• 5.27 (Th),12:30, I Should Be Writing Live
• 5.27 (5), 5:00, Ditch Diggers Drink O'Clock with Kameron Hurley! *NEW*

May 18, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 35 (Ep 586) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

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<

Links:

• Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch
• The Practice by Seth Godin
• Support the Patreon 

April 27, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 30 (Ep 581) | murverse.com
Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

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