“Devil’s Advocate: The Case for Distractions” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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Note- Yep, this is out of order. The perils of batching your episode releases…

Open

2022 Word Count: 65178

Story tools: Aeon Timeline https://timeline.app/narrative/

Restructuring story to pin the crime on the right murderer

Good News Good News

Team Rejection count: 145

Announcement: Escape Pod is again a finalist for an IGNYTE Award

Future Spoilers Club books: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi, and an Ursula Vernon selection

Main Topic: Distractions

Sometimes, we just need a person, pet or thing to bounce ideas & questions off of

The games more fun to play have the more intricate and fleshed out stories

Writing on side projects when you get stuck on a primary project can be a good thing

Emotions are not reality, but take the emotions out of how the distractions make you feel

ISBW archives and DD archives are complete!

Links

* Merch Shop

* Mur on Twitter

* Mur on Instagram

* Mur on Youtube

* Mur’s newsletter, The Hot Mic

* Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi!

* John Anealio on Bandcamp

 

 

Support Local Book Stores!

* Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!

* OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks,

Ditch Diggers is brought to you in large part by my patrons, who received an early version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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Streamed live, May 2, 2022.

I talk about Imposter Syndrome and how it can mess with your career, and then we discuss book banning and censorship as our politicians attack libraries. Check Links for what you can do to help.

Links

* American Civil Liberties Union and Free Speech

* Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

* Brooklyn Library

* Mur on Twitter, Youtube, Mastodon

* Matt on Twitter, YouTube, website

* Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi!

Twitch schedule for week of May 9:

* Mon: 4:30pm Ditch Diggers with Alasdair Stuart

* Tues: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing

* Wed: 3:00pm Gaming

* Thurs: 3:00pm NO STREAM

All times EDT

Support Local Book Stores!

* Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!

* Savage Legion, Supervillain’s Guide to Being a Fat Kid and more!

Ditch Diggers credits:

theme song by Devo Spice,  art by Numbers Ninja,

site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).

May 2, 2022 | Season 8 Ep 5 | murverse.com

“Feasts and Famine” by Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace

is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

“Unwritten Etiquette for Writers” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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* 2022 Word Count: 68178 ??

* Writing Retreat coming in May

Good News Good News

* Team Rejection count: 150

Main Topic: Unwritten Etiquette

* The etiquette of talking about reading stories by your other author friends

* Don’t ask if they read it, don’t ask if they liked it

* The Blurb: the asking and the being asked

* The unwritten rules for signing lines

* Reader etiquette regarding used books

* About well-wishes for award nominations

* Remember, reviews are for other readers, not the writer (and potential mine fields)

* Social Media: Promotion vs Self-Promotion (balanced by volume)

* Networking: another minefield to tiptoe through

*

Links

* Merch Shop

* Mur on Twitter

* Mur on Instagram

* Mur on Youtube

* Mur’s newsletter, The Hot Mic

* Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi!

* John Anealio on Bandcamp

 

Twitch schedule for week of May 2:

* Mon: 4:30pm Ditch Diggers with Matt Wallace

* Tues: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing

* Wed: 3:00pm Gaming

* Thurs: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing with Marguerite Kenner

Support Local Book Stores!

* Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!

* OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,

art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by

“Rejectomancy” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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Open

* ISBW archives and DD archives are complete!

* 2022 Word Count: 68178 ??

* ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR WORK! YOU WILL BE LESS SAD!

Good News Good News

* Team Rejection count: 150

Main Topic: Rejectomancy Revisited

* Diving into the alchemy of deciphering rejection letters

* Does the story fit the magazine it’s being submitted to?

* Social Media: the game is afoot and no one knows the rules

* Try to level up networking skills

Links

* Merch Shop

* Mur on Twitter

* Mur on Instagram

* Mur on Youtube

* Mur’s newsletter, The Hot Mic

* Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi!

* John Anealio on Bandcamp

 

Twitch schedule for week of May 2:

* Mon: 4:30pm Ditch Diggers with Matt Wallace

* Tues: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing

* Wed: 3:00pm Gaming

* Thurs: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing with Marguerite Kenner

Support Local Book Stores!

* Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!

* OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,

art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).

April 26, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 34| murverse.com

“Rejectomancy” by

“Unboxing: Story Engine” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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Open

* St Jude Fundraiser Features

* ISBW archives and DD archives are complete!

* 2022 Word Count: 65178

Good News Good News

* Team Rejection count: 147

* There’s a Stardew Valley podcast? Where?!

* Pay attention to the directives aimed at censoring library content

Main Topic: Story Engine

* Unboxing: Story Engine… we have cards!

* Booster: Eldritch Horror set

* Today’s quandary is how to run a giveaway for the spare Story Engine set. Roll for wild luck.

* Walking through the decks, and how to use them to help you tell your stories

* Buy Your Own Story Engine deck: https://storyenginedeck.myshopify.com

Links

* Merch Shop

* Mur on Twitter

* Mur on Instagram

* Mur on Youtube

* Mur’s newsletter, The Hot Mic

* Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi!

* John Anealio on Bandcamp

 

Twitch schedule for week of May 9:

* Mon: 4:30pm Ditch Diggers with Alasdair Stuart

* Tues: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing

* Wed: 3:00pm Gaming

* Thurs: 3:00pm NO STREAM

Support Local Book Stores!

* Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!

* OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,

art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by

Ditch Diggers is brought to you in large part by my patrons, who received an early version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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Streamed live, April 25, 2022.

Please note the audio is terrible. I did what I could. See if you can fast forward through me and just listen to Kameron!

Kameron Hurley is back playing Proxy Matt and we talk social media again! *l*n M*sk got himself a new toy, so we start discussing what else we can do as authors who need to use social media. (I’m on Mastodon now!)

Links

* Mur on Twitter, Youtube, Mastodon

* Matt on Twitter, YouTube, website

* Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi!

Twitch schedule for week of May 9:

* Mon: 4:30pm Ditch Diggers with Alasdair Stuart

* Tues: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing

* Wed: 3:00pm Gaming

* Thurs: 3:00pm NO STREAM

All times EDT

Support Local Book Stores!

* Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!

* Savage Legion, Supervillain’s Guide to Being a Fat Kid and more!

Ditch Diggers credits:

theme song by Devo Spice,  art by Numbers Ninja,

site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).

April 25, 2022 | Season 8 Ep 4 | murverse.com

“Feasts and Famine” by Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace

is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

“Devil’s Advocate: The Case for Distractions” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

Check out the official ISBW merch!

 

 

Follow the show on your favorite service!

Please note as of April 21, 2022, I Should Be Writing is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 License.

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Open

* 2022 Word Count: 65178

* Story tools: Aeon Timeline https://timeline.app/narrative/

* Restructuring story to pin the crime on the right murderer

Good News Good News

* Team Rejection count: 145

* Announcement: Escape Pod is again a finalist for an IGNYTE Award

* Future Club books: Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi, and an Ursula Vernon selection

Main Topic: Distractions

* Sometimes, we just need a person, pet or thing to bounce ideas & questions off of

* The games more fun to play have the more intricate and fleshed out stories

* Writing on side projects when you get stuck on a primary project can be a good thing

* Emotions are not reality, but take the emotions out of how the distractions make you feel

* ISBW archives and DD archives are complete!

Links

* Merch Shop

* Mur on Twitter

* Mur on Instagram

* Mur on Youtube

* Mur’s newsletter, The Hot Mic

* Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi!

* John Anealio on Bandcamp

 

Twitch schedule for week of May 2:

* Mon: 4:30pm Ditch Diggers with Matt Wallace

* Tues: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing

* Wed: 3:00pm Gaming

* Thurs: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing with Marguerite Kenner

Support Local Book Stores!

* Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!

* OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song by

Ditch Diggers is brought to you in large part by my patrons, who received an early version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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Streamed live, April 18, 2022.

Matt and I discuss how some Kickstarter have made millions, and smaller magazines are shutting down.

Links

* Mur on Twitter, Youtube

* Matt on Twitter, YouTube, website

* Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi!

Twitch schedule for April 18-30:

* Mon: Ditch Diggers with Matt Wallace 12pm

* Tues: ISBW 3pm

* Wed: Gaming (Inscription) 3pm

* Thurs: ISBW 3pm

* Sat: Spoilers Club: One for All 6pm

All times EDT

Support Local Book Stores!

* Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!

* Savage Legion, Supervillain’s Guide to Being a Fat Kid and more!

Ditch Diggers credits:

theme song by Devo Spice,  art by Numbers Ninja,

site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).

April 18, 2022 | Season 8 Ep 3 | murverse.com

“Feasts and Famine” by Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace

is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

“I Am A Flawed Writer” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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Please note as of April 21, 2022, I Should Be Writing is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 License.

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Open

* 2022 Word Count: 65178

* Your Mur doesn’t pun, and your daddy doesn’t rock ‘n roll

Good News Good News

* Team Rejection count: 141 ??

* Spoilers Club: “One for All” by Lillie Lainoff – April 30, 6pm Eastern

Main Topic: Examinations of Flaws in the Writing

* Over explaining or under explaining in descriptions and dialogue

* Repeating repetitive phrases over and over

* The challenges in designing satisfying interpersonal conflict

* Editing cleanup on Aisle 4

* Working with the characters living in your head

* Keeping track of word counts in edit passes

Links

* Merch Shop

* Mur on Twitter

* Mur on Instagram

* Mur on Youtube

* Mur’s newsletter, The Hot Mic

* Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi!

* John Anealio on Bandcamp

 

Twitch schedule for April 25-30:

* Mon: 4:30pm Ditch Diggers with Kameron Hurley

* Tues: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing

* Wed: 3:00pm Gaming

* Thurs: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing

* Apr. 30 Sat. 6:00pm SPOILERS CLUB! We talk One For All -with ALL the spoilers- with special guest Lillie Lainoff!

Support Local Book Stores!

* Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!

* OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,

art by Numbers Ninja,

“What Makes a Setting Work?” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $3 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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Please note as of April 21, 2022, I Should Be Writing is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 License.

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Open

* 2022 Word Count: 50200

* Science research!

Good News Good News

* Team Rejection count: 141

* Welcome Cosmo Quest raiders!

* Spoilers Club: “One for All” by Lillie Lainoff

Main Topic: Hitting Home Runs with Your Story Settings

* Tips on making settings come to life… it’s all about the details

* Guidelines for using real business names in your stories?

* Trademarks vs Copyrights

Links

* And Then There Were N-One by Sarah Pinsker

* Merch Shop

* Mur on Twitter

* Mur on Instagram

* Mur on Youtube

* Mur’s newsletter, The Hot Mic

* Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi!

* John Anealio on Bandcamp

 

Twitch schedule for April 25-30:

* Mon: 4:30pm Ditch Diggers with Kameron Hurley

* Tues: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing

* Wed: 3:00pm Gaming

* Thurs: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing

* Apr. 30 Sat. 6:00pm SPOILERS CLUB! We talk One For All -with ALL the spoilers- with special guest Lillie Lainoff!

Support Local Book Stores!

* Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders Book 1), Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!

* OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,

art by Numbers Ninja,