Show Notes for DD 79 The Streisand Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect An Anne Rice Moment of Zen https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/11/books/the-people-have-spoken-and-rice-takes-offense.html

SciFi and Scary Lilyn G: @ScifiandScary SciFi And Scary Review Policy The Full Exchange from SciFi and Scary. Embrace the horror. EMBRACE THE HORROR Neurodiversity article from Psychology Today Glamour talks to Danielle Steel

I am currently struggling with the structure of the book, so I talk about that, plus A Song of Ice and Fire spoilers (the book series specifically, not the latest TV season). And I’m not sponsored by Scrivener.

It’s about character arcs. Honest. [EDIT- Apologies, I uploaded an unedited file with some swearing. Very sorry. Thanks to everyone who let me know!]

The 20-Minute Ditch returns! Time is the fire in which we burn! In this new mini-episode Matt and Mur talk about inventing science fiction and how it’s just people plus robots plus jet packs. More seriously, they talk about how “literary” authors offering “serious takes” on SF is reductive and harmful to SF authors and […]

Matt and Mur come to you live from Jeff Goldblum’s Teeter-Totter Playground, which is really just one teeter-totter in the middle of a room that his guests all think is an art installation but that Jeff desperately wants them to use. Matt is stressed and yearns to live in Goldblumian fantasy, and Mur is using […]

The novel progresses, and I talk roadblocks and the Hugo ballot. (And holy crap, I just saw this show was mentioned in Writer Magazine! W00t! Welcome to any new listeners!)

Mur and Matt come to you live from Jeff Goldblum’s Genius Bar, because it is time once again for a Ditch Diggers feedback/Q&A episode! Matt is pissed off and Mur is emotionally and physically drained, so they are both ready to do the best episode ever! Matt rants for several minutes about Apple and Mac […]

I cover me, the podcast, where I am in the novel, and then realize it’s been…a very long time since I’ve done feedback. I recorded this in three different sessions, hence the sound changes.

I come to you live from Boskone (not really live, since Boskone was a week ago) and talk about my new book and how I'm approaching it.