Shows From the Murverse

Ditch Diggers comes to you ACTUALLY LIVE from WorldCon 2019 in Dublin, Ireland! Once again, Hugo-nominated writer and owner of Escape Artists, Alasdair Stuart, acts as Matt’s official proxy in Matt’s absence. Our guests for this 4th Annual Ditch Diggers Live are legendary authors Ursula Vernon and Gail Carriger! This year, Mur and Alasdair host […]

In a fresh arm brace and with a hot car and agenting thoughts. How to fire? When to look for a new one? Find out!

I talk agent stuff and mention my new Instagram activity.   View this post on Instagram   Making daily notes and coffee before words. A post shared by Mur Lafferty (@mightymur2) on Aug 30, 2019 at 5:08am PDT

My new theory is writer’s block is about losing the fun of writing. So if you can’t think of what to write, then have some fun.

The Campbell Award has been renamed, which is an excellent move by Dell Magazines. Also, I’m trying to podcast more but finding that blank minds plague me. Well, one blank mind. Mine.

No, no big announcements. Just figured I’d cover movie options again because it’s a mystery to a lot of people. And yes, that is two shows in two days. Check me out. Ditch Diggers WorldCon Special is with Matt for QA. And yes, Patreon still won’t let me in.

I’m back from hiatus and travel! And I decided something at WorldCon this year. Listen to find out what that is…   NOTE TO PATRONS- I lost my phone in Glasgow and had to replace it. The problem is, I am a fan of two factor authentication, which is great until you lose your phone […]

Mur and Matt come to you live from the tunnels between what may or may not be Jodie Foster’s and Jeff Goldblum’s subterranean mansions (and also there’s a tree house? Maybe?) with another 20-Minute Ditch! Fresh from separate yet simultaneous book deadlines, Matt and Mur talk about what deadlines have taught them, from managing expectations […]

We recorded this a month ago and then the hammer of deadlines fell. We come to you from Jody Foster’s Gorilla Preservation, and talk about how, if you want to make a career, you are not the one story you’re in love with. We talk about Wonder Boys. And Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No […]

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