Shows From the Murverse

What do all those words I’m always saying mean? I go over several terms we discuss in publishing. I loved this idea, so if you have other ideas for terms you’d like discussed in more detail, let me know! Then I talk to Helen Lowe, author of Daughter of Blood. … Continue reading →

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Covering feedback this time, including the importance of race in a story, ideas during depression, and more! Then we talk to Elizabeth Bonesteel, author of the excellent SF novel The Cold Between. (affiliate links)

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Mur and Matt come to you live from Morgan Freeman’s doll hospital, and spend way too much time talking about doll hospitals in general and Morgan’s doll hospital in particular. The Ditch Diggers bring you up-to-date on their professional lives. Mur starts over. Matt needs to write faster. Mur experiments … Continue reading →

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I’ve leveled up as a writer, and I interview Dan Koboldt, author of The Rogue Retrieval. We also talk about the online writing workshops, OWW and Critters.

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We welcome Emmy-winning writer Margaret Dunlap, writer for The Middleman, The Lizzie Bennett Diaries, and the serial Bookburners. Show notes! Coming to you live from Morgan Freeman’s tornado shelter with special guest co-host Margaret Dunlap! Margaret is the bomb at calculus, yet cannot derivate a function to save her life … Continue reading →

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It’s feedback time, including another note to check out the excellent Writing the Other. Sometimes they have a course, both online and a retreat, so keep your eye out for more opportunities.

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And I talk about writing rules. Do you REALLY have to write every day? Avoid adverbs? Is it do or do not, there is no middle ground? I recorded this live on Periscope. It’s short, but I’ll be back soon with MOAR. (Good lord has it been two months? Shame. … Continue reading →

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NOTE- Apologies, I accidentally put this in the ISBW feed. It’s fixed. We talk organizing and distractions. It’s unorganized and distracted, just so you know. Mur and Matt discuss Morgan Freeman’s obsession with Franklin Mint Collector’s Plates featuring older, fatter Elvis. Mur restates the premise of the podcast, old school, … Continue reading →

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Matt and Mur discuss whether or not Morgan Freeman’s five-story igloo is technically an igloo. It’s Matt’s fault there will be no live Ditch Diggers at ConFusion. Matt and Mur remember David Hartwell. The Ditch Diggers Guide to Absolute Failure. Chapter One: Cons, in which the bathroom becomes a central … Continue reading →

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