I Should Be Writing
By Mur Lafferty
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Podcast Description
Writing interviews and how-tos from a SF writer who's still learning.
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ISBW #250! | -- | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #249 - Convention questions answered/Peter V. Brett interview pt 2 | -- | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW Show 248 | -- | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #247 - Peter V. Brett Interview / Unrequited Love | -- | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 246 - Feedback | -- | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #245 - Catherine Gildiner | -- | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 244 - Feedback | -- | 4/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #243 - Andrew Mayer and Jon Sprunk interviews | -- | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 242 - Feedback | -- | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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isbw Show 241 | -- | 4/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW240 | -- | 3/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 239 - Vylar Kaftan Interview | -- | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #238 - Feedback | -- | 3/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #237 - Dan Wells Interview / Characterization | -- | 3/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #236 - Feedback | -- | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW235 | -- | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 234 - Feedback | -- | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #233 - Connie Willis Interview | -- | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #232 Feedback Show | -- | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #231 - Jeff VanderMeer Interview | -- | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW Special #46 | -- | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 230 - Feedback | -- | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #229 - NK Jemisin Interview | -- | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoISBW Video Special- NaNoWriMo Debrief | -- | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoISBW Video - Permissions | -- | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #228 - Feedback | -- | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #227 - Guilt / Ann VanderMeer | -- | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 226- Feedback | -- | 11/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 225 - Imposter Syndrome / Tobias Buckell Interview | -- | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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EP224 - Feedback | -- | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #223 - Self pub does not equal total control / John Berlyne Interview | -- | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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isbw 222 - NaNoWriMo special | -- | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #221 - Chuck Wendig Interview | -- | 10/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 220 - Feedback: twitter and G+ episode! | -- | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 219 - Feedback | -- | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #218 Writing the Other / Lou Anders Interview | -- | 9/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #217 The icky details / grammar girl interview | -- | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW GOOD COP BAD COP 004 | -- | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 216 - Feedback | -- | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #215 - WorldCon Pre-Show | -- | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #214 - Self Pub vs Trad Pub war / Tracy Hickman Interview | -- | 7/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW METAcast 003 - Apologies and Storytelling | -- | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #213 | -- | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #212 - Kickstarter Lessons/Daniel H. Wilson interview | -- | 7/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Good Cop Bad Cop 003 | -- | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #210 - Common questions / MD Lachlan Interview | -- | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #109 - Feedback | -- | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #208 - Learning from Reading / Robin Sullivan Interview | -- | 6/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #207 - Feedback | -- | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #206 - DIWhine/John Picacio Interview | -- | 6/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Good Cop Bad Cop 002 | It's time for another Good Cop Bad Cop. This one is edited for Matt's (and, I think once, my) vulgarity. If you want the full unedited version, check out our premium content! - YEAH! - | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #204 – Myopia, James Melzer and Jennifer Hudock Interview | I am catching up on my pre-Balticon recordings, now we have James Melzer and Jennifer Hudock on the show to talk epublishing. | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #203 – Feedback Show | Yeah, didn't get this up before Balticon, sorry. BUT the good news is you'll be getting a lot of content this week. | 6/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #202 – Being Smart/Howard Andrew Jones Interview | More imposter syndrome panic, and an interview with Howard Andrew Jones! | 5/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #201 – Feedback Returns! | We welcome the return of feedback! | 5/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #200- Time, Money, and Ups and Downs | #200! Wow! Amazing. I'm stunned. | 5/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #199 – From the in-laws’ basement/Peter Orullian interview | Sorry about the week I took off, folks. I'll explain more in #200. But here's the podcast about priorities and choices. Then I talk to Peter Orullian, author of The Unremembered. | 5/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW Promo | After years without a new promo, I finally made one. Feel free to distribute it far and wide! | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #198 – Feedback | It's a special feedback show from my in-laws' basement! Pardon the background noise! - Note- having trouble with the Fabulist plugin, please be patient. :( | 4/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #197 – Luck | We talk luck, and I fail to get an interview this week! | 4/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #196 – Feedback | Another feedback show- with a promo for Scott Sigler's The All-Pro! Remember to use the coupon code MUR for ordering for a discount! | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #195 Lee Harris Interview | ISBW #195 01:07 State of the Mur: driving to RavenCon, working on GFL novella for Scott Sigler, working on premium content for ISBW (and please email Mur if you purchased the Murverse app to redeem premium content in connection with that purc... | 4/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #194 – Feedback with Guest Host Christiana Ellis | Christiana Ellis and I sat down at RavenCon last weekend to do feedback- this is a tag team thing, not a good cop bad cop thing, but I love Christiana and wanted her advice on the show. | 4/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #193 – Revisions/Mary Roach Interview | I go over my revision methods, and then talk to nonfic writer Mary Roach. | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW: the Best Of Feed! | So we have a new ISBW feed- the archives are locked to premium members (you want to be part of the Secret Society of Ink-Splattered Fabulists, right?) but the old episodes return in the best-of feed! This week's: Episode #1! It may not be the best, | 4/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #192 Feedback | ISBW #192 01:47 State of the Mur: recording snafu, new ISBW premium content (free month for those who donated in February), second Loose Cannon course coming up (email matt@matt-wallace.com), work-for-hire for Scott Sigler | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW Good Cop Bad Cop 001 | Presenting the first Good Cop Bad Cop standalone! Matt Wallace joins me for your questions. - And if you want the full, uncut (complete with swearing and giggling aside comments), join the Secret Society of Ink-Splattered Fabulists. | 4/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #191 – Social Media / Nathan Bransford Interview | ISBW #191 01:05 State of the Mur: awkward issues with con invitation, parting ways with agent, Kickstarter fund for Heaven series, work-for-hire writing (including a novella for Scott Sigler), pantsers vs. plotters | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #190 – Feedback | It's another feedback show! | 3/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #189 – Being a Pro/Ed Schubert Interview | I talk being a pro, reviewing, and then I talk to Ed Schubert about How to Write Magical Words. ISBW #189 01:04 State of the Mur: some snags this week, but overall pleased with writing, focusing on work-for-hire project, | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #188 – Feedback | ISBW #188 00:54 Intro & updates 02:05 Producer Patrick talks about health -- habits don't change overnight (recommended website: Lose It) 11:05 Promo: FOGcon 12:40 Feedback: writing a male MC for the first time; on public speaking as a writ | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #187 – Health/Laura Anne Gilman Interview | Butt in chair, sure, but remember to take care of yourself! - And we talk to author Laura Anne Gilman! | 3/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #186 – Feedback | It's a new month, it's new feedback! Watch out for some video here to let you know what's in store for ISBW! | 3/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #185 – Keeping Track of Writing / Lou Anders Interview | This week we talk to Pyr editor, Lou Anders! 01:04 State of the Mur: nearing episode 200, fundraiser, speaking at Ignite Durham, Playing For Keeps 2, outlining some upcoming work-for-hire projects 02:54 Sponsor: Bull Spec, | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #184 – Feedback | I'm back from the personal-life-interferes-with-podcast hiatus! Lots of stuff coming up! Today, feedback! 00:01 Pre-show update 03:30 State of the Mur: the ISBW fundraiser (you guys ROCK), Matt Wallace's Loose Cannon writing workshop (email matt.. | 2/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitISBW Special #46 Good Cop/Bad Cop Standalone | We have a standalone episode, just me, Matt, and your letters! We're pretty explicit here, I tried to get all the swear words but come on, it's Matt. Don't listen around your kids. 01:01 Intro to the stand-alone episode | 2/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #183 Grant Baciocco Interview | 01:14 State of the Mur:Â the ISBW fund drive (donate $10+ to get a book, donate $50+ to get a t-shirt), working on novel and trying to maintain "writing chain." 04:33 Sponsor:Â Audible.com. Â This episode's recommended audiobook is Anne Lamot | 2/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #182 – Feedback | Please visit our sponsor at http://audiblepodcast.com/isbw for free trial membership with Audible! 01:03 Intro & details on the ISBW fund drive. Â New sponsor, Audible.com! Â Recommended audiobook: Stephen King's On Writing, | 2/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #181- TV, Nathan Lowell Interview | I realized Nate Lowell had nearly hit the 1 million word mark, and wanted to get him on the show to talk about what he's learned in that time, not to mention the fact that he killed podiobooks.com, and that's just impressive. | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW Special Episode #45 – Round Table Discussion | In this special round table episode, J. Daniel Sawyer hosted me, Gail Carriger, and Nathan Lowell to talk about writing fast. Thanks for the audio, Dan! | 2/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW METAcast 02 | The state of the podcast, server moves, what's going on in my life, February plans, convention plans, and upcoming author interviews! | 1/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #179 – Contests | We talk contests. No interview this week, and a meta podcast tomorrow will explain more. Regular podcasts returning very soon, including a good cop/bad cop! | 1/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #178 Feedback | ISBW #178 00:54 FEEDBACK: possibility of interviewees reading excerpts from their books; Scrivener for Windows review by listener Ray; listener Chris wrote 1 Story a Week for A YEAR; turning a novel into YA (age of characters, sex, violence, | 1/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPreview of Marco and the Red Granny! | I'm putting only one episode in the feed of my serial novella, Marco and the Red Granny. If you like it, you can go to murverse.com or podiobooks.com to listen, or buy the ebook at Amazon or Smashwords. Or if you want to support free fiction, | 1/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #177 – Goals/Christiana Ellis and Skyler White Interview | ISBW #177 01:04 Happy New Year! Â State of the Mur: busy holidays, and high hopes for 2011. 02:41 Promo:Â Functional Nerds Podcast 03:31 Goals and resolutions. Â The power of concrete, specific goals, and in writing our goals down. | 1/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanISBW #176 – Feedback | We're back! Happy New Year! Let's talk writer problems, and stuff. Maybe things. ISBW #176 00:54 Happy New Year! 01:30 Promo: Telegraph Connect's Primogeniture Anthology 02:32 FEEDBACK: listener Matt finished first draft of his novel! | 1/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #175 Gift Guide/Conflict/Cory Doctorow Interview | Last episode of the year! Cory has a new project that is awesome, you should check it out. ISBW #175 01:04 State of the Mur: cold, but productive. Working on YA novel, trying to avoid too much multi-tasking of projects. | 12/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #174 – Feedback | Feedback again! - ISBW #174 00:53 Some FYIs: next week's podcast will be courtesy of Dr. Ginger Campbell, host of the Brain Science Podcast, which has been nominated for Best Science Podcast! You can vote for her at PodCastAwards; Scott Sigler's.. | 12/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #173 – NaNoWriMo Debrief | I failed. And that's okay. The interview returns next week! | 12/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #172 – Feedback is back! | It's feedback time! - ISBW #172 00:58 State of the Mur: travel, holidays 01:21 Promo: Telegraph Connect's Primogeniture Anthology 02:23 FEEDBACK: recommendations for writing software -- Scrivener! [Hi, show notes writer CKHB here. | 12/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #171 – Dr. Phil Plait Interview | We delve into non-fic writing with a discussion with blogger and author, the Bad Astronomer himself, Dr. Phil Plait. | 11/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #170 – Feedback | We talk radishes. And elephants. And feedback. 00:06 ISBW #170 01:01 Update: podcast/holiday planning, thoughts on willpower & prioritizing. Marco and The Red Granny free audio novella available at HubFiction.com | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #169 – SPECIAL Music Episode! | ISBW #169 01:13 "Wanna-be" writers 05:22 Musical episode: Big Bad World One by Jonathan Coulton, Fake It by Brad Sucks, George R.R. Martin Is Not Your B---- by John Anealio - Credits:   Producer: Patrick Hester, | 11/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #168 – Feedback | 00:06 ISBW #168 01:23 Promo: Aaron's World dinosaur podcast (science for kids, by a kid) 01:53 FEEDBACK: listener has had a novel published! -- Toothless by Dragon Moon Press; Mur's preferred settings for Write or Die; getting freelance writing as... | 11/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #167 – Big/little things / Jess Haines Interview | 0:06Â Â Â ISBW #167 1:12 Â Â State of the Mur: doing better! Using Write or Die, tackling NaNoWriMo. 3:13 Â Â Promo: Aaron's World dinosaur podcast (science for kids, by a kid) 3:43Â Â Â Big/Little Things: environment/setting | 11/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 96 | ExplicitFree ebook- Young Junius by Seth Harwood! | Podcaster and crime writer Seth Harwood's new book, Young Junius, came out recently, and he's offered my listeners his ebook! In 1987, fourteen-year-old Junius Posey sets out on the cold Cambridge (Mass. | 11/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #166 – All Hallow’s Read | There's no feedback this week! So I talk in brief about All Hallows Read - give a scary book to someone you love! | 10/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #165 – Introduction / Jared Axelrod Interview | 0:06Â Â Â ISBW #165 1:11Â Â Â State of the Mur: bad week, but getting on. 4:41Â Â Â Promo: Explorers: Beyond the Horizon Anthology 5:34Â Â Â Introduction to Mur Lafferty & I Should Be Writing: welcome! Playing for Keeps | 10/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW #164 – Feedback | It's a feedback show, lots of people want to talk about NaNoWriMo! 00:07 ISBW #164 01:23 Promo: The Guerilla Poet 03:12 FEEDBACK: lots of listeners signing up for NaNoWriMo! -- making NaNoWriMo work for you & One Page Per Day, | 10/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ISBW 163 – Characterization / PG Holyfield Interview | We interview PG Holyfield, author of Murder at Avedon Hill, this episode! 00:06   ISBW #163 01:12   State of the Mur: We hope you like the new, more frequent, format! Please visit the show's new producer at his All Things From M | 10/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 100 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Fantastic podcast for writers!
I listen to this along with The Secrets, The Kissy Bits, and Holly Lisle and find it very helpful. It's really encouraging to hear from another struggling fiction writer as she tries to break into publishing. Mur has a fantastic voice and podcasting personality and is very easy to listen to, as well as encouraging and insightful. I highly recommend this podcast!
Good Motivation
I’d venture to say it’s hard to find a writer who doesn’t think he or she could be writing more often, and “I Should Be Writing” is a friendly reminder of that – with an emphasis on the friendly. Host Mur Lafferty lends a very balanced aesthetic to the podcast, that is, polished and professional sounding (one could easily imagine this show on NPR) and yet very casual and convivial. Furthermore, her advice on writing is always spot-on – never preachy or overbearing. Highly recommended for beginning and experienced writers alike.
I shouldn't be reviewing
I have been listening to this show since it started, as I was a fan and listener to Mur's Geek-Fu Action Grip before. All I have to say is that it's magnificent. Mur inspires all us aspiring writers to not give up and pick up that old novel or story idea again and keep plucking away at it. I Should Be Writing is a great mix of Mur's personal struggle to get herself published, combined with advice and ideas, and topped off with interviews with published authors to make sure what she has been saying is true. So far I have not been disappointed and everything has been true. The only downside I can think of is that she inspired me so much I took the time to make this review when I should be writing.
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