Writing interviews and how-tos from a SF writer who's still learning.
S20 Ep13: In Which Mur Attends Wole Talabi’s Creative Alchemy “The primary driver of my sense of success is, ‘do I feel happy with what I’ve done?'” – Wole Talabi Mur chats with Wole Talabi, an engineer turned author (but still engineer). They…
S20 Ep 12: In Which Mur Plans to Turn Hurt Feelings into Finished Drafts “I read over the notes and I got mad and I got my feelings hurt.” – Mur (being fussy) I’ve received my edit letter about Infinite Archive, so I’m handling all the emotions that…
S20 Ep11: In which we travel “The Other Valley” with Scott Alexander Howard “I wrote it in a blissful who cares? Mentality, like, ‘oh, well, genre will sort itself out.'” – Scott Alexander Howard In this episode, we’re joined by Scott Alexander…
I Should Be Writing Season 20, Episode 10 “I felt like a cuckoo among very pretty birds.” – Mur Fresh off the JoCo cruise, we discusses the allure of nerd paradise and how navigating imposter syndrome is a frequent struggle. I share tabletop RPG…
I Should Be Writing Season 20, Episode 9 “If you don’t start out perfect, you’re never going to be good.” – Evil Mur Evil Mur is back giving terrible advice and it’s a wild ride through the looking glass of a writer’s darker musings. We cover…
I Should Be Writing Season 20, Episode 7 Transcript I found myself looking for my own magic bullet and getting frustrated a the media who take the idea of a daily routine–something people with ADHD people need–and play it off as only done by stodgy,…
I Should Be WritingSeason 20, Episode 7 In this episode, I discuss trusting yourself because sometimes no one else will. We also talk , , I mispronounce “chutzpah,” make a Wizard of Oz reference, and how should I celebrate 20 seasons of ISBW?…
ISBW S20 Ep6 Author Gwenda Bond comes on the show to talk The Frame Up, heists, and point of view! We also discuss being ballsy at Boskone, pen names, T. Kingfisher’s “,” writing retreats, and heist structure. If you order The Frame Up from ,…
ISBW S20 Ep5 Debut author comes to tell us about the Odyssey Workshop and the various programs! Evergreen Links I don’t talk enough about the . It exists. Did you know that? Mur’s newsletter, …
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