I Should Be Writing

Hosted ByMur Lafferty

Writing interviews and how-tos from a SF writer who's still learning.


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[ISBW] NaNoWriMo Prep with Valerie Valdes!

starts tomorrow! Are you participating? Are you ready? Author, editor, and long time NaNoWriMo municipal liaison Valerie Valdes joins us to talk about her new projects and how to tackle NaNoWriMo! Don’t forget, Chaos Terminal comes out in ONE WEEK. …

[ISBW] Meta Cast and Wole Talabi Interview

If you’re a creator, when someone wants to give you money, you say, “yes, please!” I’m taking a break from podcasting to finish my book. Doing some housekeeping and then presenting an excellent interview with Wole Talabi, author of Shigidi and…

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[ISBW] Beyond the Mental Editor vs Writer Battle

ISBW S19 Ep27 T. Kingfisher, Richard Dansky, and I are all nominated for the ! It will be given at this weekend.  is a finalist for the Hugo Award, Best Semiprozine category! says just tell the story instead of worrying about the science. …

[ISBW] A Bout of Melancholia

Short episode this time, and not having the best brain day. So I’m sharing with you because this happens to everyone. Mur Lafferty: And maybe what I write is crap, but I’ll never know unless I write it. And then I think lies the key. It’s not even…

[ISBW] Can YOU Write a Pile of Garbage?

I got to interview game designer turned YA romance writer James L. Sutter in this episode, and it was a blast. So much good stuff here! I also talk about my latest anger at ADHD and what I’m reading.  James L. Sutter 34:10: And so it was hugely…

[ISBW] The Importance of Fanfic (RIV Blaseball)

S19 Ep24 It’s June, and I have had some disappointments (She Podcasts, Live! and Blaseball), but at least I’m not worrying about travel so much. Got my 10k words turned into my agent, and lament the loss of the podcast community. But , , and are all…

[ISBW] Promises Authors Make // Arley Sorg Interview

S19 Ep23 Thinky bits about reading and pacing and migraines. I’ll be clever next week, promise. But what I’m really excited about is the interview with Arley Sorg, editor, writer, and now a new agent!   New Agent in Town: Arley Sorg! …

[ISvBW] Where it all began…

Hey folks! I’m starting a new podcast, re-releasing old ISBW episodes with commentary! This episode is the ONLY one that will clog up the ISBW feed; to continue listening you will need to  to get the new-old podcasts.  — And so it begins: I…

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