Ursula joins me and we talk about body organs and just how important they are to a writing career. We reference this debacle. HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT! Twitch schedule for week of Oct 10 Mon: 1pm Gaming (Dream Daddy) Tues: 3pm- I Should Be Writing Wed: 5pm Gaming (TBD) Thurs: 3pm- I Should Be Writing 

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[DD] How Many Kidneys Does Ursula Vernon Have?

Yup, we're talking, a little late, about the YA Ratings debacle, but through the lens of dead white guy John Milton. Yeah, he was a cranky old man, writer of super long Bible fanfic, and helped with regicide a little bit, but he also was a strong anti-censorship advocate. Which, considering you could lose your head for writing something offensive, was pretty damn brave. My Milton professor made anything sound good. He was so excited about Milton that he made us excited. And Aeropagitica has stuck with me, even if the attention span to re-read it has not.

[DD] What Does John Milton Have To Do With YA?

Mur and Matt welcome back the Godmother of Ditch Diggers herself, Gail Carriger! Gail wanted to talk about what happens when you're a pro and your books don't sell. What avenues do we have? Gail's books Mur's GODMAKER race No streaming the week of September 20 

[DD] What Do You Do When Your Books Don't Sell?

I had some last minute changes come up, but the awesome authors Ursula Vernon and Diana Rowland ended up calling in and hanging out to talk about the tools we use in our careers, from Scrivener to assistants. 

[DD] Guest Hosts Ursula Vernon and Diana Rowland

Matt and Mur return to Discord instead of Twitch, since we were taking a day off Twitch in solidarity with the streamers getting harassed on the platform. New Twitch schedule for our live episodes! Tune in on Wednesdays at 11am Eastern Time! September 1, 2021 | Ditch Diggers Season 7 | murverse.comCopyright 2021, Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace | BY-NC-ND 3.5 License  

[DD] Exiled to Discord!

 The day was kind of a perfect storm for crap, so it ended up with me and the dogs and my phone, streaming from the basement.   To quote Stuart Smalley, "This was not my best show." But I did it!   Matt is back this week! Not sure if it's live or not since creators aren't using Twitch on Wednesday this week, but we might go live on Discord just for y'all. I need to talk to him about it. 

[DD] Streaming on my own from the basement

Another scam publisher has reared its ugly head, so we talk about that, and exactly how you can tell if someone is scamming you. (Hint- it has to do with the flow of cash.) Welcome back, Matt! New Twitch schedule for our live episodes! Tune in on Wednesdays at 11am Eastern Time!

Matt Returns and tells us how the money should flow.

Alasdair comes by to help out, wearing his Matt Wallace t-shirt and changing the name of the show to Dirt Butlers! I'm taking a break from Twitch- my week has gotten incredibly stressful, and then I'm going on vacation on Thursday, so it's best if I don't force it and stress myself out more. I'll return on Wednesday, August 4!  

[DD] Dirt Butlers with Alasdair Stuart

 Mike Underwood, writer and marketer extraordinaire, returns to talk about post-pandemic publishing and where we find ourselves now.    Twitch Schedule for week of July 12-24 M. 1pm Chatting, gaming, anything goes T. 1pm Ditch Diggers with Alasdair Stuart T. 3pm ISBW with Tobias Buckell W. 4pm Gaming Th. 1pm ISBW 

[DD] Mike Underwood Takes the Shovel

Ursula Vernon, aka T. Kingfisher (the winner of the Andre Norton Nebula for YA and the Locus Award for YA) joins us to talk Ditch Digging, Wizards and Baking*, and, uh, a lot of other things. Awards. Cover Art. Juggling many projects for hybrid publishing.  Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking audiobook And Then There Were (N-One) by Sarah Pinsker Vellum Productivity Alchemy Draft2Digital Atticus * affiliate link  

[DD] Ursula Vernon Talks Triple Crown

At last, we have Kameron Hurley back to talk about the much-needed social media discussion! While nowhere near perfect, various social media services do have settings that you can tweak to protect yourself from trolls. We go over some, compare block and mute, and then we talk about World of Warcraft. 

[DD] Kameron Hurley Talks Social Media

My old Bookburners co-author and friend Margaret Dunlap comes aboard to talk about the state of Hollywood, how she got into scriptwriting, and how in the world they have so much damn money to throw around. 

[DD] Margaret Dunlap Talks Hollywood

Hugo-finalist fan writer, nonfic writer, and fiction writer Alasdair Stuart joins us again to talk about some recent news in SF including the Nebula Awards!  Are you watching Ditch Diggers on Twitch? Why not? Next live episode is Thursday (6.24) with Kameron Hurley coming back to try her hand at being Matt! Join us at 5pm EDT.

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