Gwenda Bond author of Not Your Average Hot Guy, joins us to talk about writer friends and whether they're threats or not. We also talk about gall bladders.  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 October 7, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 68 (Episode 619) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

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[ISBW] Will Gwenda Bond Give Up Her Gall Bladder for Literature?

HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT! Going beyond clothing and food to weather and guns. Seemed like a good idea at the time.  October 5, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 67 (Episode 618) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] How Important Are The Tiny Details?

 Are you ready? None of us ever is. Still, we plan...   Wanna join 4thewords? Here's my affiliate code: SKYOA08774   HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT! September 30, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 66 (Episode 617) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] NaNoWriMo Is Coming. Are You Ready?

It's been a wild month, and I have tried to stream as best I can. So I figure how can we handle struggles not by resting or pushing through on our "real" writing, but by being weird. Worth a try, anyway. HEY check out my Speakeasy class on NaNoWriMo coming up on October 12, 8pm EDT! September 28, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 65 (Episode 616) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] What Can Beginning Writers Do More Easily Than Career Writers?

I'm a bit clearer-headed this episode, and talk about all those times you can say "the book is done!" (There are several times you can say that.) Punchline- today I got another edit pass on my novella sent to me. >_

[ISBW] When Do You Really Finish A Novel?

Well, of a sort. I had a hell of a few weeks and was essentially brain dead and struggling today. I announce a week off of streaming and try to talk about the new narrative game I'm playing on my stream. I'm also working on more transcriptions. By the end of this week I should have this season's episodes 1-10 done.  Again, no twitch stream this week.  Dream Daddy Transcription coming! September 14, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 63 (Episode 614) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Narrative studies

Using food, clothing, religion, and other everyday details can give your story authenticity, but if it's something that you're not familiar with, do some research. Don't forget to join us live on Twitch, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2pm Eastern! September 9, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 62 (Episode 613) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Bringing Authenticity to Your Story

Well the kid was driven to school and I was exhausted, so the audience helped me out with topics. A whole feedback show if you will. Don't forget to join us live on Twitch, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2pm Eastern! September 7, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 61 (Episode 612) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Live audience grab bag

We take a nugget of an idea and play with it until we come up with a plot for a romcom, a horror story, fantasy, and other genres. Don't forget to join us live on Twitch, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2pm Eastern! September 2, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 60 (Episode 611) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Playing With Ideas

 It gets close to kill your darlings, but if you've been working on a book for years and years, you might want to try a fresh story. No one says you have to abandon it.   Don't forget to join us live on Twitch, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2pm Eastern!   August 31, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 59 (Episode 610) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] How Long Have You Been Working On That Book?

It's hard to deal with too many ideas, but I have some thoughts. But also, for the luvva all that is decent, don't pay to publish your book. Just...don't. August 26, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 58 (Episode 609) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Too Many Ideas, and ANOTHER SCAM ON THE INTERNET

[ISBW] Post Project Meh

This podcast will be heard and hopefully lessons will be learned. (But is there ever a time TO use passive voice? Of course there is!) I'm behind on posting these, so if there's a link I forgot, please let me know.   August 19, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 56 (Episode 607) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Passive Voice

 I think I'm slow at these because I hate show notes. Truly. Keeping up with my "flossing" topics- what exactly does "Show, don't tell" mean? Is there a time when Telling is better than showing?   Twitch schedule for this week: M- 2pm AMA T- 2pm I Should Be Writing W- 11am Ditch Diggers Th- 2pm I Should Be Writing I will probably play a game or something, but I don't want to schedule it because it's low on the priority of all the things I need to get done.   I WILL finish the damn novella this week. Tomorrow, hopefully. August 17, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 55 (Episode 604) | murverse.com | Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Show, Don't Tell

Whew! I'm way behind on posting these! But here is the show where we talk about the seemingly simple question- where do you start? Twitch schedule for this week: M- 2pm AMA T- 2pm I Should Be Writing W- 11am Ditch Diggers Th- 2pm I Should Be Writing I will probably play a game or something, but I don't want to schedule it because it's low on the priority of all the things I need to get done. I WILL finish the damn novella this week. Today, hopefully. OH YALL- Check it out! I wrote a running adventure for Six to Start, (of Zombies, Run! fame). If you have the app, you'll have access to the adventure. And a VIP pass isn't too expensive for so much content. This is a story I've wanted to tell for so long, but couldn't find the right medium. The Necropolis is a city within the mountains where people worship the sun and mourn the dead moon. And a Godmaker sits in cabin above them all and carves household gods for the people in town. You are her apprentice, and you Godmaker comes out TOMORROW! 

[ISBW] Where to Start Your Story

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