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Playing For Keeps available for print from Swarm Press, Aug. ‘08

Sick of these announcements yet?
I am thrilled to announce that I have signed a contract to release Playing For Keeps with Swarm Press! Swarm is an imprint of Permuted, the small horror press, and is launching this summer with three superhero titles, PFK being one. (For podcast fans, Matthew Wayne Selznick’s Brave Men Run is […]

Mur Lafferty | May 10th, 2008 | Continued

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Cory Doctorow releases Little Brother

One of my favorite guests from I Should Be Writing, Cory Doctorow, has a new book out! A YA book focusing on kids, online rights and Homeland Security, Little Brother is available in hardcover and audiobook. Cory’s strongly against DRM - digital rights management - and refuses to release his book through Audible or iTunes […]

 
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Mur Lafferty | May 6th, 2008 | Continued

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Playing For Keeps Issue 15

You thought we’d forgotten, didn’t you? Not at all, the ultimate issue is here, the story ending with a grand battle and some heroic actions by many. Including some mindblowing cover art from Natalie Metzger and JC Hutchins, and a little special something from a Hugo and Nebula winning author. (You know to look for […]

 
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Mur Lafferty | May 2nd, 2008 | Continued

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Announcing The News from Poughkeepsie!

i would like to announce my latest project: The News From Poughkeepsie.
I get a lot of email from people who are afraid to join peer writing groups because they’re afraid someone will steal their ideas. I’ve heard authors say that they get a lot of people saying, “Hey, I’ve got this great idea for a […]

Mur Lafferty | April 22nd, 2008 | Continued

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Obsidian is coming - Have you heard?

Obsidian is coming.
I am thrilled to be part of the audio anthology podcast project that is 7th Son, Obsidian. My story will be alongside works by Scott Sigler, Michael A. Stackpole, and my nemesis, Matt f’n Wallace (author of The Next Fix). But the project is bigger than the seven of us working on it […]

Mur Lafferty | April 10th, 2008 | Continued

About this Site

A while ago someone asked me if there was one central place to find all of my projects, and while I do have a home page, it doesn’t have one centralized feed to subscribe to, nor does it have easy access to my archives. So I decided to make the Murverse.
The Murverse is where you […]

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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 26

First sentence Saturdays:
Look, I am sorry I wasn’t there to save the world the second time, but I had to help Sue get ready for the garage sale.
Inspired by my friend Rick Jones and the fact that I’m here blogging instead of helping Jim get ready for a neighborhood garage sale.

17May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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Speaking at Quail Ridge Books, Various Links

I’ll be speaking with PG Holyfield at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC tomorrow about podcasting and writing. It’s a free talk, please drop by if you’re local!
I was a narrator on both Pseudopod and Podcastle recently, and they both ran close together. Too bad I didn’t hit Escpe Pod for the trifecta.
I’ll be at […]

16May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 25

General Stuff Fridays:
I’ve speculated what the police/army would do if the world became a lot more peaceful. And I just realized it. They would form militias to cover the “*police” terms we come up with. Grammar police, thought police, chocolate police, if something needs to be regulated and protected, these people will protect it. We […]

16May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 2 comments | Continued
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Geek Fu Morning Show LITE After Dark #12

Yeah, I say it’s #11, but really, it’s #12. Live from RavenCon ‘08 with John Cmar, Laura Burns, Joe Komenda, Stuart Jaffe and Tom Gideon! We talk PUPPIES and dishwashers. There has been alcohol involved.
We missed you, Jason!

 
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15May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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ISBW #90 - Picking up where we left off

Now, I recorded this last week. If you’ve been paying attention, you know I have an announcement. I will be making the announcement via the podcast very shortly.

Promo: Mur and PG Holyfield speak at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh this Saturday, May 17.
I discuss how I’m getting back into the novel I put aside.
Promo: Manic […]

 
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15May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 5 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 24

Scenes Thursdays:
Jared leapt atop the pallet of the warehouse, bullets ricocheting off the concrete floor. He swore to himself and hugged his satchel closer to him. He crouched down and took a moment to breathe, hidden by a crate from Turkey. He grabbed a gun from inside his satchel, taking a moment to caress the […]

15May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 23

Macguffin Wednesdays:
A book is found in an old bookstore, and it’s encrypted in a sophisticated cypher that has three different messages, depending on which key you use. Three organizations in the city have the three different keys. They’re very different organizations, (say, the Masons, the Nurse’s Union, and the Boy Scouts) groups that never found […]

14May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 2 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 22

Settings Tuesdays:
The reason why honey is so dangerous to infants is fear of botulism, lots of little spores and stuff that digestive tracts can’t handle. What I like is the idea of a seriously complex political system that controls the botulism spores. And the good systems can keep the botulism down, but the corrupt systems, […]

13May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 21

Character sketches Mondays
Prophesy is a funny thing. So when Prince Lawrence was visited by the local seer on his thirteenth birthday, he was dismayed to find out he is not the Chosen One, or a Hero, or the Savior. He was destined to be a good and fair king during the time of peace his […]

12May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 20

Anything goes Sundays
So on the ride home I was thinking about the plotlines, mainly thinking about the whole hide-the-important-thing-inside-a-living-person plotline. And that’s been done. it’s tired.
But what if we twist it? What if we have a king who needs to hide something. Doesn’t matter what. it’s a Macguffin. We’ll worry about that later. But […]

11May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 4 comments | Continued
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