The Murverse » Playing For Keeps http://www.murverse.com All creative works from Mur Lafferty Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:29:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1All creative works from Mur Lafferty The Murverse no All creative works from Mur Lafferty The Murverse » Playing For Keeps http://www.murverse.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpghttp://www.murverse.com/category/writing/playing-for-keeps/ Writing newshttp://www.murverse.com/2011/10/20/writing-news/ http://www.murverse.com/2011/10/20/writing-news/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:01:50 +0000 Mur http://www.murverse.com/?p=2691 Nothing as exciting as a sale or anything, but I do have some news:

I will be writing The Afterlife Series Book 6 (as yet unnamed). I figured people knew this, but then I remember news about my life is not front page material, and when I casually mentioned this on Twitter many people showed more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2011/10/20/writing-news/feed/ 6 Lost files – Stories of the Third Wavehttp://www.murverse.com/2011/10/06/lost-files-stories-of-the-third-wave/ http://www.murverse.com/2011/10/06/lost-files-stories-of-the-third-wave/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:00:23 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=2645 During some hacking last year, we lost a lot of Playing For Keeps content. I posted a bunch of content created by other people during the launch, and they were quite popular. I’m going to slowly be re-adding them here for your downloading pleasure. For now, two of the most popular episodes from Stories of more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2011/10/06/lost-files-stories-of-the-third-wave/feed/ 1 Playing For Keeps Kindle Sale, Other Podiobook Authors Hit Big!http://www.murverse.com/2009/07/10/playing-for-keeps-kindle-sale-other-podiobook-authors-hit-big/ http://www.murverse.com/2009/07/10/playing-for-keeps-kindle-sale-other-podiobook-authors-hit-big/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:25 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=845 It’s been a shitty week- both husband and kiddo have been ill with various viruses and strep, we lost power for a day and Internet for two days. As life has been either busy or crappy for several weeks, I’ve fallen way behind. But still! The world has not stopped, so we continue!

First, as more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2009/07/10/playing-for-keeps-kindle-sale-other-podiobook-authors-hit-big/feed/ 2 Mur Interviewed, Upcoming Book Signinghttp://www.murverse.com/2009/02/11/mur-interviewed-upcoming-book-signing/ http://www.murverse.com/2009/02/11/mur-interviewed-upcoming-book-signing/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:23:30 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=581 Quick sundries!

I was interviewed on the Dead Robots Society podcast! I’ll be having a book signing and reading at Chapel Hill Comics on February 28 at 6pm! Hope you can make it – we’re planning a fun event! More info as we get closer.]]> http://www.murverse.com/2009/02/11/mur-interviewed-upcoming-book-signing/feed/ 0 chapel hill comics,Interview,signing Quick sundries! I was interviewed on the Dead Robots Society podcast! I'll be having a book signing and reading at Chapel Hill Comics on February 28 at 6pm! Hope you can make it - we're planning a fun event! More info as we get closer. Quick sundries!I was interviewed on the Dead Robots Society podcast! I'll be having a book signing and reading at Chapel Hill Comics on February 28 at 6pm! Hope you can make it - we're planning a fun event! More info as we get closer. The Murverse no Suicide Girls column, another PFK announcement, and more!http://www.murverse.com/2008/10/16/suicide-girls-column-another-pfk-announcement-and-more/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/10/16/suicide-girls-column-another-pfk-announcement-and-more/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:10:44 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=481 Suicide Girls column is live! Remember, the column itself is SFW, the site as a whole is not.

There were several of us geeks in high school, several who saw those four years as long, arduous tests intended to cause so much trauma to us in order to prepare more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/10/16/suicide-girls-column-another-pfk-announcement-and-more/feed/ 3 Links, Interviews, Second Lifehttp://www.murverse.com/2008/10/02/links-interviews-second-life/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/10/02/links-interviews-second-life/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:53:35 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=472 From iTunes to the Bookshelves: The First Wave of Podcast Novelists. Shaun Farrell of Adventures in SciFi Publishing did the article, interviewing several podcast authors over this year, writing an honest and excellent article on the medium and more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/10/02/links-interviews-second-life/feed/ 0 Stories of the Third Wave #18 – The Naked Bootleghttp://www.murverse.com/2008/09/20/stories-of-the-third-wave-18-the-naked-bootleg/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/09/20/stories-of-the-third-wave-18-the-naked-bootleg/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:28:16 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=459 Boy howdy – things have been a little crazy here since DragonCon, and I’m very sorry I haven’t been updating! News before we get to the podcast:

Playing For Keeps won the Parsec Award for Best Novel! What a shock and honor! Congrats to the other nominees and winners! I now have an more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/09/20/stories-of-the-third-wave-18-the-naked-bootleg/feed/ 14 SIGNING SUNDAY – and various and sundrieshttp://www.murverse.com/2008/09/08/signing-sunday-and-various-and-sundries/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/09/08/signing-sunday-and-various-and-sundries/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:28:23 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=449 his Sunday at 2pm at Park Road Books. Hope to see you there! (Yes, I will have copies of PFK with me for purchase!) I appeared on I Killed Awesome Man Episode 1! The state of modern more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/09/08/signing-sunday-and-various-and-sundries/feed/ 7 DragonCon reporthttp://www.murverse.com/2008/09/08/dragoncon-report/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/09/08/dragoncon-report/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:45:47 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=446 I suck at con reports. I think I say that every time. But hell, cons are so kinetic with many many people to see and many many things to do that I always fear I’ll leave something out, so I end up being overwhelmed and not making any kind of report.

But this one was more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/09/08/dragoncon-report/feed/ 6 Stories of the Third Wave #17: The Torpedohttp://www.murverse.com/2008/08/28/stories-of-the-third-wave-17-the-torpedo/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/28/stories-of-the-third-wave-17-the-torpedo/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:33:51 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=441 Scott Sigler, author of violent and bloody podiobooks Earthcore, Infected, Ancestor, The Rookie, Nocturnal, and Patty’s Wonderful Day at Play Park, has created a Stories of the Third Wave about a different “hero.” The Torpdeo is a strong Third Wave man who has decided to screw anyone who says he can’t be a more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/28/stories-of-the-third-wave-17-the-torpedo/feed/ 3 NPR interview!http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/27/npr-interview/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/27/npr-interview/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:56:59 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=437 Yesterday I got interviewed on NPR’s The State of Things, our local interview show. If you missed it (and thanks so much to everyone who listened in live!) you can download is here. I’m about 40 min in.

]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/27/npr-interview/feed/ 3 npr Yesterday I got interviewed on NPR's The State of Things, our local interview show. If you missed it (and thanks so much to everyone who listened in live!) you can download is here. I'm about 40 min in. Yesterday I got interviewed on NPR's The State of Things, our local interview show. If you missed it (and thanks so much to everyone who listened in live!) you can download is here. I'm about 40 min in. The Murverse no Playing For Keeps Launch Day resultshttp://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/playing-for-keeps-launch-day-results/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/playing-for-keeps-launch-day-results/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:41:31 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=436 As of 11:00pm Eastern Time, Playing For Keeps reached:

#1 in Hot New Releases
#1 in Movers and Shakers
#1 in Science Fiction
#1 in Action/Adventure
#2 in Science Fiction & Fantasy
#2 in Genre Fiction
#3 in Literature & Fiction
#16 in Books

To say I’m stunned, more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/playing-for-keeps-launch-day-results/feed/ 35 Launch Day video 2http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/launch-day-video-2/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/launch-day-video-2/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:29:05 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=435 No, I’m not keeping up with Amazon. blame final cut. Blame it too for the dropped frames. BLAME EVERYONE BUT ME.

And it’s not Fidgert introducing the podcast (which is what the credits say), it’s Podcasting’s Rich Sigfrit. Sorry, guys. the Fidgert video died.

Wheee. This is a rush. Latest Amazon rank- #20 more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/launch-day-video-2/feed/ 6 Playing For Keepshttp://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/playing-for-keeps/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/playing-for-keeps/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:05:18 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=1058 Playing for Keeps was first delivered via podcast in audio and PDF form and is now available in print from Swarm Press. It tells the story of Keepsie Branson, a bar owner in the shining metropolis of Seventh City: birthplace of super powers. Keepsie and her friends live among egotistical heroes and manipulative villains, more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/playing-for-keeps/feed/ 1 Launch Day video 1http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/launch-day-video-1/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/launch-day-video-1/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:12:36 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=434 We had some issues with video and sound, but dammit, it’s time to launch these vids. Special “good luck!” note from Scott Sigler.

Opening animation by Earl Newton!

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What more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/25/playing-for-keeps-launches/feed/ 31 Stories of the Third Wave #16 – Pallas and Stanhttp://www.murverse.com/2008/08/24/stories-of-the-third-wave-16-pallas-and-stan/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/24/stories-of-the-third-wave-16-pallas-and-stan/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:27:52 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=429 I have been excited about this one for a while. Many months ago, Matt Wallace approached me to write the history of Seventh City’s most famous hero and villain, and the birth of the Academy. We talked at length about what I had in my story bible, and Matt created this fabulous epic out of more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/24/stories-of-the-third-wave-16-pallas-and-stan/feed/ 1 Back from vacation, new interviews and NPRhttp://www.murverse.com/2008/08/24/back-from-vacation-new-interviews-and-npr/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/24/back-from-vacation-new-interviews-and-npr/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:00:38 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=424 The week in the Outer Banks was well-needed, even despite all the stress of making sure the podcast updated automatically. Gods bless WordPress. Much to blog about, but here are some notes:

News: I will be on The State of Things, a local NPR live interview show, on Tuesday, Aug. 26. You can more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/24/back-from-vacation-new-interviews-and-npr/feed/ 1 One Day to Go! FAQhttp://www.murverse.com/2008/08/24/one-day-to-go-faq/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/24/one-day-to-go-faq/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:50:06 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=428 I was on vacation all last week, and I’ve gotten a lot of questions. What follows is a FAQ to cover them all:

Your book is listed as available on Amazon. Did I miss the launch?

No! Amazon made it available earlier than I expected, but since I’d already been spreading the word about August more »]]> http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/24/one-day-to-go-faq/feed/ 2 Stories of the Third Wave #15 – A Klamath Home Companionhttp://www.murverse.com/2008/08/22/stories-of-the-third-wave-15-a-klamath-home-companion/ http://www.murverse.com/2008/08/22/stories-of-the-third-wave-15-a-klamath-home-companion/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:50:34 +0000 mightymur http://murverse.com/?p=416 Grant Baciocco managed to do this amazing piece for me in the middle of doing The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, the music of Throwing Toasters, and umpteen other projects! It’s more Garrison Kellior parody here, plus music! Be sure to watch for the PDF in the feed later today!

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