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Mur — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:36:16 +0000

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Parsec Nominations are Open!

mightymur — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:41:51 +0000

Nominations for the Parsec Awards, which focuses on SF podcasting, are open! Check it out and be sure to give a nod to your favorite shows!

If you hadn’t heard, this year I’m skipping Dragon*Con (first year I’ve missed since getting pregnant with the Pink Tornado) because I am attending Worldcon in Melbourne. I’m more »

New Project Announcement- Tor.com podcast coming soon!

mightymur — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:32:43 +0000

This has been in the works for months, and will finally launch next week:

I will be the host and producer for the upcoming official Tor.com story podcast! We’ll be taking the original fiction published at Tor.com (edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden) and I’ll be cleaning up existing audio narration, narrating, or finding narration more »

On Snow and the South

mightymur — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:21:35 +0000

It snowed last night. They were calling for 4-8 inches. We got about 3 in my area. Yeah, they called off the Pink Tornado’s school. Yeah, they closed my dentist’s office.

Before every snow I know that anyone who has ever lived somewhere other than the South will wonder, mock, and laugh at the fact more »

Dare to be Stupid

mightymur — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:52:48 +0000

Every friday I have a standing lunch with some friends. We’ve been doing this for years. It’s a good group to talk with, laugh with, and bounce things off of.

On Friday, Eric was telling us about this new project. I won’t go into details, cause it’s his project, but we were talking about the more »

Follow-up to Tuesday's Suicide Girls post

mightymur — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:28:21 +0000

Wow, Tuesday’s post about social networking and the link caused some discussion! I want to bring up a couple of points.

SG was chosen because it was on my mind, but it was a poor example as you have to register with the site to be able to comment. It doesn’t change the fact more »

ANNOUNCEMENT- Tonight's SL party moved

mightymur — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:37:25 +0000

(pasted from Matt’s blog cause why reinvent the apology?) Due to circumstances beyond our control, The Year of M&M: THE GRAND FINALE blow-out on Second Life has been moved from tomorrow night to this Thursday, Dec. 18th, at 5:00 p.m. PST/8:00 p.m. EST. Matt and I apologize for any inconvenience this more »

Endorsing Obama

mightymur — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:45:26 +0000

Scott Sigler has been challenging people on Twitter to tell him why to vote FOR Obama instead of AGAINST McCain or the Bush administration. I suck at debate, so I don’t enter these discussions, but it’s been making me think. Why do I want to vote for Obama?

First, I vote democratic 99% more »

Autographed Copies of PFK

mightymur — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:32:58 +0000

I’ve gotten several questions on how people can get signed copies of Playing For Keeps if they missed me at DragonCon or aren’t close to any of my signings. I have two options:

Sally from Park Road Books in Charlotte, where I’m signing this Sunday (2pm), had this to say:

We’d be happy to more »

New Media Talk from Scott Sigler

mightymur — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:40:11 +0000

In a very fitting interview considering the benefits I’ve received from new media, Scott Sigler had a video discussion with the show Internet Superstars. As most of what I consume is audio, this video was fun to watch. I see Scott once a year at best, so it was cool to watch him interviewed. I more »

Another Superhero Author Could Use Your Help

mightymur — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:35:48 +0000

Many of my listeners are also fans of Jeffrey DeRego’s Union Dues series of short stories that appear on Escape Pod. Editor Steve Eley posted news about DeRego’s recent heart surgery, and is asking people to help out with his medical bills.

Steve says it better than I, but if you are on more »

More interviews!

mightymur — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:37:55 +0000

I was interviewed on Geek of All Trades. PG Holyfield and I were interviered on Suzanne Adair’s blog. I was on the City of Heroes cast (ah, my first MMO…)

More interviews this week, lots more! Stay tuned!

Help promote PFK!

mightymur — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:06:50 +0000

People have asked me how they can help with Playing For Keeps promotion. I was more than happy to comply with some art from some very helpful friends, JC Hutchins and Tee Morris. Feel free to take the ads, put them on your site, and link back either here or more »

More Interviews

mightymur — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:46:57 +0000

I was interviewed 7/16 by Hollywood Jesus – it was an IM interview, so if some of my answers seem a little stream-of-consciousness, that’s how I am in chat… My interview with Gem from Time Well Wasted went live this morning.

More coming soon!

Burning Bridges

mightymur — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:56:18 +0000

The concept of “burning bridges” has been fascinating to me because it’s such a complex social construct. It’s not just the simple act of doing something that severs contact with another party, damaging the relationship so it’s irreparable. There’s a lot of social hierarchy and power involved.

When I was at Red Storm, I had more »

Mur interviewed on SciFi Surplus – and interview me!

mightymur — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:38:26 +0000

Last night I had a blast being on the SciFi Surplus podcast, one of the best SciFi media news podcasts out there. We talked podiobooks in general, and my stuff in particular near the end.

Direct link to episode and show notes.

Incidentally, I am very open to interviews as I try to more »

Is NfP a challenge?

mightymur — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:23:05 +0000

Some people think so. Jeff Hite contacted me and said he’s doing a story a day for 30 days based on the News From Poughkeepsie – today is the first day he’s doing this. Considering I have a bad habit of posting late, he’ll be a day behind me, but be sure to more »

VIGILANTISM BREEDS MORE CRIME

mightymur — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:52:35 +0000

There’s a nationwide blackout, the world is going to hell in a hand basket, and posters begin to go up as the nation enters martial law.

7th Son OBSIDIAN is coming, and you can collect all the propaganda posters to prepare for the upcoming launch of the fiction anthology! #14 is here, and you more »

Changes to The News From Poughkeepsie

mightymur — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:42:41 +0000

Hey all. Thanks for all the great feedback on The News From Poughkeepsie project so far. It’s been challenging and sometimes frustrating, but always fun.

And no, I’m not making drastic changes implying i can’t keep up with the daily posting. I just want some structure in my life. So I’ll be doing a couple more »

More Interviews and appearances!

mightymur — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:05:52 +0000

Stuff I forgot in my previous post:

I was interviewed on Steampunk Spectacular (why steampunk? Listen to WASTELAND and you’ll find out.) The fabulous guys from Beatnik Turtle interviewed me for their Indie Band Survival Guide podcast. I contributed my voice to a story that will run on more »