The Murverse

ISBW Special #46 – Stonecoast Writer’s Residency

Mur — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:41:30 +0000

As I mentioned, I’m going back to school, and this is from the middle of my January residency. I’m tired and loopy and with other students.

ISBW #230 – Feedback

Mur — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:59:52 +0000

I am hitting the road tomorrow for grad school. Have some feedback!

ISBW #230

00:29 State of the Mur: plans for an upcoming Good Cop/Bad Cop 00:57 Promo: Marco and the Red Granny 02:24 FEEDBACK: prioritizing writing projects (editing vs. new writing, multitasking vs. single focus); listener-suggested resources for helping children write — more »

Short Story Alert- Gimme Shelter

Mur — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:51:48 +0000

I wrote a zombie short story for JR Blackwell’s anthology, Gimme Shelter (to go along with her RPG, Shelter In Place.) My story is called “Third Date Questions” and, well, it’s all there in the title.

It features stories from other amazing authors such as Filamena Young, Jared Axelrod, PJ Schnyder, Christiana more »

WorldBuilder is live!

Mur — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:59:20 +0000

WorldBuilder is Angry Robot‘s innovative push into encouraging rather than discouraging fan created content. With the release of the alternate reality book, Empire State, we had the perfect book to base the project around. With copies of copies of copies of New York City existing, anyone can write anything and tie it more »

Eligibility in Hugos and Campbells

Mur — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:50:30 +0000

It’s awards season- if you were wondering what I’m eligible for (cause I know that’s what you think about during the dark of night when your smartphone is charging), here’s the list:

John W. Campbell Award (not a Hugo) – This is my first year of eligibility because of the pro sale of “1963: more »

Leviathan Chronicles Special Editions are Live!

Mur — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:40:43 +0000

Last year I wrote two scripts for Leviathan Chronicles, the epic audio drama from Christof Laputka, and those are finally available for purchase! You can get Season 1 for free, and if you enjoy it, the special editions are $2.99 each.

I got a chance to write the origin story of one of my favorite more »

Going Dark for SOPA Protest

Mur — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:22:35 +0000

Hi all. Yeah, I’m way behind on, well, updating everything. But one more day before updates on the new year, Stonecoast, and all that. This site is going dark to protest SOPA/PIPA.

I’ve been trying to come up with a good blog post, but frankly I’m exhausted and bleary, and this post and the more »

X-Post- SHEER WANTAGE: Writer’s Digest Best 101 Sites

Mur — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:41:49 +0000

Happy New Year! I’m back from Christmas in the disappointingly un-snowy Buffalo, NY. Getting my wordcount, uh, counted for 2011, looking at goals and stuff in 2012, planning a big blog post and end of the year show, and then…

I saw this on Twitter. Writer’s Digest 101 Best Web Sites for Writers is more »

Princess Scientist’s Advent Calendar #5

Mur — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:05:11 +0000

Merry Christmas! Enjoy your holiday and your family, and remember to forgive at Christmas, like our advent calendar has.

Princess Scientist’s Advent Calendar Days #4 and #5

Mur — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:40:29 +0000

There’s something lacking in this advent calendar. We miss our old one.

ISBW #229 – NK Jemisin Interview

Mur — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:00:44 +0000

From World Fantasy Con, I speak to NK Jemisin outside a coffee shop (pardon the ambient noises).

Princess Scientist’s Advent Calendar Day #3

Mur — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:17:31 +0000

The housesitter is all nestled all snug in our beds and we head north to Buffalo! And draw a Christmas Dragon!

Happy Hanukkah! Happy Yule! Christmas is around the corner!

Princess Scientist’s Advent Calendar Day #2

Mur — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:35:22 +0000

We realized something. Doing a daily podcast is actually easier than doing a every-couple-of-days podcast, especially during the holidays. Get some people in the house sick, have some major events happening, suddenly it’s 6 days before Christmas, the other advent peeps have 19 videos under their belt, and you’re struggling to get #2 up.

ebook pricing – weighing in

Mur — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:15:35 +0000

I’m going to share the numbers now, all the true, embarrassing numbers.

It’s been argued about, howled about, screamed about, on all sides. Whether you’re an indie author, published author, publisher, Amazon, or reader, you’ve got a fucking opinion, and you’ve likely blogged about it.

Well, Amazon doesn’t blog. It just DOES.

A Letter From Future Mur

Mur — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:15:06 +0000

May 7, 2012

Dear December Mur:

You’ve blogged about the Night Gal/Morning Gal issue before, on that other blog. And you know the damages of procrastination. I know you’ve been feeling sluggish and slow and unmotivated lately. I know you don’t want to eat right and work out because tomorrow you will not see more »

A freelancer problem you don’t often hear about

Mur — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:07:50 +0000

So I got up with the family, kissed them bye, read news, worked out (gasp, yeah, its been a while.) Got a shower, sat down to work- get an hour into things when the daughter calls. She’s sicker than we thought and I have to come get her. Twenty min to get to school and more »

Skyrim Tales

Mur — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:54:37 +0000

Skyrim is turning me into “Let me tell you about my character” girl. But damn if the game isn’t fascinating. Read on at your own risk.

Let me tell you a story…

I was trying to pickpocket a guard in Whiterun, and failed miserably. When challenged, I tried to pull rank on him, and more »

Princess Scientist’s Advent Calendar Day 1

Mur — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:19:16 +0000

It’s here! Meet our new advent calendar, and see Princess Scientist draw a Christmas Tree!

(I don’t think the other calendar minds we’re not using it this year.)

See you in a couple of days!

ISBW #228 – Feedback

Mur — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:00:27 +0000

Another feedback show, nearly caught up to present day emails!

Recent Podcast Appearances

Mur — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:00:04 +0000

I’m very bad about updating these when they happen, so here are the other shows I’ve been on this fall:

The Way of the Buffalo did a fun interview with me.

Writing Excuses had me on to discuss continuing education. Amusingly, this was before I decided to go to grad school.