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I Should Be Writing

"I should be writing" is what people say, but they rarely do it. This podcast is designed to help you get past those blocks, whether it"s what your teacher told you when you were a kid, to being totally sure you"ll never be as good as (FAV AUTHOR) so you might as well quit.

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46:49

[ISBW] Opportunity vs Self Care: How Can You Tell?

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/04/02

Open 2022 Word Count: 41200 (?) Does Mur need her own cruise? Signs point to “yes” Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 100 Ditch Diggers returns April 4! SFWA Membership requirements have been updated Main Topic: Applied Self Help Strategies. Chances. Opportunities. Luck. Shonda. Rhimes. Scientific study examining luck as the convergence of talent, opportunity and hard work: “How Luck Happens: Using the Science of Luck to Transform Work, Love, and Life” by Janice Kaplan & Barnaby Marsh

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29:35

[ISBW] Mystical Agent Wizards and their Wizarding...

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/03/31

Open 2022 Word Count: 41200 (?) Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 93 (maybe? Bots broke themselves) Ditch Diggers returns April 4! Horizon Forbidden West Family Game Time Main Topic: Agents, and the Magic We Need them to Do Listener question: when to approach an agent when publishing agreements are already in place How to find out who represents an author Basic reasons why you need an agent March 22, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 24 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5

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01:12:19

[ISBW] Ursula Vernon, Chaos Demigoddess, Is In The House

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/03/25

Open 2022 Word Count: 39600ish Ursula’s word count today: 1120 Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 93 Main Topic: Ursula Vernon. ‘Nuff Said. A Wild T. Kingfisher Appears! Here There Be Cursing… Sushi Good, deep fried fish bad… wait, what? Nah, really? Book Club: We Fear No Spoilers Here (or, Don’t Talk About Spoiler Club) The dietary habits of oxpeckers Story time: Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking Evil Mur and Evil Ursula Appear! Ursula’s new project: Steven Universe meets Silence of

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31:23

[ISBW] Brain Weasels that have nothing to do with...

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/03/23

Open 2022 Word Count: 38500? Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 93 Last chance Hugo nominations (ends March 15) Upcoming changes at Escape Pod Main Topic: Brain weasels When brain weasels attack and charge down riding the avoidance buffaloes Juggling the various stresses that live rent free in your brain, when they don’t need to be there The weasels may be strongest at the start Control the lure of the distractions March 15, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 22 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur

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27:30

[ISBW] Fiction Traps and How to Avoid Them

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/03/17

Open 2022 Word Count: 38083 Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 81 Yay Premee Nebula nom Yay secret project update Notes on Writing the Other [ dog cam and dog treats activated ] Main Topic: Falling into those Fiction Traps, and Ways to Sidestep Them Writing yourself into a corner using a background character that grows beyond your boundaries Art imitating life, but life is not narratively tidy, while fiction tends to be Feed your subconscious deeply and well, and let things percolate

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38:54

[ISBW] Task Avoidance: We WANT to write… right?

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/03/16

Open 2022 Word Count: 37083 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open through March 15 Team Rejection count: 81 Nebula Awards Finalists announced, and there was much rejoicing! Ditch Diggers update Main Topic: Task Avoidance Hows and Whys Taking action: applying things learned from self-help tips Finding the reasons (fears) we are practicing task avoidance with the writing that needs to be done (perfectionism, sunk costs fallacies, etc) Ira Glass “The Gap”

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39:04

[ISBW] Sanderson's Success, As Told Through Animal...

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/03/12

Open 2022 Word Count: ~34809 Doing character research… ? Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open through March 15 Team Rejection count: 78 ISBW Book Club launch imminent Main Topic: Why most writers can't duplicate Sanderson, told through Animal Crossing metaphors. Clearing the slates in Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing Building a new island with Brandon Sanderson-like business aplomb Working to make enough money to be able to buy cool stuff to make your island better March 3, 2022 |

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28:25

[ISBW] How Can We Use Agency to Make Our Stories Better?

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/03/08

ISBW S18 Ep18 Open 2022 Word Count: ~34000 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 55 Main Topic: The Agency that Characters Should Have Giving lead & side characters the ability to make choices about their own paths Good choices, bad choices, at least they make the choices March 1, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 18 | murverse.comCopyright 2022, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

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44:05

[ISBW] Story Bibles: What are they, Do I need one?

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/03/01

Open Mur’s newest, STATION: ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 (Cover So Pretty) 2022 Word Count: ~31000 Murder mysteries should not be boring There’s no such thing as a working convention visit Authors cannot control book prices. Don’t yell at them about that, please? Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 44 Beefing up story in Midsolar Murders Book 2 Will Staehle: Art Good Main Topic: Making Story Bibles Work Why you might need a story bible, and

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32:09

[ISBW] Which Word is Worst: Could or Should?

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/03/01

Open STATION ETERNITY will be out on October 4 2022 (Cover So Pretty) 2022 Word Count: ~34000 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 50 Main Topic: The Burdens of “Could” and “Should” Analysis Paralysis has entered the building… with a shiv… now what? When stories are wanted, needed and cared about. Or not. Evil Mur appears! What to work on when Move on to new projects February 24, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 17 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty |

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32:16

[ISBW] The End... ?

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/02/25

Open Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 (Cover So Pretty) 2022 Word Count: 29193 Heading for Boskone Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 42 Main Topic: Ending Your Stories Ambiguous endings: where lies the story satisfaction? The endings structure of romances Save the Cat Beat Sheet for story parts Advice on Endings from James Patrick Kelly “Beginnings, Middles, and Ends” by Nancy Kress “Save the Cat Writes a Novel” by Jessica

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[ISBW] The End... ?

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/02/25

Open Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 (Cover So Pretty) 2022 Word Count: 29193 Heading for Boskone Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 42 Main Topic: Ending Your Stories Ambiguous endings: where lies the story satisfaction? The endings structure of romances Save the Cat Beat Sheet for story parts Advice on Endings from James Patrick Kelly “Beginnings, Middles, and Ends” by Nancy Kress “Save the Cat Writes a Novel” by Jessica

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34:01

[ISBW] LIES

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/02/22

Open Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4, 2022 Saved by Save The Cat Beat Sheets 2022 Word Count: 27890 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 40 New Book Cover Reveal on io9 Feb 17th Evil Mur Appears! Main Topic: LIES Emotions are not Reality Self confidence, self doubt, and the roller coaster ride between Depression Lies, Anxiety Lies, Dr House reminds us Everybody Lies Artist’s Way vs Finding Water February 15, 2022 | Season 18 Ep

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44:14

[ISBW] Let’s Build A Character!

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/02/17

Open (Pre-Open) Pick a word, and use it a lot (new Evil Mur tip?) Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 38 New book: Slaying the Dragon by Ben Riggs Main Topic: Let’s Build A Character! Using a character toolkit to help create characters for your story Better Backstories cards (see links) could help jumpstart ideas Yes, fictional characters living rent-free in your head is common with

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42:20

[ISBW] How Do I Workshops?

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/02/16

Open (Pre-Open) Dogs Run the Joint! Mur’s newest, STATION ETERNITY, will be out on October 4 2022 Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 35 Audio Drama inspiration New Assistant onboard Main Topic: How Do I Workshops ADHD-Friendly organization methods, revisited Prioritizing tasks randomly: Taking the D20 roll to heart Will there be a Brindlewood Bay stream in the future? Writing Workshop Etiquette & Guidelines Structure for receiving and giving critiques

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27:00

[ISBW] Are You Drowning in Productivity?

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/02/10

Open (Pre-Open) Babylon 5 old and new Giveaway: SVG and Bump Words: No Words Yet Today Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: 34 Word Compensation, yay! Main Topic: Productivity Overwhelm Overload When seeking out productivity tools becomes part of the distraction problem When working with many different methods & systems causes productivity setbacks Planners, planning and ADHD… let’s roll a D20 and go from there! February 3, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 11 |

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31:16

[ISBW] Keep Your Eyes On Your Own Paper

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/02/09

Open (Pre-Open) Stream Raiders game dev sausage making WIP: A Swarm of Cuckoos, 19,407 words Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: up to 34 (19 new ones from Brian alone) Reality Checks: stop worrying about the (podcast) numbers Main Topic: Look at Your Own Paper (Focus on Your Work) Keep yourself mentally healthy by avoiding comparing your career with others’ Freedom to write what you want, or maintain the momentum of what has been selling? Keep Writer

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36:35

[ISBW] HAVE LIFECHANGING WORKSHOPS, uh, changed With...

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/02/05

Open Special Saturday Stream! Working on new office layout Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: now at 14 Greg is working on draft of Book 4 in his series Main Topic: Greg’s Teaching & Writing Greg is teaching one of the Odyssey Workshop’s Winter Online Sessions Pandemic influence: Odyssey shifting to 100% online instead of a 6-week in-house program Series and characters, likeable vs deserving Mur gets pointers for writing clues in a mystery series

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48:51

[ISBW] Matt Wallace Declares the Year of the Fat Kid!

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/02/03

[NOTE: this episode has some NSFW language] Open Welcome back from the wilderness, Matt F’n Wallace! Scrivener will indeed tell you how many words you wrote in a year Mur is making progress on Midsolar Murders Book 2 Matt is working on a video game he can’t talk about yet, and we await Savage Crowns Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: now at 14 Main Topic: Matt’s New Middle Grade Book This is the book Matt always wanted as a kid, so now he’s written it

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29:19

[ISBW] (Meta) State of the Shows, and Mur

I Should Be Writing ·

2022/02/02

Open Yesterday: adventure flails + research rabbit holes = zero words written Good News Good News Hugo nominations are open for 2022 Team Rejection count: now at 14 Rescue Adventure Fumble Saving Throw Success! Main Topic: Game of Goals Setting goals, meeting goals from different directions, and changing things up What to do when growth is shrinking rather than growing Is there a better way to find a better fitting niche for your podcast? Goal: A Scifi Writing Stream Team Dream Team The status

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