The Murverse Mothership

Feb 17 2025 48 ep. 40 mins 2k

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All of the podcasts coming from Mur Lafferty including I Should Be Writing and Ditch Diggers (with Matt Wallace)!

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[ISBW] Mental Health and Creativity

S21 Ep2: Mental Health and Creativity “Nothing is 100% original. It’s what you do with it that counts.” -Elaine M. Will (This post went live for supporters on February 13, 2025. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon or Substack!) Ever-looming existential dread, but we keep going. Then there’s the challenge of navig

[DD] Resolutions, Ducks, and That Elephant Is Back

Jan 22 2025 47 mins

“Try to make the world a better place. You personally are not on the hook to fix everything.” – Ursula Vernon (This post went live for supporters on January 17, 2025. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon or Substack!) Transcript S.11 Ep.1 Welcome to Season 11 of Ditch Diggers with Mur Lafferty and Ursula Vernon! We try

[ISBW] The Art of Quitting, Evil Mur Style

S21 Ep1: In Which Evil Mur Delivers a Message of Hope “It’s time to just… quit.” -Evil Mur (Do not listen to Evil Mur) (This post went live for supporters on January 17, 2025. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon or Substack!) Welcome to a new season of I Should Be Writing, where the notorious Evil Mur takes the

[DD] How Mur and Ursula Edit

Jan 15 2025 63 mins

“Editing is where you leave the craft behind and start thinking like a business.” – Mur Lafferty “I am the person with the hat.” – Ursula Vernon Transcript (This post went live for supporters on January 13, 2025. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon or Substack!) In this final episode of season six of

[ISBW] Ten Bad Ideas

S20 Ep35: In Which Mur Explores 10 Terrible Ideas and Chats About Writing, Games, and More [Explicit] “You need to come up with terrible ideas. And once you come up with terrible ideas, you will start developing good ideas.” -Mur (This post went live for supporters on January 7, 2025. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon or Su

[ISBW] Tigers

S20 Ep34: In Which Mur Looks Into The Pit of Despair and Sees a Tiger [Explicit] “Don’t talk yourself out of being creative, because that really is the biggest thing that stops us is ourselves.” (This post went live for supporters on November 14, 2024. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon or Substack!) NOTE: It occurs t

[ISBW] Returning to Agenting with Jennifer Udden [Explicit]

S20 Ep33: In Which Mur and Jen Udden Discuss World Fantasy Con, Fan Fiction, and the Ever-Changing Publishing Landscape [Explicit] “I think we’re about 10 minutes away from reinventing urban fantasy and paranormal romance.” – Jennifer Udden (This post went live for supporters on November 12, 2024. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes,

[ISBW] NowNoWhatMo…with Valerie Valdes [Explicit]

S.20 Ep.32: In Which Mur and Valerie Discuss NaNoWriMo Alternatives, Writing Tools, and Community Building [Explicit] “The spirit of NaNoWriMo was to do something big, bold, and show what you’re capable of.” – Valerie Valdes (This post went live for supporters on November 13, 2024. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Pat

[ISBW] From Fanfiction to Fantasy: Gwynne Garfinkle’s Writing Adventures

Nov 15 2024 42 mins

S.20 Ep.31: In Which Mur and Gwynne Garfinkle Discuss Short Stories, Anthologies, and the Joy of Fanfiction “[Fanfic] got me back into liking the fun of writing fiction.” – Gwynne Garfinkle (This post went live for supporters on November 12, 2024. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon or Substack!) Join me as I welcome b

[ISBW] Unveiling the Magic of Cozy Fantasy with Stacy Sivinski

Nov 14 2024 43 mins

S20 Ep30: In Which Mur and Stacy Sivinski Discuss Cozy Fantasy, Sensory Writing, and Sisterhood “The senses are actually connected, and the way we describe sensation and prioritize sight and sound is actually attached to social biases that need to be reconstructed.” – Stacy Sivinski (This post went live for supporters on November 12, 2024. If you want early, ad-f