ISBW #339 – Ditch Diggers Sneak Peek!
I talk jealousy and show a peek at the new show I’m doing next year, Ditch Diggers. It’s still about writing, but it’s brutally honest, not clean, and with co-host Matt Wallace. I figured, today being...
View ArticleISBW: Ditch Diggers #2 – Making money is BAD
Matt takes the helm with the debate over writers attacking other writers about how they make money. In short, if you don’t support a Kickstarter, don’t fucking support it. Authors who have used...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #003: A Very Special Episode with Booze (and Kameron Hurley and...
There were guest authors, and there was booze. Kameron got silly and Mur lost the hosting thread along the way. But boy howdy did we dig some ditches and talk about down parts of our career and up...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #4: Far too late
Matt and I talk SFWA’s new concept of pro, covers, and your questions. And dammit, I also forgot to post this one, so it’s old, and you can hear Matt mock me for it in DD5, coming very soon! Obligatory...
View ArticleDitch Diggers has a home page!
If you want a specific site for your Ditch Digging needs, you are in luck! We now have a site at ditchdiggers.murverse.com. Because this is the Murverse, I will still post the content here, but that...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #5: First and last sales, and Elizabeth Bear talks quitting
This episode we discuss the first sales we had, and then compared them to the most recent. Then we have a candid interview about quitting with multiple award winning author and general badass,...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #6 – Awards
Matt and I discuss awards, the mental game, the worth of awards, and we swear a bit. We answer Twitter and email questions. And… we have a new Morgan Freeman meme: I’m fucking using the Twitter. So go,...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #7: Conventions // Brianna Wu Interview
I was sick when we recorded this. We talk conventions, why to go, why to not go, and your questions. Also, an interview with Brianna Wu from Giant Spacekat that I got at Boskone this year! We talk...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #8: Why you should NOT crowdfund or self-pub
Despite what the gurus tell you, crowdfunding and self publishing are not the golden ticket to magical unicorn success. Some people shouldn’t go this route. We discuss those people in this episode....
View ArticleDitch Diggers #9: Writing to the market
Matt and I discuss writing to the market, writing for money instead of art, and answer your questions. It’s a short one, because the next one is a super-long episode with Gail Carriger! And it drops...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #10: Featuring guest co-host Gail Carriger!
It’s Matt, Mur, Gail Carriger, and some rum as we talk about the business of writing from a bonafide New York Times bestselling author. She gets sent on book tours and shit. She’s also the godmother of...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #11: When it is NOT OK to suck // Ken Liu Interview
In I Should Be Writing i’m constantly saying that it’s OK to suck. And that’s solid advice. For new writers. Then I talk to award winning author and translator Ken Liu. You totally want our books....
View ArticleDitch Diggers #12 – The return of Hurley and Wendig
[NOTE- I’ve fixed the audio problems. If you didn’t like the split channels, please re-download this new file. –ML] Author powerhouses Kameron Hurley and Chuck Wendig return to Ditch Diggers, this time...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #12.5 – The return of Hurley and Wendig 2, Electric Boogaloo
The other half of the drunken evening with Kameron and Chuck! Kameron Hurley’s Site Chuck Wendig’s Site Matt Wallace’s Site Buy our books so we can eat. (affiliate)
View ArticleDitch Diggers #13 – Travel
Matt and I got to see each other for the first time in years a couple weekends back, where we drank, played games, and then recorded in a rather hungover way. Since we had traveled to get there, we...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #14 – Comics and Shawn Pryor Interview!
Matt and I talk to our friend Shawn Pryor about comics, minorities, and ways to move forward in the industry. Show notes! For real! Compiled by Matt! Awful direct-to-DVD Morgan Freeman movies How Bang!...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #15 – Freelancing with Mikki Kendall
We welcome Mikki Kendall, writer of fiction, nonfiction, comics, and unintentionally viral social media tags (#solidarityisforwhitewomen) to the show to talk the freelance life, when to go pro, and...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #16 – Live from Worldcon
Matt and I did a live worldcon Ditch Diggers event with amazing guest stars Fonda Lee, Linda Nagata, Kate Elliott, and Aliette de Bodard, and then we interviewed (somewhat belligerently) Tor.com editor...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #17 – Blisters
Blisters come whether you hate digging ditches or love it. Mur and Matt establish it is very early in the morning. Moat Building 101 Being overwhelmed with multiple projects, multiple deadlines, and...
View ArticleDitch Diggers #18 – Kelly Sue DeConnick Joins Us
HEY GUYS MATT’S BOOK IS OUT TODAY! GET IT NOW: Envy of Angels: A Sin du Jour Affair Ahem. Sorry. Amazing comic book writer Kelly Sue DeConnick joins us to talk project juggling, the satire of difficult...
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