I Should Be Writing

People talk about character and plot and climax, but no one covers how novel structure is needed to put it all together. SPOILERS for A Song of Ice and Fire Series and the Broken Earth Series by N.K. Jemisin.

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February 18, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 14 (Ep 565) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

Had a personal emergency and was unprepared, so the audience and Twitter questions keep me going!

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February 16, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 13 (Ep 564) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

Every few years there's a very concerned think piece about the innocent writer who got a six figure advance and blew it all, or sold zero books, or just felt betrayed by publishing, and I am sick of it. If only we all could get articles written about us when we have a bad day at work, or show ourselves unwilling to do basic research into our new profession.

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February 11, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 12 (Ep 563) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

"Notebooks: Do You Have a PROBLEM?" is brought to you in large part by by my patrons , who received this episode early, and expanded. You can join us with a pledge as low as $1  a month! 

Ohhhh... pretty notebooks.

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February 9, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 11 (Ep 562) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

I have three projects going on right now that need edits, and for the next two months I'm going to be doing this thing that I HATE. So let's go into why, and how. 

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• Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout
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February 9, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 10 (Ep 561) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License