I Should Be Writing

by Mur Lafferty · · · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · 27 subscribers

"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.

Good News Good News * Team Rejection count: 328 Main Topic: Gwendolyn Kiste, “Reluctant Immortals” * Gwendolyn talks about the “reluctant immortals” in her new novel, well-known characters from Classic Literature * Brainstorming is work * Questions from chat * https://www.gwendolynkiste.com/ * https://twitter.com/GwendolynKiste Links * Mur on Focusmate! * Mur on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube * Newsletter, The Hot Mic * Support via Patreon! * John Anealio on Bandcamp * I Should Be Writing tea blends * Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more! * OR Get signed books from my …

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Tags: arts, literature, science, fiction, fantasy, writing, arts/literature

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S18 Ep57 NOTE- we had a number of technical difficulties, including a part where the stream drops off and then returns. Please take note. I can't remember if we swore in this one, but just in case, this has an EXPLICIT tag.
ISBW S18 Ep56: Guest Tanvi Berwah and Writing Myths Good News Good News Team Rejection count: 328 Main Topic: Tanvi Berwah, “Monsters Born and Made” Tanvi talks about her new novel, the Indian & Arabic myths her story’s monsters are based...
[ISBW] Evil Mur AMA Aug. 29, 2022
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I'm back from my break and not making you wait months for the next Spoiler's Club! We have John Scalzi talking Kaiju Preservation Society, with a chance to win! Email me at before July 15, 2022, to enter! Watch the interview on ! To hear the whole...
The first rule of Spoilers Club is talk about all the spoilers. It's our very first Spoiler's Club episode, where we read One For All by Lillie Lainoff, and then she came on the show to talk all about the book with us! and then listen to the episode!...
Pre-show Notes I've been stressed out finishing my book, and sat on SO MANY EPISODES. So we'll be releasing them soon. Don't forget Spoilers Club, June 25! Also: Total raw wordcount for 2022: 118656 S18 Ep42 Live from the Outer Banks, North...
Pre-show Notes I've been stressed out finishing my book, and sat on SO MANY EPISODES. So we'll be releasing them soon. Don't forget Spoilers Club, June 25! Also: Total raw wordcount for 2022: 118656 S18 Ep41 Live from the Outer Banks, North...
Pre-show Notes I've been stressed out finishing my book, and sat on SO MANY EPISODES. So we'll be releasing them soon. Don't forget Spoilers Club, June 25! Also: S18 Ep40 2022 Word Count: 73335 ?? (are we even in the same ballpark?) ...
Pre-show Notes I've been stressed out finishing my book, and sat on SO MANY EPISODES. So we'll be releasing them soon. Don't forget Spoilers Club, June 25! Also: Total raw wordcount for 2022: 118656 Open 2022 Word Count: 73335 ?? Writing...