From the monthly archives: February 2012
I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to support Ze Frank’s Kickstarter campaign. I was a huge fan of The Show when he was doing it, and constantly amazed at his creativity — not to mention his dedication to a daily vidcast of brilliant writing, flawless delivery (has the dude ever said “Um” in his life? [...]
With all of the angst going on with new writers not knowing what to do, you wonder why they don’t use the web more often. After I grump for a bit, I talk to Howard Andrew Jones, and then later, off mic, I discover I used my internal mic, not my good mic, so [...]
Hey guys- I finally did the drawing for the Writers Dice! I used RANDOM.ORG to pick nine numbers from 1-28 (since I don’t have a 28-sided die) and here are the winners! Thanks everyone for giving the writing prompts! Check out the comment thread if you need inspiration!
Winners, please email me (mightymur@gmail) [...]
To thank you for your support, I’m including a free ebook today!
Congrats to this year’s Nebula Award nominees! The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of SFWA (which I just joined! W00t!). Voting will open to SFWA Active members on March 1, 2012, and close on March 30, 2012. More information about voting can be found here.
Italicized nominees indicate [...]
It’s time for another Feedback show!
ISBW #234 00:30 State of the Mur: working on new book, deadline to submit to mentor, working on Leviathan Chronicles script (check out Mur’s Special Editions) 01:59 Promo: Paladin Corps 02:29 FEEDBACK: handling self-doubt; Douglas Gibson’s Stories About Storytellers & Kate Wilhelm’s [...]
I got a chance to talk with my idol, Connie Willis, at World Fantasy Con last fall!
The latest publishing brou-ha-ha is the tale of LJ Smith and her being fired from writing “her own” series.
Don’t get me wrong. Being fired from any job sucks. The details of her termination are not public, but we do know that she wrote this series for a long time, and is now no [...]
Campbell-winner and all around smart guy, David Anthony Durham, and I sat down at the end of our Stonecoast residency and recorded this little ditty. Hope you enjoy!
It’s going to be good week for fabulists! We have an audio update today on my new book deal! More later this week!
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New from the Murverse- ISBW Special #46 – Stonecoast Writer’s Residency January 31, 2012
- ISBW #230 – Feedback January 30, 2012
- Short Story Alert- Gimme Shelter January 27, 2012
