From World Fantasy Con, I speak to NK Jemisin outside a coffee shop (pardon the ambient noises).
How do you deal with ignoring your poor neglected manuscript in favor of worldbuilding and research?
Then we talk to editor Ann VanderMeer!
ISBW #227 00:33 State of the Mur: working on Xmas stories, playing with new tablet, Princess Scientist’s Book Club advent project, generally feeling productive (except when playing Skyrim) [...]
I admit it. I’ve been suffering from Imposter Syndrome. And after that, I talk to Tobias Buckell about Kickstarter, stats, and the future of publishing.
ISBW #225 00:33 State of the Mur: writing & reading Xmas stories, cheering on the NaNoWriMos. 03:11 Promo: Nil Desperandum 04:30 Dealing with “imposter [...]
As some authors dealing with Amazon are finding out, self pubbing your own work doesn’t allow you all the control we’ve been led to believe. In short, READ YOUR TERMS OF SERVICE at Lulu, Amazon, Smashwords, etc. If you don’t like the agreement, then don’t sign.
I was finally able to pin down the very [...]
Now, this contains an interview with Chuck Wendig, creator of the Terrible Minds blog, and the author of the upcoming Blackbird from Angry Robot. This is the clean, edited interview. Fabulists will get the unedited interview, and it is much longer, as Chuck and I got foul, silly, and brainstormed comics for DC. (I’m [...]
This one was tough to do. I’m pretty closed to as privileged as you can be (I’m a female non-Christian, which sets me in the “other” categories, but they’re pretty small), so the chances to offend/get something incredibly wrong are large. But that’s the point. People are afraid to write about other races, other genders, [...]
Creative types don’t think about stuff like investments, insurance, and file backups. That is, until they’re 65, sick, with no money in the bank, and their hard drive just crashed. This is stuff you must consider.
Since recording this, I’ve learned about the Freelancer’s Union, and I just became a member. It’s rather NYC [...]
Can you like self-pub and traditional pub at the same time, or are they always exclusive? Then I welcome Tracy Hickman back to the show and he tells of his upcoming projects and his courses he offers at Scribes’ Forge*!
The dogs were a bit feisty during this interview. Apologies.
ISBW #214
00:34 State [...]
I go over what I learned in my Kickstarter campaign, and interview Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse.
This is the end-all-be-all episode. You got general questions about time, agents, pseudonyms, etc? Check here first. Then I interview MD Lachlan!
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New from the Murverse- ISBW Special #46 – Stonecoast Writer’s Residency January 31, 2012
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- Short Story Alert- Gimme Shelter January 27, 2012



