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ISBW #231 – Jeff VanderMeer Interview

Mur Lafferty — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:19:38 +0000

I’m back onto my schedule, interview with Jeff VanderMeer today, feedback later this week!

ISBW #229 – NK Jemisin Interview

Mur Lafferty — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:01:25 +0000

From World Fantasy Con, I speak to NK Jemisin outside a coffee shop (pardon the ambient noises).

ISBW #227 – Guilt / Ann VanderMeer

Mur Lafferty — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:35:10 +0000

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) [...]

ISBW #225 – Imposter Syndrome / Tobias Buckell Interview

Mur Lafferty — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:12:49 +0000

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 [...]

ISBW #223 – Self pub does not equal total control / John Berlyne Interview

Mur Lafferty — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:18:57 +0000

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 [...]

ISBW #221: Chuck Wendig Interview

Mur Lafferty — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:05:12 +0000

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 [...]

ISBW #218: Writing the Other / Lou Anders Interview

Mur Lafferty — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:37:15 +0000

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, [...]

ISBW #217: Boring grown up stuff / Grammar Girl Interview

Mur Lafferty — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:43:20 +0000

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 [...]

ISBW #214: Self Pub vs Trad Pub War / Tracy Hickman Interview

Mur Lafferty — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:23:19 +0000

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 [...]

ISBW #212 – Kickstarter Lessons/Daniel H. Wilson interview

Mur Lafferty — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:08:37 +0000

I go over what I learned in my Kickstarter campaign, and interview Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse.