http://isbw.murlafferty.com The podcast for wanna-be fiction writers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:19:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The podcast for wanna-be fiction writers Mur Lafferty clean Mur Lafferty mightymur@gmail.com mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) Copyright 2005-2012, Mur Lafferty Creative Commons BY-NC-SA The podcast for wanna-be fiction writers writing, literature, how-to http://isbw.murlafferty.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://isbw.murlafferty.com Durham, NC Weekly http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2010/01/22/isbw-140-amateur-writing-good-points-and-bad-bemis-enge-interviews/ http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2010/01/22/isbw-140-amateur-writing-good-points-and-bad-bemis-enge-interviews/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:17:40 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=1085 We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial!

00:00:07 ISBW #140 00:00:38 GoTo Meeting Message 00:01:29 State of the Mur: wrapping up 2009 podcasting content, Jar of Awesome method for choosing among writing projects, editing. 00:04:33 Promo: [...]]]> http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2010/01/22/isbw-140-amateur-writing-good-points-and-bad-bemis-enge-interviews/feed/ 23 fantasy,Interview,James Enge,John Claude Bemis,Lou Anders,YA We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial! 00:00:07 ISBW #140 00:00:38 GoTo Meeting Message 00:01:29 State of the Mur: wrapping up 2009 podcasting content, Jar of Awesome method for choosing among writing proje... We are proud to have GoTo Meeting as a sponsor! Get a Free 30-Day Trial! 00:00:07 ISBW #140 00:00:38 GoTo Meeting Message 00:01:29 State of the Mur: wrapping up 2009 podcasting content, Jar of Awesome method for choosing among writing projects, editing. 00:04:33 Promo: Steve Saylor and Ringtone Feeder present The Caffeine Collection, a dynamic audiobook. 00:05:48 Possible ISBW community project: The Artist's Way--let Mur know if you are interested in participating by commenting here or by email. 00:07:50 Today's topic: the freedom and curse of being an amateur writer. 00:12:19 Promo: The Audio Market List--an online audio market resource for fiction writers. 00:13:48 Interview: James Enge, author of This Crooked Way. (He can also be found at his Livejournal or on Facebook. 00:28:59 Promo: Purgatory, a podcast novel by Tim Dodge. 00:30:26 Interview: John Claude Bemis, author of the middle-grade novel The Nine Pound Hammer. (referenced book: Lev Grossman's The Magicians. 00:49:55 Promo: V for Vertigo 00:50:32 Feedback: creating an author website or blog if you are unpublished or have only a very small number of credits; naming your characters -- Charlie suggests using the names in the New Orleans Public Library's listing of Criminal Court Defendants 1880-1918; word count; studying creative writing in college; running out of steam towards the end of a novel and how to tie it all together -- check out Holly Lisle's How To Revise Your Novel writing course; an in-depth listener review of Dramatica Pro; a listener has a friend who may be giving up on writing after an agency rejection; choosing which project to start (whichever you pick, write them all down first!); listener Chris follows Ray Bradbury's advice and tries to write 1 Story a Week for 52 weeks "to get the junk out"; thoughts on books using only one P.O.V.; starting to write a story with characters and no plot yet; translating the behavior of publishing houses (anyone interested in a future podcast on agents?) Mur Lafferty no 1:12:53