Podcast Episodes

Conquering Creative Bully #1: BART (a potato)

Season 21 Episode 7

"The bully loves pantsers because it can insult your outline."-Mur Lafferty

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Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

From Medieval Fashion to Modern Writing with Natania Barron

Season 21 Episode 6

S21 Ep6: From Medieval Fashion to Modern Writing with Natania Barron

"Stories are how I make sense of the world." -Natania Barron

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Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

How to use holidays in your fiction

Season 21 Episode 5

S21 Ep5: Crafting Tales Through Holiday Themes

"Engaging with the holidays definitely feels like a way to develop world and character." -Mur Lafferty

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Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Taking a Machete to Creative Blocks with Premee Mohamed

Season 21 Episode 4

S21 Ep4: Taking a Machete to Creative Blocks with Premee Mohamed

"My characters would be wandering around the field with me going like, hey, I just found a rare orchid." -Premee Mohamed

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Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Howzell Hall on Balancing Thrillers and Fantasy

Season 21 Episode 3

S21 Ep3: Rachel Howzell Hall on Balancing Thrillers and Fantasy

"I will try this new thing and I will learn how to do it." -Rachel Howzell Hall

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Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mental Health and Creativity

Season 21 Episode 2

S21 Ep2: Mental Health and Creativity

"Nothing is 100% original. It's what you do with it that counts." -Elaine M. Will

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Published on 8 months ago

[ISBW] Evil Mur Ushers in 2025

Season 21 Episode 1

S21 Ep1: In Which Evil Mur Delivers a Message of Hope 

"It's time to just... quit." -Evil Mur

(Do not listen to Evil Mur)

Welcome to a new season of I Should Be Writing, where the notorious Evil M…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

[ISBW] Ten Terrible Ideas

Season 20 Episode 35

[NOTE- even though I remember editing, this is still an all over the place episode. And apparently I said I wasn’t going to swear and then did it anyway. Pretty accurate ending to 2024, actually.]

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Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Tigers [Explicit]

Season 20 Episode 34

S20 Ep34: In Which Mur Looks Into The Pit of Despair and Sees a Tiger [Explicit]

"Don't talk yourself out of being creative, because that really is the biggest thing that stops us is ourselves."

(T…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

[ISBW] Returning to Agenting with Jennifer Udden [Explicit]

Season 20 Episode 33

S20 Ep33: In Which Mur and Jen Udden Discuss World Fantasy Con, Fan Fiction, and the Ever-Changing Publishing Landscape [Explicit]

"I think we're about 10 minutes away from reinventing urban fantasy…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago