I Should Be Writing

"You want to preserve your experience of the work. You want to preserve the doing of the a... more

"Anytime someone starts a sentence with, 'why don't you just,' immediately stop listening ... more

I'm going over some daily episodes from the past this month! Get the whole 2025 NaNoReRun ... more

"You should be writing, because that's the only thing that ultimately you can have even a ... more

"If you're writing your stories down, you're more than a writer than a lot of people ever ... more

[Worldcon] was my first convention where I went to panels, gave a reading, and had a big p... more

Even writing badly will get you to writing well eventually. - Chinaza Bado S21 Ep17 In th... more

Content warning: since Spread Me is erotic horror, this episode has an explicit tag. I wro... more

You have to celebrate your friends who are more successful than you. ~Jim Kelly In this sp... more

I think I was a very... particular kind of undergraduate workshop student. -Dan Kois In th... more

'Reformed Pantser' is one of the most difficult things to be. -Seth Haddon In this episode... more

"Nothing's easy, man; being an adult sucks." -Mur Lafferty In this episode, we dive deep i... more

"Despair is the overprotective parent going, 'oh, it's okay that you lost that game. We'll... more

"If you feel you have something to say, just put the time into saying it." -K.M. Huber In ... more

"Get [your book] all the way to the end. You learn so much that way that you will not lear... more

"We contain multitudes; you can be happy and jealous at the same time." -Mur Lafferty (Thi... more

"The bully loves pantsers because it can insult your outline."-Mur Lafferty (This post wen... more

S21 Ep6: From Medieval Fashion to Modern Writing with Natania Barron "Stories are how I ma... more

S21 Ep5: Crafting Tales Through Holiday Themes "Engaging with the holidays definitely feel... more

S21 Ep4: Taking a Machete to Creative Blocks with Premee Mohamed "My characters would be w... more

S21 Ep3: Rachel Howzell Hall on Balancing Thrillers and Fantasy "I will try this new thing... more

S21 Ep2: Mental Health and Creativity "Nothing is 100% original. It's what you do with it ... more

S21 Ep1: In Which Evil Mur Delivers a Message of Hope "It's time to just... quit." -Evil ... more

[NOTE- even though I remember editing, this is still an all over the place episode. And ap... more

S20 Ep34: In Which Mur Looks Into The Pit of Despair and Sees a Tiger [Explicit] "Don't ta... more

S20 Ep33: In Which Mur and Jen Udden Discuss World Fantasy Con, Fan Fiction, and the Ever-... more

S.20 Ep.32: In Which Mur and Valerie Discuss NaNoWriMo Alternatives, Writing Tools, and Co... more

S.20 Ep.31: In Which Mur and Gwynne Garfinkle Discuss Short Stories, Anthologies, and the ... more

S20 Ep30: In Which Mur and Stacy Sivinski Discuss Cozy Fantasy, Sensory Writing, and Siste... more

S20 Ep29: In Which Mur and Cat Rambo Discuss Writing, Accountability, and Intelligent Spac... more