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[DD] Can Mur Do ALL the Things?

“You can pull it off if you write like an angel. I do not write like an angel.” – Ursula Vernon (T. Kingfisher) In this episode of Ditch Diggers, hosts Mur Lafferty and Ursula Vernon (T. Kingfisher), talk about the horrors of ADHD convincing creative folk that they can do ALL the things. (You can’t do all the things.) They also talk about Naomi Alderman’s acquisition of Six to Start, the…

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[DD] Elephants in the Room: NaNoWriMo, Burnout, and More

“Sometimes you just need to chase the inspiration, even if it means working on a project nobody asked for.” – Ursula Transcript (This post went live for supporters on October 4, 2024. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon or Substack!) In this episode, Mur Lafferty and Ursula Vernon tackle the complexities of burnout, the writing hustle, and the latest…

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[DD] It's a Multiple Whale Year for Ursula

“Genre is a marketing tool, just like a book cover.” – Mur Lafferty In this episode of Ditch Diggers, Mur and Ursula rant about genre expectations, marketing, and what happens when you decide that genre isn’t for you because you’re special.  Ursula lists her whales, and Imposter Syndrome doesn’t really make a showing when Mur travels.  Highlights: – (05:12) Ursula’s anxiety over multiple…

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[DD] Gail Carriger returns with more wisdom!

This was recorded back in July, but time and things and travel got away with me. Actually what happened was the fact that I can’t spread podcast production across more than one day. If I do, I will forget it needs to be finished. It’s not great spending 4+ hours to produce and upload 2 shows, but if I don’t, one will fall by the wayside. ADHD brain for the win. We will be back in september,…

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[DD] Data Wonking with Podmother Gail Carriger

Ep 8: Data Wonking with Podmother Gail Carriger Ditch Diggers episode 8, “Data Wonking with Podmother Gail Carriger”  is brought to you in large part by my patrons, who received an early version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon or Substack! You can get the entire archive and bonus episodes! Streamed live, July 10, 2023 Below are some affiliate links…

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[DD] Ultimate Work for Hire Job: ASTARION

DD 12.5 If you haven’t heard, Ursula (T. Kingfisher) is writing the prequel novel for ASTARION, the most popular Baldurs Gate 3 character. So of course we have to talk about work for hire, why you do it, what you receive from it, and how to get these jobs. Also you can preorder Astarion! Even if you’re not a Baldur’s Gate fan, work for hire is likely to come up in your writing career, and you…

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[DD] Mistakes, Regrets, and Lessons Learned

“Take the chance to talk to an author or hang out with them, because they die like any other people.” DD 12.4 In this episode of Ditch Diggers, hosts Mur Lafferty and T. Kingfisher (Ursula) share our unfiltered thoughts on lessons learned from mistakes and regrets in our careers. We cover pen names, self promotion, and agent relationships.       This post went live for supporters on May 9,…

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[DD] Dare You to Write Something WEirD

“We need to write the weird stuff because that’s what makes us unique.” ~ T. Kingfisher DD 12.3 I’ve had considerable problems with Libsyn lately, so these are super late to the feed. In this episode of Ditch Diggers, hosts Mur Lafferty and Ursula Vernon (T. Kingfisher) discuss Ursula’s upcoming release of her southern gothic horror novel, Wolf Worm, and then attack Mur with a double dog dare to…

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