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Ditch Diggers

By: Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace
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  • Treat your writing like a blue collar job. Doctors don't get doctor block and ditch diggers don't get ditch digger block, and working writers can't get writer's block. Business and humor.
    Copyright 2024 Mur Lafferty and Ursula Vernon. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Episodes
  • [DD] Ursula Vernon Takes Over- New Beginnings and No More Cancer!

    [DD] Ursula Vernon Takes Over- New Beginnings and No More Cancer!
    Jun 28 2024
    "If you want to make money, you have to think about it like a job."- Mur Transcript (This post went live for supporters on June 26, 2024. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon or Substack!) Welcome back to Ditch Diggers! In this episode, we kick things off with a fresh start and a new co-host. The mighty Mur Lafferty is joined by the fabulous Ursula Vernon (aka T. Kingfisher) as they dive into the nitty-gritty of the writing business. Ursula shares her personal journey of overcoming cancer and getting back into the writing groove, while Mur talks about the realities of making deadlines and the business side of writing. They also discuss the recent Hugo Awards controversy and the implications for authors involved. Highlights include: - Transition to Ursula as the new co-host - Ursula's health update and return to writing - The Hugo Awards controversy and its impact - Backing up your work and the Google Drive debacle - The pros and cons of attending conventions Links: Ursula Vernon/T. KingfisherMur LaffertyHugo AwardsLegends and LattesBabel by RF KuangSupernova ConDevo SpiceBackblazeJoCo CruiseFenConRavenConNASFiCWorld Science Fiction SocietyRobert's Rules of Order Evergreen Links: Mur on Focusmate!Mur on Twitter, Instagram, YoutubeNewsletter, The Hot MicSupport via Patreon! Or Substack!Theme song by Devo Spice (check here for all mentioned books) Support Local Book Stores! Ditch Diggers credits:theme song by Devo Spice, art by Numbers Ninja, site hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon). June 28, 2024 | Season 10 Ep 1 | murverse.com "Ursula Vernon Takes Over New Beginnings and No More Cancer." by Mur Lafferty and Ursula Vernon is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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    56 mins
  • [DD] Birthdays and Gail Carriger 2, Electric Boogaloo

    [DD] Birthdays and Gail Carriger 2, Electric Boogaloo
    Sep 5 2023

    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, hopefully with lots of amazing ditch digging.

    August 10, 2023 | Season 9 Ep 9 | murverse.com
    Copyright 2023, Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • [DD] Data Wonking with Podmother Gail Carriger

    [DD] Data Wonking with Podmother Gail Carriger
    Jul 20 2023

    Streamed live, July 10, 2023
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    S9 Ep8
    Horny chaotic god energy is what we're all about in today's Ditch Diggers, "Data Wonking with Podmother Gail Carriger" where Gail joins us to talk about sifting through data in self publishing. It is some heady stuff, and we discuss tying your self worth to "bad" data and more!

    Gail Carriger: 30:30 (ish): My sense of failure will kick in when a reader says I love Gail Carriger. And I didn't know she had a new book out, that's when I feel like I failed at my job. I am an author, that's the one job I had is to make sure that people who liked me can read my new books, right? That's it.

    Transcript

    • Let's Get Weedy
    • Twitter doesn't kiss well
    • When you have a new book out, your main job is to make sure your existing fans know.
    • We <3 librarians!

    Links

    • Gail's blog
    • Gail's books
    • Matt's site
    • Mur on Focusmate!
    • Mur on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube
    • Newsletter, The Hot Mic
    • Support via Patreon! Or Substack!
    • Theme song by Devo Spice

    (check here for all mentioned books)

    July 20, 2023 | Season 9 Ep 8 | murverse.com
    Copyright 2023, Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License
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    59 mins
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