Ditch Diggers

Matt and Mur welcome Premee Mohamed , multiple award winning author of No One Will Come Back for Us . We talk about chickens, sea cucumbers, conventions and anxiety, and there's a hair flip in there, but you can only see it if you get the video on Patreon. Links Premee Mohamed Matt's site Mur on Focusmate ! Mur on Twitter , Instagram , Youtube Newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon ! Theme so...

Streamed live , April 3, 2023 S9 Ep4 Matt and Mur welcome Fonda Lee , multiple award winning author of Untethered Sky . Fonda talks Patreon , starting something new after a very successful series, and more! Links Fonda Lee Matt's site Mur on Focusmate ! Mur on Twitter , Instagram , Youtube Newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon ! Theme song by Devo Spice April 3, 2023 | Season 9 Ep 4 | murver...

S9 Ep3 Matt and Mur welcome Mary Robinette Kowal , podcaster, puppeteer, former SFWA president, audiobook narrator, and Hugo Award winning writer. Mary Robinette has had blog posts helping out debut authors, so we decided to pick her brain for a few more pieces of advice, from how to run a kaffeklatch to how to write something cute into your book that isn't insufferable. Links Mary Robinette Kowal...

Streamed live , February 27, 2022 S.9 Ep.2 I'm joined at the last minute by Valerie Valdes, my co-editor at Escape Pod! We talk about the whole AI thing and look to shed some light on the current kerfuffle. Links Valerie Valdes Fault Tolerance Escape Pod Matt's site Mur on Focusmate ! Mur on Twitter , Instagram , Youtube Newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon ! Theme song by Devo Spice Februa...

S9 Ep1 Streamed live , February 6, 2022 - next livestream is Feb 27, 2023 How do we, the little guys, handle things like strikes and other uncomfortable news? HarperCollins strike news Tom Monteleone news from File 770 " Missing Stair " concept Links Matt's site Mur on Focusmate ! Mur on Twitter , Instagram , Youtube Newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon ! Theme song by Devo Spice February 6...

S8 Ep22 Streamed live , December 12, 2022 Matt joins us to close down the year and send seasonal greetings! Links Mur on Focusmate ! Mur on Twitter , Instagram , Youtube Newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon ! John Anealio on Bandcamp I Should Be Writing tea blends Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more! Get signed books fro...

Yep, I'm still behind in posting the final episodes for 2022! Here you go! S8 Ep21 Streamed live , December 5, 2022 Matt can't make this episode, so Mur handles it herself!    Links Mur on Focusmate ! Mur on Twitter , Instagram , Youtube Newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon ! John Anealio on Bandcamp I Should Be Writing tea blends Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo...

Streamed live , October 24, 2022. I was thrilled to have Veronica Roth of Divergent and Chosen Ones fame to come talk about her new book, Poster Girl , and what the business has taught her in her career!   Links Mur on Focusmate ! Mur on Twitter , Instagram , Youtube Newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon ! John Anealio on Bandcamp I Should Be Writing tea blends Support local book stores! Sta...

Matt had a family emergency so Ursula stepped in to talk about the gross topic of grooming, and whether any one person has the power to make or break your career.    Links Mur on Focusmate ! Mur on Twitter , Instagram , Youtube Newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon ! John Anealio on Bandcamp I Should Be Writing tea blends Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star W...

Station Eternity is out! Cherie Priest and Chuck Wendig come on the show to celebrate with me!  Links Mur on Focusmate ! Mur on Twitter , Instagram , Youtube Newsletter, The Hot Mic Support via Patreon ! John Anealio on Bandcamp I Should Be Writing tea blends Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more! OR Get signed books from my frie...

Streamed live , September 26, 2022. Mur has a book coming out! And it's hard to think about anything else. Matt's taking a well-earned break from writing novels.   Links Preorder Station Eternity!  Mur on Twitter , Youtube , website Matt on Twitter , YouTube , website Matt's merch ! Mur's merch! Support via Patreon Twitch s c h e d u l e f o r S e p t e m b e r ( E a s t e r n t i m e ) : Sept 29...

Streamed live , September 23, 2022. Kameron Hurley is guest host today, and we are talking with Margaret Dunlap about the enigma that is Hollywood, money, and how you keep going when so few projects actually get to the screen Links Preorder Station Eternity! Mur on Youtube and her website Matt on Twitter , YouTube , website Matt's merch ! Support via Patreon Twitch schedule for September (EDT) Sep...

S8 Ep15   It's Post-WorldCon, and Mur and Matt have stuff to talk about regarding short stories and short story markets.  Matt has new merch!     September 5, 2022 | Season 8 Ep 15 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License

S8 Ep14   Kameron and Mur aren't bitter at all. But we do mention Nick Mamatas' Starve Better . Kameron Hurley's site   August 22, 2022 | Season 8 Ep 14 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License

Matt returns. This wasn't supposed to be a "buck up little camper" pep talk for Mur, but it turned out to be. But mostly, we talk about the importance of different things to focus on as a freelancer.  August 15, 2022 | Season 8 Ep 13 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License

S8 Ep12 Streamed live , August 8, 2022. Monopolies are bad, we all know that, and yet the "Big Six" publishers are eating each other, dwindling down, and claiming it's in the authors' best interest. We call shenanigans.   Links Alasdair Stuart, and his Hugo-nominated fanzine, The Full Lid Mur on Twitter , Youtube , website   Matt on Twitter , YouTube , website Support via Patreon Twitch schedule f...

S8 Ep11 Streamed live , July 18, 2022. So there's talk of a writing reality show. No really . So we talk about that and all the things that could go wrong with it. (And how we're dying to watch the train wreck)    Links Kameron Hurley Mur on Twitter , Youtube , website   Matt on Twitter , YouTube , website Support via Patreon Twitch schedule for July: 25th Monday 12pm: Special Birthday Stream! 26t...

S8 Ep10 Streamed live , July 11, 2022. Y'all have asked for it, and I deliver! My former agent Jen Udden joins us live to answer questions (since she isn't an agent anymore but she still has all that knowledge.)   Links Jennifer Udden's podcast Shipping and Handling Mur on Twitter , Youtube , website   Matt on Twitter , YouTube , website Support via Patreon Twitch schedule for July: 25th Monday 12...

S8 Ep9 Streamed live , May, 2022.   Whoops, I told you I needed a break this past spring. I never got this out to folks. Recorded mid-may I believe.  Links U rsula Vernon   Mur on Twitter , Youtube , website   Matt on Twitter , YouTube , website Support via Patreon Twitch schedule for July 11-15: 11th Monday 12pm: Ditch Diggers with Ursula Vernon 12th Tuesday 3pm: I Should Be Writing 13th Wednesda...

S8 Ep8 Streamed live , July 5, 2022.   I'm joined by G rant Baciocco and we talk about video and TikTok and how to know what kind of content to make, if you're digging ditches!  Links Toiley on TikTok , Youtube, Twitch  The Toiley's Christmas Album   Mur on Twitter , Youtube , website   Matt on Twitter , YouTube , website Support via Patreon   Twitch schedule for July 11-15: 11th Monday 12pm: Ditc...

Streamed live , May 23, 2022. I'm joined by Gwenda Bond , and we talk about writing at the beach and what we hope to get accomplished this week! Links Gwenda Bond and her new book, The Date From Hell Mur on Twitter , Youtube , Mastodon Matt on Twitter , YouTube , website Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi ! May 23, 2022 | Season 8 Ep 7 | murverse.com Copyright 2022, Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace | CC BY...

I'm joined by Alasdair Stuart and we talk about burnout and how it's hurting writers as well as publishing at large. But we manage to find some hope within! Links Trade Industry Facing Burnout Mur on Twitter , Youtube , Mastodon Matt on Twitter , YouTube , website Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi ! Twitch schedule for May: 16th Mon: 12:00pm Ditch Diggers with Matt Wallace 17th Tues: 3:00pm I Should Be...

I talk about Imposter Syndrome and how it can mess with my career, and then Matt and I discuss book banning and censorship as our politicians attack libraries. Check Links for what you can do to help.  Links American Civil Liberties Union and Free Speech Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Brooklyn Library Mur on Twitter , Youtube , Mastodon Matt on Twitter , YouTube , website Support via Patreon or Ko-...

Please note the audio is terrible. I did what I could. See if you can fast forward through me and just listen to Kameron! Kameron Hurley is back playing Proxy Matt and we talk social media again! *l*n M*sk got himself a new toy, so we start discussing what else we can do as authors who need to use social media. (I'm on Mastodon now!) Links Mur on Twitter , Youtube , Mastodon Matt on Twitter , YouT...

Matt and I discuss how some Kickstarter have made millions, and smaller magazines are shutting down. Links Mur on Twitter , Youtube Matt on Twitter , YouTube , website Support via Patreon or Ko-Fi ! Twitch schedule for April 18-30: Mon: Ditch Diggers with Matt Wallace 12pm Tues: ISBW 3pm Wed: Gaming (Inscription) 3pm Thurs: ISBW 3pm Sat: Spoilers Club: One for All 6pm April 18, 2022 | Season 8 Ep...