On Episode 13 I speak with author, podcaster, and Campbell Award winner Mur Lafferty. I first learned of Mur through her long-running podcast, I SHOULD BE WRITING, and we had a lively discussion about:
- what’s it like writing a series specifically for a podcast;
- how public perception of writing success often differs from reality;
- how she funded a book with Kickstarter;
- how she used a “magic spreadsheet” to train herself to write every day;
- what it’s like going through 4 agents without a book deal;
- author “imposter syndrome”;
- her most recent publication, THE SHAMBLING GUIDE TO NEW ORLEANS
- and what she means by, “The first book deal is easy. The second one, that’s the tough one.”
Plus, on Today in Writing–MOBY DICK turns 163 years old. And on Today in NOT Writing–Internet Research.
You can find Mur here: http://murverse.com/.
About Our Guest:
Insightful, witty, and passionate, Mur Lafferty is a pioneer in podcasting and an exciting new voice in urban fantasy. After making her podcasting debut in 2004, she has become a respected contributor to podcasting and the speculative fiction genre. In January 2014, Mur graduated from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine with an MFA in popular fiction.
Mur currently lives in Durham, NC with her family. She enjoys running, martial arts, board games, video games, and cooking.
Building her audience since 2006 with podcast-only titles, Mur has written several books and novellas. Her first professionally published novel, The Shambling Guide to New York City, debuted with Orbit Books in 2013. The sequel, Ghost Train to New Orleans was published in March 2014. She writes urban fantasy, superhero satire, afterlife mythology, and Christmas stories. All of her early works are available via podcast and ebook.
In 2013, Mur won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
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4 thoughts on “Episode 13–Campbell Award Winner Mur Lafferty”
Hello A.C.,
You asked for recommendations from listeners. How about interviewing the science fiction author Alistair Reynolds? He is a wonderful writer, and I’d like t hear from him. Another possible interviewee is horror writer Holly Black.
GLJ
Thanks for the suggestions, GJL. I will look into both of those authors.
Hello A.C.,
You asked for recommendations from listeners. How about interviewing the science fiction author Alistair Reynolds? He is a wonderful writer, and I’d like t hear from him. Another possible interviewee is horror writer Holly Black.
GLJ
Thanks for the suggestions, GJL. I will look into both of those authors.