I Should Be Writing

I Should Be Writing


Latest Episodes

[ISBW] From Patent Memos to Nebula Nods with Wole Talabi
April 17, 2024

S20 Ep13: In Which Mur Attends Wole Talabi's Creative Alchemy "The primary driver of my sense of success is, 'do I feel happy with what I've done?'" - Wole Talabi Mur chats with Wole Talabi, an engin

[ISBW] Riding the Revision Rollercoaster
April 15, 2024

S20 Ep 12: In Which Mur Plans to Turn Hurt Feelings into Finished Drafts "I read over the notes and I got mad and I got my feelings hurt." - Mur (being fussy) I've received my edit letter about Infin

[ISBW] The Landscape of Grief with Scott Alexander Howard
April 12, 2024

S20 Ep11: In which we travel "The Other Valley" with Scott Alexander Howard "I wrote it in a blissful who cares? Mentality, like, 'oh, well, genre will sort itself out.'" - Scott Alexander Howard In

[ISBW] Navigating Imposter Syndrome on the JoCo Cruise
April 08, 2024

I Should Be Writing Season 20, Episode 10 "I felt like a cuckoo among very pretty birds." - Mur Fresh off the JoCo cruise, we discusses the allure of nerd paradise and how navigating imposter syndrome

[ISBW] Evil Mur Takes Over the Secret Seagull Shack
April 05, 2024

I Should Be Writing Season 20, Episode 9 "If you don't start out perfect, you're never going to be good." - Evil Mur Evil Mur is back giving terrible advice and it's a wild ride through the looking

[ISBW] The Epiphany of Routine: Embracing Structure in a Creative Life
April 03, 2024

I Should Be Writing Season 20, Episode 7 Transcript I found myself looking for my own magic bullet and getting frustrated a the media who take the idea of a daily routine--something people with ADHD p

[ISBW] Trusting Yourself (again)
March 11, 2024

I Should Be WritingSeason 20, Episode 7 In this episode, I discuss trusting yourself because sometimes no one else will. We also talk , , I mispronounce "chutzpah," make a Wizard of Oz reference, and

[ISBW] Heists and POV with Gwenda Bond
March 07, 2024

ISBW S20 Ep6 Author Gwenda Bond comes on the show to talk The Frame Up, heists, and point of view! We also discuss being ballsy at Boskone, pen names, T. Kingfisher's "," writing retreats, and heist

[ISBW] Avione Lee and the Odyssey Workshop
February 21, 2024

ISBW S20 Ep5 Debut author comes to tell us about the Odyssey Workshop and the various programs! Evergreen Links I don't talk enough about the. It exists. Did you know that? Mur's newsletter,...

[ISBW] Hugos, Characters, and Outlining for Pantsers
February 14, 2024

ISBW S20 Ep4 Hugos are still messy, so check out Chris M. Barkley*, Paul Weimer, Alasdair Stuart, and Jason Sanford and the excellent fanwriting they do. *Accidentally call him Charles in the recordin