Ditch Diggers

"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 …

"If you want this to be your thing, you got to keep doing the thing." - Ursula Vernon

In this episode of Ditch Diggers, Mur and Ursula dive into the chaotic world of writing, sharing their latest p…

"The best way to survive is to turn everything into hilarity." - Ursula Vernon

In this episode we dive into the chaotic world of writing, marketing, and the ups and downs of self-publishing. Mur s…

"If you can tolerate the boring and lonely, then hopefully you'll be rewarded on the other side." - Ursula Vernon

In this episode of Ditch Diggers, Mur and Ursula navigate the chaotic world of free…

"Sometimes the best way to survive is to turn everything into hilarity." - Ursula Vernon

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In this episode of Ditch Diggers, join hosts Mur and Ursula as they navigate the chaotic…

"Try to make the world a better place. You personally are not on the hook to fix everything." - Ursula Vernon

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"Editing is where you leave the craft behind and start thinking like a business." - Mur Lafferty

"I am the person with the hat." - Ursula Vernon

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"Sometimes you just need to chase the inspiration, even if it means working on a project nobody asked for." - Ursula

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"Networking is just meeting people and having them remember you exist." - Ursula Vernon

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"If you, you know, give ten writers an idea, you get eleven different books." - Ursula

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"Being on BookTok will not give you a career if you don't have one. Do what makes you happy." - Ursula

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"If you want to make money, you have to think about it like a job."- Mur

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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 …

Streamed live, July 10, 2023 Below are some affiliate links that support indie bookstores and may benefit me financially with no cost to you.

S9 Ep8 Horny chaotic god energy is what we're all about i…

S9 Ep7

Recorded live on Twitch!

Mur's agent Seth Fishman joins us to take your questions, and we fill up an hour FAST. Full transcript available!

Streamed live, June 13, 2023 Below are some affiliate links that support indie bookstores and may benefit me financially with no cost to you.

S9 Ep6 It's our 1001st episode (not really) and Matt is h…

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, b…

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 mo…

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 a…

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 kerf…