DD 12.1

Ursula and Mur are back to talk about conventions and our 2026 plans. Notable discussions:

• Do not use ChatGPT to vet your contracts!
• Ursula finished [REDACTED] book! Mur forgot to ask herself what she was working on, but it's a book. That's about it.
• This year Mur returns to ConFusion at the end of January. (Alas, Kameron Hurley won't be attending this one.)
• Ursula has changed her mind regarding where she wants to die in a ditch. We've moved from Target to Costco.
• LARPing as an extrovert, and how to LARP as a confident person. Write your CV!
• Mur is GOH of DemiCon this May! Also she'll attend WorldCon in LA.
• Ursula's busy year starts with a mini book tour on the east coast US, then she's going to NorWesCon, then the Celsius Festival in Spain in July, then toastmaster(!) at WorldCon, then Mile High Con, and HalCon in Nova Scotia!
• Find Ursula and Mur online!

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(This post went live for supporters on January15 , 2026. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon!)

Evergreen Links:

• Ursula Vernon/T. Kingfisher
• Mur Lafferty
• Mur on Focusmate!
• Mur on Instagram, Youtube
• Support via Patreon!
• Theme song by Devo Spice

Ditch Diggers credits:
theme song by Devo Spice, art by Numbers Ninja,
site hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).

January 15, 2025 | Season 12 Ep 1 | murverse.com
"Being a Pro at Conventions" by Mur Lafferty and Ursula Vernon
is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

We present a casual and chatty Ditch Diggers where we close up the year with discussions of 2026 prep, spicy Christmas romances, and New Years' traditions.

And maybe future us doesn't need the apology that we haven't been consistent.

(This post went live for supporters on December 23, 2025. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon!)

Spicy Christmas romances:

• Good Spirits by B.K. Borison
• A Christmas Notch by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone (3 book series, begins with: Merry Little Meet Cute)

We hope you have a safe and happy holiday season with people you love, and that your pets eat zero things that sends them to the emergency vet. See you next year!

Evergreen Links:

• Ursula Vernon/T. Kingfisher
• Mur Lafferty
• Mur on Focusmate!
• Mur on Instagram, Youtube
• Support via Patreon!
• Theme song by Devo Spice

Ditch Diggers credits:
theme song by Devo Spice, art by Numbers Ninja,
site hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).

December 15, 2025 | Season 11 Ep 10 | murverse.com
"Looking to 2026, Feast and Famine" by Mur Lafferty and Ursula Vernon
is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

"You can pull it off if you write like an angel. I do not write like an angel."
- Ursula Vernon (T. Kingfisher)

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(This post went live for supporters on December 16, 2025. If you want early, ad-free, and sometimes expanded episodes, support at Patreon!)

Links:

• Naomi Alderman
• Zombies, Run!
• Now You See Me (movie)

Evergreen Links:

• Ursula Vernon/T. Kingfisher
• Mur Lafferty
• Mur on Focusmate!
• Mur on Instagram, Youtube
• Support via Patreon!
• Theme song by Devo Spice

Ditch Diggers credits:
theme song by Devo Spice, art by Numbers Ninja,
site hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).

November 29, 2025 | Season 11 Ep 9 | murverse.com
"Can Mur Do ALL the Things?" by Mur Lafferty and Ursula Vernon
is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0