In the beginning (of 2008) two arch-nemeses made a pact to conquer the world that would inevitably become their final battlefield. These titans were known to the masses that came to serve under their respective rules as Matt Wallace and Mur Lafferty, and they called their historic treaty The Year of M&M.

It prevailed.

In 2008 [...]

I’m pleased to announce that Playing For Keeps is now formatted for your Amazon Kindle and your iPhone/iTouch!

Buy PFK from the App Store!

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Boy howdy - things have been a little crazy here since DragonCon, and I’m very sorry I haven’t been updating! News before we get to the podcast:

Playing For Keeps won the Parsec Award for Best Novel! What a shock and honor! Congrats to the other nominees and winners!
I now have an agent; I’m being represented [...]

 

 Stories of the Third Wave #18 [8:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (12300)

As of 11:00pm Eastern Time, Playing For Keeps reached:
#1 in Hot New Releases
#1 in Movers and Shakers
#1 in Science Fiction
#1 in Action/Adventure
#2 in Science Fiction & Fantasy
#2 in Genre Fiction
#3 in Literature & Fiction
#16 in Books
To say I’m stunned, humbled and grateful is an understatement. I expected to break the top 100. I hoped to [...]

Here it is. August 25. This is the day I need you to go to Amazon and purchase Playing For Keeps- you’re all doing it at once so we can attract the interest of people who perhaps do not listen to podcasts, or read blogs. This is the last move to attract other readers.
What else [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25 Release Date for Mur Lafferty’s Playing for Keeps
Swarm Press is pleased to announce the upcoming release of breakthrough podcaster and author Mur Lafferty’s newest novel of superheroic action Playing for Keeps. Originally a self-released “podiobook,” this new printed version of Lafferty’s novel is due to hit [...]

Are you still subscribed to the Playing For Keeps feed?
You should be.
Starting today, August 1, content will be rolling out on the feed at an astonishing rate, delivering podcasts to you as we build up to the big launch of the print version on August 25.
Sure, we all know how the print media are affected [...]

Do you want to see me dance?
Well, see, I want to see you dance.
In November, when I launched Playing For Keeps, Beatnik Turtle also released the song Playing For Keeps as a theme song. It’s a fantastic song and I was thrilled to have it associated with my book. And now that the book is [...]

Hiya folks-
In preparation for the print release of Playing For Keeps, I have removed the PDF versions from the website. Now calm down- wait a second, don’t get upset. I have a present for you. I would not leave you out to dry. I am removing the PDFs to make way for the Ultra Mega [...]

Sick of these announcements yet?
I am thrilled to announce that I have signed a contract to release Playing For Keeps with Swarm Press! Swarm is an imprint of Permuted, the small horror press, and is launching this summer with three superhero titles, PFK being one. (For podcast fans, Matthew Wayne Selznick’s Brave Men Run is [...]

In which Keepsie makes a new friend, Clever Jack pulls in reinforcements, and we learn a little more about Barry’s power.
Episode recap by Shannon Farrell, Third Wave hero.
Promo: Morevi Remastered
Information about the John W. Campbell Award as well as the Hugo and Campbell ballot.
Buy Voices for the Cure to benefit the American Diabetes Association; get [...]

 

 Playing For Keeps Episode 13: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4820)

You all know my love affair with this show - so you can imagine my distress when I got this email from last week’s episode recap reader, Shockwave:
At Mid Ohio Con I heard that Nash Entertainment was only contracted to do two seasons of the TV show “Who Wants to be a Superhero?”. We’ve had [...]

Celebrities from the SciFi Channel hit Who Wants To Be A Superhero? cameo on popular podcast novel.

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(PRLog.Org) – Jan 14, 2008 – As one of the most popular audiobooks on the Internet, Mur Lafferty’s “Playing For Keeps,” comes to a close, superheroes are flocking to lend their voices to the [...]