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Few writers have worn as many hats as Mur Lafferty. Besides writing the book on podcasting, she's published short stories, written stories for 15 role-playing games, one textbook, and scores of podcasting scripts.

If you want to hear her work, check out Geek Fu Action Grip and  I Should Be Writing, inspirational material for fledgling writers and struggling nerds.

This week, she's sharing some of her wisdom in my deceptively simple feature, Five Easy Questions. In the spirit of Jack Nicholson’s mad piano player, I run a weekly set of quality interviews with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web publishing. 

Jason Boog:
You've been a freelance writer for about seven years. How did you survive those tough, lean early years? How did you find the editors and websites who helped you along the way? Now you have a very full plate of projects--how did you balance your work life and your writing life? Continue reading...

Mur Lafferty:
Frankly? I was a stay-at-home mom with a husband who worked. I didn't make anything close to a salary during that time. Also, currently, I dropped much of my freelance so I could focus on my day job.

Still there is a good bit of juggling done, with working nights, or getting up early on some days.

And when it comes to finding editors, it's networking and presentation. Any chance you have to meet someone, do it. You never know when someone - another writer, an editor, etc - can help you out.