[ISBW] The Importance of Fanfic (RIV Blaseball)

<p><strong>S19 Ep24</strong></p> <p>It's June, and I have had some disappointments (She Podcasts, Live! and Blaseball), but at least I'm not worrying about travel so much. Got my 10k words turned into my agent, and lament the loss of the podcast community. But <a href= "http://twitch.tv/teemonster">Tee Morris</a>, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/user/scottsigler">Scott Sigler</a>, and <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/christianaellis">Christiana Ellis</a> are all live streaming too. And so is <a href= "https://www.twitch.tv/thetoiley">Grant Baciocco!</a></p> <p>(from the transcript) </p> <blockquote><em><strong>Mur Lafferty </strong> 00:59</em> <p> </p> <p><em>...Whatever you're afraid of, you're not alone. And the thing is about those fears, if everybody has them, no matter how successful you are, does it really have to do with writing? </em></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>What I'm Reading</strong><br /> I'm currently reading <em><a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/91235/9781250843388">The Other Side of Infinity</a></em> by Joan Smith, magical real world YA romance about seeing the future and wondering if you can make a difference.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/91235/9781534439269">Savage Crowns</a> launch party next week on <a href= "http://twitch.tv/mightymur">Twitch</a>! (2pm EDT June 13, 2023)</li> <li><a href= "https://murverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/isbw-19-23.docx">We have a transcript! Support the Patreon if you'd like to see the annotated transcripts!</a></li> <li>RIV Blaseball</li> </ul> <hr /> <p><strong>Evergreen Links</strong></p> <ul> <li>Mur's newsletter, <a href="https://mightymur.substack.com/">The Hot Mic</a></li> <li>Socials: <a href="http://mightymur.bsky.social">Bluesky</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/mightymur">Twitter</a>, <a href= "https://mastodon.social/@MurHerself">Mastodon</a>, <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@mightymur">TikTok</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/mightymur2">Instagram</a>, <a href= "http://www.youtube.com/murlafferty">YouTube</a>, <a href= "ht