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Playing for Keeps is a free novel delivered via podcast in audio form.
It tells the story of Keepsie Branson, a bar owner in the shining metropolis of Seventh City: birthplace of super powers. Keepsie and her friends live among egotistical heroes and manipulative villains, and manage to fall directly in the middle as people with powers, but who just aren't strong enough to make a difference. Or that's what they've been told. As the city begins to melt down, it's hard to tell who are the good guys and who are the bad.
Playing for Keeps is now the latest release by Swarm Press available everywhere on August 25.
It tells the story of Keepsie Branson, a bar owner in the shining metropolis of Seventh City: birthplace of super powers. Keepsie and her friends live among egotistical heroes and manipulative villains, and manage to fall directly in the middle as people with powers, but who just aren't strong enough to make a difference. Or that's what they've been told. As the city begins to melt down, it's hard to tell who are the good guys and who are the bad.
Playing for Keeps is now the latest release by Swarm Press available everywhere on August 25.
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Playing for Keeps meme
I saw PFK wasn't getting enough love on DeviantART, so I made a meme. It's not the best effort, but I put a few hours into it, so if you're on Dev, check this out.
http://lady-ofthe-mist.deviantart.com/art/Playing-for-Keeps-Meme-Blank-132179123
http://lady-ofthe-mist.deviantart.com/art/Playing-for-Keeps-Meme-Blank-132179123
Posted by Mist Night on August 5, 2009 at 2:01am
We're Back!
Hi everyone! Sorry for my silence this summer, I'm been super busy and a little intimidated with the whole "book launchness" of it all, but I'm back and ready to help this community thrive. We have new events scheduled (Become a Hero of the 25th) and some activity on the Third Wave Street Team group. So check it out, invite your friends, and let's have some fun this month!
And remember, Stories of the Third Wave restarts this month, so there's a lot more content that will be at playingforkeepsn… Continue
And remember, Stories of the Third Wave restarts this month, so there's a lot more content that will be at playingforkeepsn… Continue
Posted by Mur Lafferty on August 2, 2008 at 12:02pm
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We now officailly have as many members as the answer to life the universe and everything...woohoo!
Posted by Joe Mieczkowski on May 16, 2008 at 8:45am
Welcome To Seventh City...
A Playing For Keeps Community!
Who needs superheroes when you have the Third Wave?
A fan base and street team for Mur Lafferty and her novel Playing For Keeps.
We are Third Wave!
Who needs superheroes when you have the Third Wave?
A fan base and street team for Mur Lafferty and her novel Playing For Keeps.
We are Third Wave!
Posted by Joe Mieczkowski on May 13, 2008 at 10:30pm
THE PLAYING FOR KEEPS EXPERIENCE:
Two great holiday gifts, one kick-ass party
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 [...]Stories of the Third Wave #18 – The Naked Bootleg
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 [...]More Launch Videos
The one hitch of the launch day fun was the failure to put out the videos I had planned. I have five, only got two into the feed, they were too large, it took too long to save, etc. I ended up tossing everything onto YouTube, so they’re all now there, compressed, and happy. the [...]Stories of the Third Wave #17: The Torpedo
Scott Sigler, author of violent and bloody podiobooks Earthcore, Infected, Ancestor, The Rookie, Nocturnal, and Patty’s Wonderful Day at Play Park, has created a Stories of the Third Wave about a different “hero.” The Torpdeo is a strong Third Wave man who has decided to screw anyone who says he can’t be a hero. He [...]Playing For Keeps Launch Results
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 [...]Launch Day video #2
No, I’m not keeping up with Amazon. blame final cut. Blame it too for the dropped frames. BLAME EVERYONE BUT ME. And it’s not Fidgert introducing the podcast (which is what the credits say), it’s Podcasting’s Rich Sigfrit. Sorry, guys. the Fidgert video died. Wheee. This is a rush. Latest Amazon rank- #20 in books.Launch Day video 1
Ursula Vernon recorded some video of me, ah, waking up. We had some issues with video and sound, but dammit, it’s time to launch these vids. Special “good luck!” note from Scott Sigler. Opening animation by Earl Newton!Playing For Keeps launches!
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 [...]Stories of the Third Wave #16 – Pallas and Stan
I have been excited about this one for a while. Many months ago, Matt Wallace approached me to write the history of Seventh City’s most famous hero and villain, and the birth of the Academy. We talked at length about what I had in my story bible, and Matt created this fabulous epic out of [...]1 DAY TO GO… FAQ
I was on vacation all last week, and I’ve gotten a lot of questions. What follows is a FAQ to cover them all: Your book is listed as available on Amazon. Did I miss the launch? No! Amazon made it available earlier than I expected, but since I’d already been spreading the word about August 25, I [...]Stories of the Third Wave #14 – This Seventh City Life
Congrats to Christiana Ellis for winning the Podcast Peer Award for her podcast Shallow Thoughts! Her content is amazing, and I recommend all of her stuff. She brings us a look at Seventh City with plenty of… pathos…Stories of the Third Wave #15 – A Klamath Home Companion
Grant Baciocco managed to do this amazing piece for me in the middle of doing The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, the music of Throwing Toasters, and umpteen other projects! It’s more Garrison Kellior parody here, plus music! Be sure to watch for the PDF in the feed later today!Playing For Keeps full PDF with bonus story- PARASITE AWAKENS
Thanks to everyone who helped out with this, especially Paul Fischer and Martha Holloway! This is the full book, including a new short story, Parasite Awakens. He likes Pallas. He likes who he is when he experiences her life out of her eyes. And now he looks through her eyes at his own sleeping brown face as [...]August 25 Release Date for Mur Lafferty’s Playing for Keeps
[Distribute as you like!] 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 [...]Contest Video is up!
We dont have a winner yet, but we do have a fantastic video! Thanks to everyone!Stories of the Third Wave #13 – Block Party!
The Academy opening a TV studio? What are they thinking? Find out exactly what on Block Party, by Jason Block.Stories of the Third Wave #12 – Gestalt
JC Hutchins is the author of the trilogy of podcast novels, 7th Son and the host of the Ultra Creatives Podcast. (Not to mention the brain behind Obsidian, his own anthology which I took part in.) His books 7th Son Book One, Descent, and Personal Effects: Dark Art will come out in in print in [...]Stories of the Third Wave #11 – Knit Spirit
We have another existing podcast contributing to Stories of the Third Wave! Ivy Reisner of Knit Sprit gives us a look at Seventh City through the eyes of a knitter who wishes to clothe a hero.Stories of the Third Wave #10 – LoveLines
Our first full-cast Stories of the Third Wave is brought to you by Kimi Alexandre. Love Lines producer, editor, and concept created by Kimi Alexandre. All the participants created their own characters and their own lines for Love Lines. Dora Holly – Kimi Alexandre Jason Block – Jason Block Amora – Ivy Reisner Bruno – Chad Henderson Shelly – Paulette [...]Stories of the Third Wave #9 – Conversations About Things With Wheels
I was excited when Joe Mieczkowski from On The Podcast wanted to do a parody of a, ah, popular public radio show. I think what he came up with is a lot of fun, and I hope you like it too: Conversations About Things With Wheels.About
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