[ISBW] What does "confidence" even mean?

**ISBW 22.16** !Blue logo for I Should Be Writing with Season 22 and delighted Mur illustration I finished the book, I started a short story, and I have been looking at the concept of confidence a bit lately. Also been enjoying Charisma on Command videos. So let's talk about confidence. Don't forget the book giveaway from last time! You have a week to enter! **The Books (along with links if you want to just order right now!):** - The Good Girl Effect by Sara Cate - Nemesis Mine by Ann Archer - A Grim Reaper's Guide to Cheating Death by Maxie Dara - To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast - Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley (and Agatha Christie) This post went live for supporters on **August 7, 2026**. If you want early and ad-free episodes, support at Patreon! Remember you can join us on Thursdays, 3pm Eastern on Twitch! The next live episode is August 13 with Ann Archer! **Evergreen Links** - Like the podcast? Get the book! I Should Be Writing*.* - Socials: Bluesky, Instagram, YouTube, Focusmate - Theme by John Anealio - Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more! - OR Get **signed** books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!   * * * ###### *Some of the links above may be affiliate, allowing you to support the show at* *no extra cost to you.* *You can also support by leaving a Spotify or Apple review!* ###### CREDITS Theme song by John Anealio, art by Numbers Ninja, and files hosted by Libsyn. Get archives of the show via Patreon. ###### Aug 7, 2026 | ISBW 22.16 | murverse.com "Are you confident? What does "confident" actually mean?" by Mur Lafferty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 ###### *In case it wasn't clear: Mur and this podcast are fully supportive of LGBTQ+ folks, believe that Black Lives Matter, and trans rights are human rights, despite which direction the political winds blow.* ###### *And "AI" or large language models are wretched and we hate it so very much.* ###### *If you do not agree, then there are plenty of other places to go on the Internet.*