100 episodes

Just Keep Writing is a podcast by writers, for writers, to keep you writing. Each week, Marshall, Nick, Wil and Brent talk about what keeps them writing, as well as offer challenges to listeners in order to help them with their current works in progress.

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    • 4.8 • 20 Ratings

Just Keep Writing is a podcast by writers, for writers, to keep you writing. Each week, Marshall, Nick, Wil and Brent talk about what keeps them writing, as well as offer challenges to listeners in order to help them with their current works in progress.

    Episode 127 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 4)

    Episode 127 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 4)

    This week, Nick, and LP welcome back JKW co-hosts Gabriel F. Salmerón, Sameem Siddiqui, and Shingai Njeri Kagunda to continue their discussion of Refuse to Be Done by Matt Bell.
    Links mentioned during the show:
    Sameem Siddiqui
    –Twitter
    –Website
    Gabriel F. Salmerón
    –Twitter
    –Instagram
    Shingai Njeri Kagunda
    –Twitter
    –Instagram
    –Voodoonauts
    –Episode 60 - JKW While Black: What If...? feat. Shingai Njeri Kagunda
    Support the Show:
    Patreon
    Kofi
    Indie Bound
    Contact us!
    JustKeepWriting.org
    Discord
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Instagram
    YouTube
    Marshall:
    Website: www.marshallcarr.com
    Email: marshall@marshallcarr.com 
    Twitter: @darthpops 
    Nick: 
    Website: www.brightinks.org
    Email: nicholasbright@brightinks.org 
    Twitter: @BrightInks
    Wil: 
    Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org 
    Twitter: @wil_ralston
    Instagram: @wilsartrules
    Brent: 
    Twitter: @BrentCLambert
    @fiyahlitmag
    Fiyah Lit Magazine
    LP: 
    Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
    Twitter: @LPKindred
    Linktr.ee/lpkindred 
    Now, just keep writing!

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Episode 126 - FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE - Building an Anthology

    Episode 126 - FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE - Building an Anthology

    This week, Marshall, Nick, Wil, and Brent talk to Phoebe Wagner, prolific editor and writer, about FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE, an anthology discussing the intersections between cyberpunk and solarpunk. They ask her about the construction of an anthology, solicitation of authors and discuss a few of the stories (including Brent’s) in the anthology.
    Links mentioned during the show:
    Fighting for the Future: Cyberpunk and Solarpunk Tales
    Izzy Wasserstein
    Brent Lambert
    When We Hold Each Other Up
    Android Press
    Phoebe Wagner
    Support the Show:
    Patreon
    Kofi
    Indie Bound
    Contact us!
    JustKeepWriting.org
    Discord
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Instagram
    YouTube
    Marshall:
    Website: www.marshallcarr.com
    Email: marshall@marshallcarr.com 
    Twitter: @darthpops 
    Nick: 
    Website: www.brightinks.org
    Email: nicholasbright@brightinks.org 
    Twitter: @BrightInks
    Wil: 
    Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org 
    Twitter: @wil_ralston
    Instagram: @wilsartrules
    Brent: 
    Twitter: @BrentCLambert
    @fiyahlitmag
    Fiyah Lit Magazine
    LP: 
    Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
    Twitter: @LPKindred
    Linktr.ee/lpkindred 
    Now, just keep writing!

    • 53 min
    Episode 125 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 3)

    Episode 125 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 3)

    This week, Nick, LP, and Wil welcome back new JKW co-hosts Gabriel F. Salmerón, Sameem Siddiqui, and Shingai Njeri Kagunda to continue their discussion of Refuse to Be Done by Matt Bell.
    Links mentioned during the show:
    Refuse to Be Done
    Sameem Siddiqui
    –Twitter
    –Website
    Gabriel F. Salmerón
    –Twitter
    –Instagram
    Shingai Njeri Kagunda
    –Twitter
    –Instagram
    –Voodoonauts
    Support the Show:
    Patreon
    Kofi
    Indie Bound
    Contact us!
    JustKeepWriting.org
    Discord
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Instagram
    YouTube
    Marshall:
    Website: www.marshallcarr.com
    Email: marshall@marshallcarr.com 
    Twitter: @darthpops 
    Nick: 
    Website: www.brightinks.org
    Email: nicholasbright@brightinks.org 
    Twitter: @BrightInks
    Wil: 
    Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org 
    Twitter: @wil_ralston
    Instagram: @wilsartrules
    Brent: 
    Twitter: @BrentCLambert
    @fiyahlitmag
    Fiyah Lit Magazine
    LP: 
    Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
    Twitter: @LPKindred
    Linktr.ee/lpkindred 
    Now, just keep writing!

    • 54 min
    Episode 124 - What’s in a First Line?

    Episode 124 - What’s in a First Line?

    This week, Marshall and Nick discuss what’s in a first line while at Western Colorado University for their final week of their Masters in Fine Arts program. Follow along as Marshall and Nick discuss the voice, tone, worldbuilding and character building across some of their favorite books. 
    Links mentioned during the show:
    My Country is a Ghost - Eugenia Triantafyllou  
    “When Niovi tried to smuggle her mother’s ghost into the new country, she found herself being passed from one security officer to another, detailing her mother’s place and date of death over and over again.”  
    Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo   
    “Joost had two problems: the moon and his mustache.”  
    It - Stephen King  
    “The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years—if it ever did end— began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.”  
    1984 - George Orwell  
    “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”  
    Rangers of the Witchwoods: Blood Witch – Nick Bright 
    “The trunk of a Witchwood creaked as a rock cougar jumped from tree to tree, silently chasing its prey, but the only thing that Theo could hear were the scratches of his own quill against parchment. 
    The Black Sun – Marshall Carr Jr.  
    “At first, the objects hitting the atmosphere and streaking through the Earth’s chemical layer looked like meteors.” 
    Support the Show:
    Patreon
    Kofi
    Indie Bound
    Contact us!
    JustKeepWriting.org
    Discord
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Instagram
    YouTube
    Marshall:
    Website: www.marshallcarr.com
    Email: marshall@marshallcarr.com 
    Twitter: @darthpops 
    Nick: 
    Website: www.brightinks.org
    Email: nicholasbright@brightinks.org 
    Twitter: @BrightInks
    Wil: 
    Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org 
    Twitter: @wil_ralston
    Instagram: @wilsartrules
    Brent: 
    Twitter: @BrentCLambert
    @fiyahlitmag
    Fiyah Lit Magazine
    LP: 
    Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
    Twitter: @LPKindred
    Linktr.ee/lpkindred 
    Now, just keep writing!

    • 23 min
    Episode 123 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 2)

    Episode 123 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 2)

    This week, LP, and Wil welcome back new JKW co-hosts Gabriel F. Salmerón, Sameem Siddiqui, and Shingai Njeri Kagunda to continue their discussion of Refuse to Be Done by Matt Bell.
     
    Links mentioned during the show:
    Sameem Siddiqui
    –Twitter
    –Website
    Gabriel F. Salmerón
    –Twitter
    –Instagram
    Shingai Njeri Kagunda
    –Twitter
    –Instagram
    –Voodoonauts
    Support the Show:
    Patreon
    Kofi
    Indie Bound
    Contact us!
    JustKeepWriting.org
    Discord
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Instagram
    YouTube
    Marshall:
    Website: www.marshallcarr.com
    Email: marshall@marshallcarr.com 
    Twitter: @darthpops 
    Nick: 
    Website: www.brightinks.org
    Email: nicholasbright@brightinks.org 
    Twitter: @BrightInks
    Wil: 
    Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org 
    Twitter: @wil_ralston
    Instagram: @wilsartrules
    Brent: 
    Twitter: @BrentCLambert
    @fiyahlitmag
    Fiyah Lit Magazine
    LP: 
    Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
    Twitter: @LPKindred
    Linktr.ee/lpkindred 
    Now, just keep writing!

    • 51 min
    Episode 122 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 1)

    Episode 122 - Refuse to Be Done (Part 1)

    This week, Nick, LP, and Wil welcome back new JKW co-hosts Gabriel F. Salmerón, Sameem Siddiqui, and Shingai Njeri Kagunda to start their discussion of Refuse to Be Done by Matt Bell.
    Links mentioned during the show:
    Refuse to Be Done
    Sameem Siddiqui
    –Twitter
    –Website
    Gabriel F. Salmerón
    –Twitter
    –Instagram
    Shingai Njeri Kagunda
    –Twitter
    –Instagram
    –Voodoonauts
    Support the Show:
    Patreon
    Kofi
    Indie Bound
    Contact us!
    JustKeepWriting.org
    Discord
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Instagram
    YouTube
    Marshall:
    Website: www.marshallcarr.com
    Email: marshall@marshallcarr.com 
    Twitter: @darthpops 
    Nick: 
    Website: www.brightinks.org
    Email: nicholasbright@brightinks.org 
    Twitter: @BrightInks
    Wil: 
    Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org 
    Twitter: @wil_ralston
    Instagram: @wilsartrules
    Brent: 
    Twitter: @BrentCLambert
    @fiyahlitmag
    Fiyah Lit Magazine
    LP: 
    Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
    Twitter: @LPKindred
    Linktr.ee/lpkindred 
    Now, just keep writing!

    • 1 hr 10 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
20 Ratings

20 Ratings

S Hipple ,

In Depth Writing Conversations

This podcast is a great writing resource and fun insight into the writing process. I've only listened to more recent episodes, but every one has included in depth analysis and relatable examples. I especially love it when the hosts interview authors about their books because you get insights into the writing process that you don't often see. The hosts make the guests feel welcome and comfortable, and each hosts brings their own different viewpoint to the podcast. A fun listen.

Shannon-writing ,

Fun and great for aspiring SFF writers

Really enjoy the dynamic among the hosts - inclusive, playful and thoughtful. Some great interviews with authors as well as craft of writing episodes.

Bwholeton ,

Too much banter before getting to the point

Literally 12-15 min of just back and forth banter before getting to the point of the podcast.

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