Just Keep Writing

Just Keep Writing

A podcast for writers, by writers, to keep you writing

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July 11, 2025 50 mins

This week, Marshall, and Wil talk to Sarah A. Macklin about her writing career, her work in comics, starting her own comic book publishing company, and much more!

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Sarah A. Macklin

Burning Phoenix Press

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This week, Marshall, Nick, and Wil sit down with Greg Lockard to talk about his career, his graphic novel Liebestrasse, and so much more!

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Liebestrasse — Greg Lockard

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This week, Marshall, LP, and Wil, sit down with comic book author Stephanie Williams to talk about her career so far, and so much more.

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Stephanie Williams

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May 30, 2025 57 mins

This week, Marshall, Brent, Sameem, LP, Shingai, Jenna, and Wil, welcome Sarah A. Macklin to continue the conversation about the Ryan Coogler film, Sinners. 

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Sarah A. Macklin

Jenna Hanchey

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

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Voodoonauts

Sameem Siddiqui

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May 16, 2025 61 mins

This week, Marshall, LP, Shingai, Jenna, and Wil, welcome back Yvette Lisa Ndlovu to talk about the Ryan Coogler film, Sinners. 

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Yvette Lisa Ndlovu

Jenna Hanchey

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

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Voodoonauts

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This week, Marshall, Sameem, Nick, Brent and Wil welcome back Maurice Broaddus to talk about writing book two in a trilogy, and so much more! 

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Maurice Broaddus

Breath of Oblivion

Sameem Siddiqui

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This week, LP, Sameem, Shingai and Wil chat with Jenna Hanchey and Ben Pladek about a novella by Sofia Samatar called The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain. 

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The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

Jenna Hanchey

Ben Pladek

–Tell Them a Story to Teach Them Kindness

Sameem Siddiqui

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Shingai Njeri Kagunda

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Voodoonauts

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This week, Gabe, LP, Sameem, and Wil chat with Jenna Hanchey about writing through executive dysfunction. 

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Jenna Hanchey

Sameem Siddiqui

Twitter

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Gabriel F. Salmerón

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Shingai Njeri Kagunda

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Voodoonauts

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March 21, 2025 61 mins

This week, LP, Sameem and Wil talk to Shingai and Arley Sorg about bringing Fantasy Magazine back, building community, and more!

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Fantasy Magazine

Arley Sorg

Sameem Siddiqui

Twitter

Website

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Twitter

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Voodoonauts

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March 7, 2025 58 mins

This week, LP and Wil talk to Marshall, Nick, and Sameem about being parents who also write. Other parents in the community feel free to continue the conversation in the Discord!

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Sameem Siddiqui

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Website

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This week, Marshall, Nick, Sameem, Shingai, and Wil continue discussing The Secrets of Character, by Matt Bird. In this episode, the crew dives deeper into chapter two! Grab a copy of the book today and join the conversation in the Discord!

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The Secrets of Character - Writing a Hero Anyone Will Love by Matt Bird

Sameem Siddiqui

Twitter

Website

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Twitter

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Voodoonauts

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This week, Marshall, Brent, LP, and Wil continue discussing The Secrets of Character, by Matt Bird. In this episode, the crew dives into chapter two! Grab a copy of the book today and join the conversation in the Discord!

Links mentioned during the show:

The Secrets of Character - Writing a Hero Anyone Will Love by Matt Bird

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This week, Marshall, Nick, Shingai, Sameem, LP, and Wil start a new craft book series covering The Secrets of Character, by Matt Bird. Grab a copy of the book today and join the conversation in the Discord!

Links mentioned during the show:

The Secrets of Character - Writing a Hero Anyone Will Love by Matt Bird

Airbody by Sameem Siddiqui

Sameem Siddiqui

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Shingai Njeri Kagunda

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January 10, 2025 65 mins

This week, Marshall, Nick, Sameem, Gabe, Wil, and Brent continue their writing is political series by discussing the Netflix show, Arcane. 

Note: There are some spoilers for Arcane season 1. 

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Arcane

The SECRET to ARCANE’s Depth…

The Secrets of Character by Matt Bird

Sameem Siddiqui

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Gabriel F. Salmerón

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December 27, 2024 60 mins

This week, we’ve got an almost full house talking about our intentions around writing in 2025. 

Editor’s note: This episode is about as raw as it gets. We thought it would be a fun way to end 2024. Make sure to listen until the end! Happy Holidays!

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Sameem Siddiqui

Twitter

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Gabriel F. Salmerón

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This week, LP and Wil sit down with Kate Maruyama to talk about writing horror, writing novellas, and so much more!

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Kate Maruyama

Raw Dog Screaming Press

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This week, Wil, LP, and Sameem interview R.S.A. Garcia! This episode is full of amazing stories you don’t want to miss. 

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R.S.A. Garcia

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Bluesky

Sameem Siddiqui

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Website

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November 15, 2024 50 mins

Episode 157 - Rejectomancy

 

This week, Marshall, Nick, LP, and Wil discuss how they approach submitting their work and what they do when the rejections hit their inboxes. Is Rejectomancy a thing? Feel free to join the conversation in our Discord. 

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This week, Marshall, Nick, LP, and Wil discuss how they approach social structures and politics as they write the worlds around their characters.

 

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Cold Relations

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October 18, 2024 51 mins

This week, Nick, LP and Sameem talk to Shingai about her novelette, “We Who Will Not Die.” There are a few spoilers so check out the link below and read this amazing story.

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We Who Will Not Die

Sameem Siddiqui

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Website

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

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Voodoonauts

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