Jenna: Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me About Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival by Maria Pinto

Shingai: Deep Space Nine, Stephen Universe

Nick: Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

LP: Ring Shout on Saturn - Sheree Renee Thomas, Kai Ashante WIlson (novel that's coming)

Sameem: Letters to a Writer of Color, Edited by Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro

Marshall: Lone Woman by Victor LaValle, Adrian Tchaikovsky - Shroud

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Wil:

Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org
Instagram: @wilsartrules

Brent:

Twitter: @BrentCLambert
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LP:

Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
Twitter: @LPKindred
Linktr.ee/lpkindred

Jenna Hanchey

www.jennahanchey.com/

Sameem Siddiqui

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Gabriel F. Salmerón

Now, just keep writing!

Apr 3, 2026

Episode 192 - Expectations and Perceptions in Character Creation

Apr 3, 2026

52 min

This week, Marshall and Brent follow Nick’s lead in building a character from scratch.

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Marshall:

Nick:

Wil:

Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org
Instagram: @wilsartrules

Brent:

Twitter: @BrentCLambert
www.brentclambert.com

LP:

Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
Twitter: @LPKindred
Linktr.ee/lpkindred

Jenna Hanchey

www.jennahanchey.com/

Sameem Siddiqui

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Gabriel F. Salmerón

Now, just keep writing!

Mar 20, 2026

Episode 191 - Engineering Ideas: Allowing Yourself to Play

Mar 20, 2026

56 min

This week, Marshall, Nick, and Brent use The Story Engine deck and expansions to show how ideas for writing can form and vary from writer to writer. Not surprisingly, they have a blast!

Links mentioned during the show:

Support the Show:

Marshall:

Nick:

Wil:

Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org
Instagram: @wilsartrules

Brent:

Twitter: @BrentCLambert
www.brentclambert.com

LP:

Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
Twitter: @LPKindred
Linktr.ee/lpkindred

Jenna Hanchey

www.jennahanchey.com/

Sameem Siddiqui

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Gabriel F. Salmerón

Now, just keep writing!

Mar 6, 2026

Episode 190 - Resistance is Playful

Mar 6, 2026

58 min

This week, Marshall, Jenna, LP, Sameem, and Shingai talk about what they consume and how they write stories of resistance and rage when the world is on fire.

Links mentioned during the show:

Long Way Down

Bitter

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

Here Sits His Ignominy

Support the Show:

Marshall:

Nick:

Wil:

Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org
Instagram: @wilsartrules

Brent:

Twitter: @BrentCLambert
www.brentclambert.com

LP:

Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
Twitter: @LPKindred
Linktr.ee/lpkindred

Jenna Hanchey

www.jennahanchey.com/

Sameem Siddiqui

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

Gabriel F. Salmerón

Now, just keep writing!

Feb 20, 2026

Episode 189 - On-Ramps: What Drove Our Desire to Write

Feb 20, 2026

55 min

This week, Marshall, Nick, Brent, Jenna, Sameem, Shingai, RJ and LP dive into their past to reflect on what drove their desire to write.

Links mentioned during the show:

Jenna Hanchey

RJ Taylor

Sameem Siddiqui

–Twitter

–Website

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

–Twitter

–Instagram

–Voodoonauts

Support the Show:

Marshall:

Nick:

Wil:

Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org
Instagram: @wilsartrules

Brent:

Twitter: @BrentCLambert
www.brentclambert.com

LP:

Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
Twitter: @LPKindred
Linktr.ee/lpkindred

Now, just keep writing!

Feb 6, 2026

Episode 188 - Canon Events: Creative Research with Jenna

Feb 6, 2026

56 min

This week, Marshall, Nick, LP and Sameem continue discussing the works that have influenced them as writers. In this episode, Jenna shares the variety of works that formed her writing.

Links mentioned during the show:

Jenna Hanchey

Sameem Siddiqui

–Twitter

–Website

Support the Show:

Marshall:

Nick:

Wil:

Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org
Instagram: @wilsartrules

Brent:

Twitter: @BrentCLambert
www.brentclambert.com

LP:

Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
Twitter: @LPKindred
Linktr.ee/lpkindred

Now, just keep writing!

Jan 23, 2026

Episode 187 - New Year, Same Pen: The Crew Talks Writing Aspirations for 2026

Jan 23, 2026

1hr 1 min

This week, Marshall, Nick, Sameem, Jenna, Gabe, Brent, and LP talk about thier writing aspirations for 2026.

Links mentioned during the show:

Marshall’s GoFundMe

Pacemaker

The Queer Art of Failure

Jenna Hanchey

Sameem Siddiqui

–Twitter

–Website

Gabriel F. Salmerón

–Twitter

–Instagram

Support the Show:

Marshall:

Nick:

Wil:

Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org
Instagram: @wilsartrules

Brent:

Twitter: @BrentCLambert
www.brentclambert.com

LP:

Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
Twitter: @LPKindred
Linktr.ee/lpkindred

Now, just keep writing!

Dec 26, 2025

Episode 186 - No Prescriptions: Collaboration on a Novella Craft Book

Dec 26, 2025

56 min

This week, Marshall, Brent, Jenna, Shingai and Wil interview Kate Maruyama and LP about the novella craft book they are collaborating on. Happy Holidays to our amazing community!

Links mentioned during the show:

Episode 159 - An Interview with Kate Maruyama

Kate Maruyama

Raw Dog Screaming Press

Jenna Hanchey

Shingai Njeri Kagunda

–Twitter

–Instagram

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Patreon

Kofi

Indie Bound