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Friday Nov 28, 2025
Friday Nov 28, 2025
This week, Nick leads Marshall, Brent and Wil in a discussion about all things antagonistic.
Links mentioned during the show:
Support the Show:
Contact us!
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
- Instagram: @wilsartrules
Brent:
- Twitter: @BrentCLambert
- www.brentclambert.com
LP:
- Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
- Twitter: @LPKindred
- Linktr.ee/lpkindred
Now, just keep writing!
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Friday Nov 14, 2025
This week, Jenna, Nick, Shingai and Sameem interview Tanvir Ahmed!
Please see the addendum below from Tanvir.
Addendum from Tanvir Ahmed: This conversation was recorded in September 2025, and in it, I mentioned that Afghanistan was not presently being bombed. Between then and now, Pakistan bombed Afghanistan and killed dozens from the air, including journalists, cricket players, and children. Pakistan's escalation plans have been broadcast for some time now, as reported in February 2025. The article under discussion in Strange Horizons was about the way Muslims are racialized into monsters, with specific reference to Afghans. That same process is still at work in the ongoing ethnic cleansings of Afghans in Pakistan and Iran.
Links mentioned during the show:
Brown University's Costs of War Project
The Taawon Project for Palestine
Lynzy Billing, The Night Doctrine (and you can read the original investigation here)
Beshara Doumani & Gabi Kirk, Inheriting the Impossible
Vajra Chandrasekera's acceptance speech upon winning the 2025 Ursula K. LeGuin prize
An interview with Indra Das at Seize the Press with comments on the genocide in Palestine
Strange Horizons, Palestine Special Issue (29 March 2021)
Samovar, stories from and an interview with Abdul wakil Sulamal
Tanvir Ahmed, A Letter Dispatched from the Hills of Afghulistan and the Ramparts of Tarouz (and you can find a fuller list of works here)
Support the Show:
Contact us!
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
- Instagram: @wilsartrules
Brent:
- Twitter: @BrentCLambert
- www.brentclambert.com
LP:
- Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
- Twitter: @LPKindred
- Linktr.ee/lpkindred
Now, just keep writing!
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
This week, Marshall, Nick, Brent, and Wil are celebrating spooky month by diving into a discussion about the horror genre!
Links mentioned during the show:
Vessel: A Nocturnal Realm Series
Support the Show:
Contact us!
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
- Instagram: @wilsartrules
Brent:
- Twitter: @BrentCLambert
- www.brentclambert.com
LP:
- Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
- Twitter: @LPKindred
- Linktr.ee/lpkindred
Now, just keep writing!
Friday Oct 17, 2025
Friday Oct 17, 2025
This week, Nick, LP, Sameem, Shingai, and Jenna continue the conversation about reading and writing novellas!
Links mentioned during the show:
Sameem Siddiqui
Shingai Njeri Kagunda
Support the Show:
Contact us!
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
- Instagram: @wilsartrules
Brent:
- Twitter: @BrentCLambert
- www.brentclambert.com
LP:
- Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
- Twitter: @LPKindred
- Linktr.ee/lpkindred
Now, just keep writing!
Friday Oct 03, 2025
Friday Oct 03, 2025
This week, Marshall, Nick, LP, Sameem, Jenna, Brent and Wil dive into reading and writing novellas!
Links mentioned during the show:
Episode 159 - An Interview with Kate Maruyama
Sameem Siddiqui
Support the Show:
Contact us!
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
- Instagram: @wilsartrules
Brent:
- Twitter: @BrentCLambert
- www.brentclambert.com
LP:
- Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
- Twitter: @LPKindred
- Linktr.ee/lpkindred
Now, just keep writing!
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
This week, Marshall, Jenna, Sameem, LP, and Wil continue discussing The Secrets of Character, by Matt Bird. In this episode, the crew dives even deeper 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
Sameem Siddiqui
Support the Show:
Contact us!
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
- Instagram: @wilsartrules
Brent:
- Twitter: @BrentCLambert
- www.brentclambert.com
LP:
- Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
- Twitter: @LPKindred
- Linktr.ee/lpkindred
Now, just keep writing!
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Friday Sep 05, 2025
This week, Shingai brings Erin Brown, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Sarah A. Macklin and Bri Stokes to the table to talk about The Laugh of the Medusa by Hélène Cixous.
Links mentioned during the show:
Shingai Njeri Kagunda
Support the Show:
Contact us!
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
- Instagram: @wilsartrules
Brent:
- Twitter: @BrentCLambert
- www.brentclambert.com
LP:
- Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
- Twitter: @LPKindred
- Linktr.ee/lpkindred
Now, just keep writing!
Friday Aug 22, 2025
Friday Aug 22, 2025
This week, the crew meets up at Woldcon for an in-person podcast! It’s hard to recap the awesomeness of all these folks together in one hotel room in a few sentences, so enjoy the conversation and follow the links below.
–Editor’s Note: This episode sounds great (thanks to Writing Excuses for letting us use their equipment), but is mostly left as it was recorded. Please excuse any audio issues, coughing, mic bumping etc. Leaving this intact to capture the time together was important to me. I appreciate your understanding. -Marshall
Links mentioned during the show:
Nikki Braziel
Sameem Siddiqui
Gabriel F. Salmerón
Support the Show:
Contact us!
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!
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Friday Aug 08, 2025
This week, Marshall, Nick, Jenna, Sameem, Shingai, and Wil continue discussing The Secrets of Character, by Matt Bird. In this episode, the crew dives even deeper 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
Yoko Ono's CUT PIECE: A Masterclass in Performance Art and Courage
Sameem Siddiqui
Shingai Njeri Kagunda
Support the Show:
Contact us!
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
- Instagram: @wilsartrules
Brent:
- Twitter: @BrentCLambert
- www.brentclambert.com
LP:
- Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
- Twitter: @LPKindred
- Linktr.ee/lpkindred
Now, just keep writing!
Friday Jul 25, 2025
Friday Jul 25, 2025
This week, LP, Gabe, Sameem, Shingai and Wil chat with Jenna Hanchey about her academic career, her writing, and so much more!
Links mentioned during the show:
Sameem Siddiqui
Shingai Njeri Kagunda
Gabriel F. Salmerón
Support the Show:
Contact us!
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
- Instagram: @wilsartrules
Brent:
- Twitter: @BrentCLambert
- www.brentclambert.com
LP:
- Email: lpkindred@wandering.shop
- Twitter: @LPKindred
- Linktr.ee/lpkindred
Now, just keep writing!