Just Keep Writing

Black anxiety spiked after George Floyd. So thanks for checking in, but no, I'm not OK.

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Thursday Jun 25, 2020

Episode 37 - Pride

Thursday Jun 25, 2020

It’s Pride month! This week, Marshall, Nick, and Wil announce the official social media platforms for the podcast along with our official website! Wil, as our newest team member, interviews Marshall and Nick about science fiction/fantasy and LGBTQIA characters.

Check out our website www.justkeepwriting.org and give us a look and follow us on Instagram and Twitter!

Instagram: @justkeepwritingpodcast

Twitter: @justkeepwritin1

Topic of the Month: Pride Month! Celebrating LGBTQ authors and characters.

This Month’s Challenge: Watch the documentary “Disclosure.”

Links mentioned during the show:

FIYAH Lit Magazine

Surrey International Writers Conference

Interlude Press

Authors and Books mentioned:

Indiebound

N.K. Jemisin

Charlie Jane Anders

George R.R. Martin

Tamsyn Muir

Julian Winters

Rivers Solomon

Annalee Newitz

Adam Silvera

Analee Newitz

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A Burglar's Guide to the City

Marshall:

Website: www.marshallcarr.com
Email: marshall @justkeepwriting.org
Twitter: @darthpops

Nick:

Website: www.brightinks.org
Email: nick@justkeepwriting.org
Twitter: @BrightInks

Wil:

Now, just keep writing!

Friday Jun 12, 2020

Episode 36 - Level Up

Friday Jun 12, 2020

This week, Marshall and Nick are joined by Wil Ralston to discuss virtual conferences, reading black authors' work, and what they’ve been able to write given the state of the world.

(Note: Please excuse the drop in audio quality this week. Unfortunate tech issues at the time of recording.)

Links mentioned during the show:

SFWA

How to Lose the Time War

SIWC

FIYAH Con

Marshall’s Essay: Thanks for checking in on me, but...

Black Future’s Lab - Black to the Ballot

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Erin Roberts at Writing Wonder

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Friday May 15, 2020

Episode 35 - Community Chat with Erin Roberts

Friday May 15, 2020

This week, Marshall and Nick sit down with Erin Roberts to talk about short stories! Erin shares her approach to writing short stories as well as how she got stories like Sour Milk Girls published.

Links mentioned during the show:

Sour Milk Girls by Erin Roberts

Erin on Twitter @nirele

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Tempest Bradford - Class: Managing Social Media for Writers with K. Tempest Bradford

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Friday May 01, 2020

Episode 34 - French Press

Friday May 01, 2020

This week, Marshall and Nick chat with Wil Ralston about short stories. They discuss two specific stories in the hopes of bringing what they learn to their own writing.

Topic of the Month: Short Stories

Links mentioned during the show:

Fiesta, 1980

Elephants and Corpses

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Friday Apr 17, 2020

Episode 33 - Sixty-Three Texts

Friday Apr 17, 2020

This week, Marshall and Nick take a listener request to discuss how they approach short fiction. If you want to suggest a topic, email us, or post on our Discord channel.

Topic of the Month: Our Approach to Writing Short Fiction

Links mentioned during the show:

FIYAH Magazine

Brandon Sanderson Lecture #7: Short Stories — With Special Guest Instructor Mary Robinette Kowal

Dan Wells’ Seven Point Story Structure

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Tuesday Mar 31, 2020

Episode 32 - Community Chat with Wil Ralston

Tuesday Mar 31, 2020

This week, Marshall and Nick sit down with Wil Ralston and talk about writing through anxiety, turning hardship into creativity, books, writing the other, and so much more! (Note: We had some technical glitches so please excuse any poor audio moments)

Topic: Staying Creative despite Anxiety and Uncertainty

Links mentioned during the show:

Wil Ralston

Luke Tarzian

David Mogo, Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi

Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

Maurice Broaddus

Lost Gods by Micah Yongo

Daniel Jose Older

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Leigh Bardugo

Mary Robinette Kowal

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

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