My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope: Recent Episodes
L. Penelope
Award-winning fantasy & paranormal romance author L. Penelope shares perspectives on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
An accidental Instagram post about The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass went viral (174K+ views and counting), and in this episode I share what happened, what it did for pre-orders, and the surprising "secret sauce" behind it.
I also open up about giving my Blitches WIP some space, getting back into dance after 30 years, and my upcoming writer in residence role for Howard County, MD schools.
Mentioned Ink & Magic Mastermind (online, Sept 4–6, a few spots left) - https://inkandmagicretreat.com/ * Howard County Poetry & Literarture Society - https://hocopolitso.org/ * PEN/Faulkner Foundation - https://www.penfaulkner.org/ * Pre-order The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass (out Aug 11) + download the first three chapters free - https://lpen.co/zaharaexcerpt * My Viral Instagram Post! https://www.instagram.com/p/DaEMBPPFBtp/ * Expand Summit (July 22–25, free) — My workshop Doubling Down on Being Human: Building a Distinctive and Authentic Writing Voice* — https://expandsummit2026.heysummit.com/?ac=mBuQDzGT * Writing From Your Why workshop with Jane Friedman (July 29) — https://janefriedman.com/writing-from-your-why-with-leslye-penelope/ * Fiction Makers Conference — live and in person in Baltimore, Aug 22, 2026 — https://lpen.co/fictionmakers * Michaela Coel's Emmy speech quote: "Write the tale that scares you, that makes you feel uncertain, that isn't comfortable, I dare you."
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author Leslye Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Mentioned:
- Get first 3 chapters of The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass! - http://lpen.co/zaharaexcerpt
- Join the preorder giveaway - https://lpen.co/preorder
- My Books - https://lpenelope.com/books/
- Interview with Shyheim Williams - https://www.instagram.com/conjuringliteracy/
- Vintage & Black Book Club - https://www.instagram.com/vintageandblackbookclub/
- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9780385480017
- The Compass of Character by David Corbett - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9781440300868
- Filmmaker Hal Hartley - https://www.halhartley.com/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Book News!* Zahara Preorder Campaign is live! - https://lpenelope.com/preorder + made list of “Books That Feed an Elder Millennial’s 90s Nostalgia” from SheReads magazine - https://shereads.com/books-that-feed-an-elder-millennials-90s-nostalgia/ * Angelborn/Angelfall flip book is available! https://shop.lpenelope.com/
Announcements* Mastermind Retreat - September 4-6, near Baltimore, MD - https://inkandmagicretreat.com/ * Storybeast - Build Your Author Empire Conference - June 27, online - https://www.storybeastpodcast.com/buildyourauthorempire * Mahogany Books Texture Book Club - June 28, National Harbor, MD * Jane Friedman - Writing from Your Why workshop - July 29, online - https://janefriedman.com/writing-from-your-why-with-leslye-penelope/ - $25 early registration * Fiction Makers Conference - August 22, in-person, Baltimore, MD - https://lpen.co/fictionmakers * From SF to Gaza Book Raffle fundraiser - bit.ly/sfgzraffle
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Mentioned:
- lpenelope.com — My new website
- inkandmagicretreat.com — Apply for the Ink and Magic Mastermind Retreat (Tihs September, outside Baltimore)
- Angelborn and Angelfall by Leslye Penelope — now with new covers, PREORDER THE FLIP BOOK NOW FROM MY STORE
- Femforce — brand photo shoots in cities around the country (find them on Instagram)
- The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik
- The Monsters We Defy and Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope — my previous books with magic rooted in African traditions
- Gaithersburg Book Festival — May 16, 2026 in Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Vellum — Mac app for laying out print books
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Mentioned in the podcast:
- My new book: The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass: https://lpenelope.com/book/the-inevitable-undoing-of-zahara-douglass/
- My author Newsletter : https://lpenelope.com/newsletter/
- Landlord’s Lamentation (short interactive fiction): https://lpenelope.com/book/landlords-lamentation/
- Notion Social: https://notionsocial.app/
- Sunsama (timeboxing app): https://sunsama.com/
- Timeboxing article: https://lpenelope.com/2014/04/timeboxing/
- Substack post "Notes from Draft 2: Plotting from Character": https://myimaginaryfriends.substack.com/p/notes-from-draft-2-plotting-from
- One Stop for Writers: https://onestopforwriters.com/about-character-builder
- Ink & Magic Writing Retreat: https://inkandmagicretreat.com/
- InstaLove University - happening now: https://lpen.co/ilu26
- Fiction Makers Conference in Baltimore this August: https://lpen.co/fictionmakers
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Mentioned:
- The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass - coming August 11, 2026 - https://lpenelope.com/book/the-inevitable-undoing-of-zahara-douglass/
- Instalove University Virtual Conference - running now! - https://lpen.co/ilu26
- "Level Up Your Business with Mindset w/ Heather Hildenbrand" - all day workshop 4/11/26 - https://marylandromancewriters.com/mindset-workshop/
- Whimsical - https://whimsical.com/
- Jule Kucera - https://julekucera.com/
- My worldbuilding course - https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/courses/imaginary-worldbuilding
- My Father's Shadow film
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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- Ink & Magic Retreat - https://inkandmagicretreat.com/
- The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass - coming August 11, 2026
- My interview with Beverly Jenkins
- VirtuousCon
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Mentioned:
- Build Your Author Funnel LIVE - Sat. Feb 7, 2026
- The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass - releases August 11, 2026
- Scene Study: Before & After - "The Eternal Library"
- Aeon Timeline software
- Locally Crafted in Gaithersburg, MD
- HBCU grads, please take my survey: https://tally.so/r/zx7kJg
- Read for Pixels Event
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Mentioned:
- Ink & Magic Writing Retreat Applications open until Jan 16, 2026 - https://inkandmagicretreat.com/
- EVENT: Me and Nicole Glover - January 15, 2026 - 7pm ET online + in-store at East City Bookshop in DC - Register
- Read The Starseekers by Nicole Glover
- Margie Lawson - https://www.margielawson.com/lawson-writers-academy/
- Ray Bradbury Challenge
- Writer Kaia Alderson - https://www.kaiaalderson.com/
- The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9781934414903
- Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson - https://amzn.to/452HDSC
- A Black Women's History of the United States - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9780807001998
- Story Engine deck - https://storyenginedeck.com/
- Plur1bus TV
- Better Call Saul
- Playing Big by Tara Mohr - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9781592409600
- Freedom app - https://freedom.to/
- Erykah Badu New Year's Invocation
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Mentioned:
- Ink & Magic Writing Retreat - https://inkandmagicretreat.com/
- The Better Writer Podcast with Olivia Bedford
- Preorder my next book: The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Mentioned:
- My reader newsletter: http://lpenelope.com/newsletter
- Black Friday 2025 Writer Bundle Deal - https://lpen.co/vault25
- MYSTERY: FICTION'S FAVORITE FORCE by Junot Diaz - https://junot.substack.com/p/mystery
- AI scams for writers at Writer Beware
- Update on those Flattering AI Book Marketing Scams from Anne R. Allen
- The Case of the Disappearing Author and Why You Probably Don’t Want a Six or Seven Figure Deal
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Mentioned:
- ProWriting Aid
- Novel November
- My brother's short film
- Writer Duet
- Ines Johnson
- Ink & Magic podcast
- How to Write a Movie in 21 Days by Viki King
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Mentioned:
- The Bliss Wars Special Edition Omnibus
- The Obsidian Curse - releases June 12!
- Author Website Audit
- A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Pre-order The Bliss Wars Special Limited Edition Hardcover Omnibus
Pre-order The Obsidian Curse
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The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author Leslye Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast
Get the Footnotes newsletter and become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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- Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
- Magic in the Melanin anthology (Hardcover preorder | Kindle: https://amzn.to/42bbxTZ)
- PENN/Faulkner - https://www.penfaulkner.org/
- My Craft Book club
- Johnny B Truant "We're Entering the Age of the Iconoclast Writer"
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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My decision matrix video
Mentioned:
- Novel Revision Workshop
- ClickUp - https://clickup.com/
- Todoist - https://todoist.com/
- Trello - https://trello.com/
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Mentioned:
- Freewrite writing machines
- My Freewrite reviews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33u95y8_hYY&list=PLPWpOldzxmoFtoJMjg6iSUuxU1kDichvn
- The device I couldn't remember in the podcast - BYOK (Bring Your Own Keyboard): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/byok/byok-the-ultimate-distraction-free-writing-tool. Now that I've watched the video, I've changed my mind and I'm actually going to get one. LOL, I'm a mess.
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Mentioned:
- A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis - https://amzn.to/4dbeN3D
- Bookfly Design covers
- Ink & Magic podcast - https://www.inkandmagic.net/
- My Events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Today, I speak with New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older. Daniel has been nominated for the Kirkus Prize, The World Fantasy Award, the Locus, and the Mythopoeic Award among others and is a winner of the International Latino Book Award. He writes novels for teens and adults, as well a monthly comic book series, and is a lead story architect for Star Wars: The High Republic. He and his wife Brittany N. Williams also have a podcast called Inkbottle, where they talk about writing, creativity, and parenting.
Find Daniel online at https://www.danieljoseolder.net/ and read his Substack newsletter at https://danieljosolder.substack.com/.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast
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Support the show - https://paypal.me/heartspell
Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/jp0EkiGHlQ0
Mentioned:
- Artist Morning - https://www.artistmorning.com/
- Story Seed Workbook - https://lpen.co/storyseed
- Bookbub's 17 Authors on YouTube with Writing & Publishing Tips - https://insights.bookbub.com/authors-youtube-writing-publishing-tips/
- My events calendar - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
- Oliver Burkeman's The Imperfectionist: What would it mean to be done for the day?
- "The Importance of Reaching a Point in Your Day when You Feel Finished"
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here.
Today, I speak with someone who is one of my personal influences, speculative fiction author Tananarive Due. Over her two decades in publishing, she has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, as well as British and World Fantasy Awards.
Find her online at https://www.tananarivedue.com/. Her Life Writing Premium course is available at here. Tananarive's latest novel is The Reformatory. One of my favorite novels of hers is My Soul to Keep.
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HGsPrw37u7Q
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Mentioned:
Ink & Magic Writing Retreat: https://inkandmagicretreat.com/
- Daughter of the Merciful Deep is out! https://books2read.com/dotmd
- Imaginarium Book Festival - https://www.imaginariumbookfestival.com/ -
- The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes - https://amzn.to/3yTVk91 | https://bookshop.org/a/582/9780615908113
- Enneagram relationships: https://www.crystalknows.com/enneagram/types
- Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland - https://amzn.to/3ml97eR
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The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here.
In this episode, I speak with New York Times Bestseller Dhonielle Clayton about writing with purpose, real markers of success, and of course, imposter syndrome.
Find her online at https://www.dhonielleclayton.com/. Her latest book is The Memory Thieves, the second entry in the middle grade Conjurverse series.
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- Daughter of the Merciful Deep out on June 4, 2024 - Release Giveaway!
- Launch event @ Sankofa Books
- My events
- Launch event @ Sankofa Books in Washington, DC - https://www.sankofa.com/events/daughter-of-the-merciful-deep
- My events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
- NPR mention - https://www.npr.org/2024/05/21/1251024211/best-books-2024-what-to-read
- My online plotting workshop - June 15, 2024 - https://hamptonroadswriters.org/event/june-15-2024-from-idea-to-first-draft-how-to-plot-your-novel-by-leslye-penelope/
- The Story Seed Mini-course - https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/courses/story-seed
- Whimsical - https://whimsical.com/
- The Fall Guy movie
- That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming - https://amzn.to/3wJ2rk6
- Ink & Magic podcast with Kimberly Lemming - https://www.inkandmagic.net/e/ep-28-fantasy-romcoms-with-kimberly-lemming/
- "Growth is not linear" - https://www.instagram.com/p/C5o8ZybijLK/
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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here.
In this interview, I speak with #1 New York Times Bestseller Kelley Armstrong about maintaining longevity in a career, her refreshing perspective from her time in the publishing trenches, and what keeps her going.
Find her online at https://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/. Her latest release is Disturbing the Dead, book 3 in the Rip Through Time historical mystery series.
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UWQwCkosISQ.
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Mentioned:
- EF Go Ahead Tours - https://www.goaheadtours.com/tours
- A few of my photos from Greece - https://www.instagram.com/p/C5orMwfOgpR/ - https://www.instagram.com/p/C5qZl7-OWsO/?img_index=1
- Read my post: "Beyond Bestsellers: Yes, People Still Buy Books"
- 3000 Years of Longing
- The Fall of Souls by R. A. Moreau - https://amzn.to/3WfYQ7d
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here.
In this interview, I speak with multi-award winner P. Djèlí Clark about the publishing industry, shifting ideas of success, and something all Gen-Xers should know: why reading is fundamental.
Find him online at https://pdjeliclark.com/.
His most recent releases is Abeni's Song.
Watch this episode on YouTube.
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Mentioned:
- ARC Giveaway - https://lpenelope.com/2024/03/daughter-of-the-merciful-deep-arc-giveaway/
- Daughter of the Merciful Deep - preorder
- Publishers Weekly starred review
- Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland
- Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell
- Plot vs. Character by Jeff Gerke
- Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
- OneStopforWriters.com
- The Negative Trait Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Events:
- The Authorprenuer Path workshop - 3/26/34
- Poconos Writers' Conference - 4/20/24
- My calendar - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here.
In this interview, I speak with legendary romance author Beverly Jenkins about the power of representation, her unique relationship with her readers, and why she doesn't have imposter syndrome.
Find Beverly Jenkins at https://www.beverlyjenkins.net/
Her most recent novel is A Christmas to Remember.
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Mentioned:
- Imaginary Worldbuilding course
- Zcal Meeting Scheduler - https://zcal.co/
- My interview on the Wish I’d Known podcast
- Washington Post mention! https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/02/11/romantasy-explainer-maas-yarros/ - Gift article link: https://wapo.st/3uJ2YkN
- https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/
- Grammar refresher workshop - 03/02/2024
- Punctuation refresher workshop - 03/03/2024
- My Awesome Con schedule - https://lpenelope.com/calendar
- March Madness Writing Sprints - Schedule | YouTube Playlist
- The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest
- Origin by Ava DuVernay
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here.
In this interview, I speak with award-winning SFF author Mary Robinette Kowal about the meaning of success and how it evolves over time.
She discusses the motivations behind her writing, the challenges she faces, and the importance of authenticity in her work. We also touch on impostor syndrome, goal setting, and finding the essence of what drives us as writers.
Find Mary Robinette online at https://maryrobinettekowal.com/
Her latest novel is The Spare Man
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WFL5WPFDwr8
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Mentioned:
- How to Revise Your Novel workshop
- Imaginary Worldbuilding course - https://lpen.co/worlds
- Story Seed workbook - https://lpen.co/storyseed
- Enneagrams - https://www.crystalknows.com/enneagram/types
- Pro Writing Aid's romance week - https://lpen.co/romanceweek
- All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby - (Amazon), (Bookshop)
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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- Preordder Daughter of the Merciful Deep - https://lpenelope.com/book/daughter-of-the-merciful-deep/
Mentioned:
- Bookbub - ebook deals
- Scribecount - track book sales
- FaRoFeb - Fantasy Romance February
- Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell
- Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland
- Structuring Your Novel by K.M. Weiland
- Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
- "Designing Thriller and Mystery Twists That Work" by Samantha Skal
- Ink & Magic podcast
- 13 Steps to Evil: How to Craft Superbad Villains by Sacha Black -
- Imaginary Worldbuilding course
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Pre-order Daughter of the Merciful Deep – coming June 4, 2024 Pre-order Brutal Fortress – get it from me March 1 and everywhere March 15! Mentioned: Bridgerton Tea photos - https://www.instagram.com/p/C2GS35brisd/ * Bookbub - https://www.bookbub.com/ * FaRoFeb (Fantasy Romance February) - https://farofeb.com/ * Scapple - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple/overview * Story Seed Workbook & Mini-course - https://lpen.co/storyseed * American Fiction film * The Color Purple film * The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer - https://amzn.to/48wNCyp * The Book of Clarence film * Saltburn* film * Jeymes Samuels Breakfast Club interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zyrdLjoHgI * Filmmaker Hal Hartley - https://www.halhartley.com/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Watch on Youtube! - Become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net/footnotes - Revision Workshop: Monday, January 24, 2024 at 7pm ET - Imaginary Worldbuilding cohort - https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/courses/imaginary-worldbuilding - Pre-order Daughter of the Merciful Deep - coming June 4, 2024 - Pre-order Brutal Fortress - get it from me March 1 and everywhere March 15 Book Recomendations:- Paladin’s Faith by T. Kingfisher - https://amzn.to/48Cfdhr- Passion by Lisa Valdez - https://amzn.to/3S1Q4r0- The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata - https://amzn.to/47iyqne - Ink and Magic podcast - Some Lines a Day Journal - Leuchtturm1917 - Tabitha Brown IG post #1 - https://www.instagram.com/p/C1fU9yXP06k/- post #2 - https://www.instagram.com/p/C1gLuKFrQ40/ - My year end post - Insight Timer app - Author Nillu Nasser - https://nillunasser.com/The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Mentioned:
- My other podcast! Ink and Magic
- Psy-Changeling series by Nalini Singh
- Pre-order my new book, Daughter of the Merciful Deep
- My upcoming revision course – https://myimaginaryfriends.net/revision
- Final Imaginary Worldbuilding course cohort in January – https://lpen.co/worlds
- My author newsletter: https://lpenelope.com/newsletter
- Footnotes newsletter: https://myimaginaryfriends.net/footnotes
- The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
- Pushing Daisies TV
- The Muse Writers Center - https://the-muse.org
- Insight Timer - https://insighttimer.com/
- Junot Díaz Substack - https://junot.substack.com/
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Mentioned:
- Writers Craft 5.0 bundle deal!
- Ink and Magic podcast episode 1 is out now! https://inkandmagic.net
- Pre-order Daughter of the Merciful Deep - https://lpenelope.com/book/daughter-of-the-merciful-deep/
- My upcoming revision course - https://myimaginaryfriends.net/revision
- Imaginary Worldbuilding cohort in January - https://lpen.co/worlds
- Jane Friedman's business clinic - https://janefriedman.com/business-clinic/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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- The Faceless Mage by Kenley Davidson
- My author newsletter: https://lpenelope.com/newsletter/
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- Footnotes newsletter
- 1:1 Writer Mentorship with me
- My new podcast! Ink and Magic
- Jane Friedman
- The Hot Sheet newsletter
- My Preptober video playlist & live write-in info
- My novel revision course waiting list
- My Nanowrimo novel inspiration cover
- The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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- Tara McMullin "The Work You Were Born to Do" (paywall) - https://www.whatworks.fyi/p/the-work-you-were-born-to-do
- Nalini Singh interview on Fated Mates podcast - https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2023/10/17/s0606-trailblazer-nalini-singh
- Holly Lisle "How to Revise a Novel" - https://hollylisle.com/how-to-revise-a-novel/
- My Resources for writers - https://lpenelope.com/resources-for-writers/
- Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV
- My interview with Author Montrez (The Novel Creature Network) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGQQLwNx40
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- Plan your NaNoWriMo novel in Preptober with me - https://myimaginaryfriends.net/nano
- Writing schedule calculator - https://thrivingscribes.com/publishing-timeline/
- "There are no problems, only puzzles" - https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx_TWKJYuyKSGfkzrhXVCfJVEbaJx9eieZ
- NINC - https://ninc.com/
- Capclave - https://www.capclave.org/
- The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan
- NPR Tiny Desk Wicked
- AI training book checker
- Zig Zag Clayborne Kickstarter for Breath, Warmth & Dream
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- NINC (Novelists, Inc.)
- Maryland Romance Writers - https://marylandromancewriters.com/
- Capclave - https://www.capclave.org/
- Imaginary Worldbuilding course - https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/courses/imaginary-worldbuilding
- Preptober 2023 - prep your NaNoWriMo with me - https://myimaginaryfriends.net/nano
- East City Bookstore, Washington, DC with Ariel Kaplan (hybrid event) Thursday October 5, 2032 - https://eastcitybookshop.com/events/20231005
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- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9780593321201
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- Yale Romance Conference - https://romancefictionconference.yale.edu/
- Love Between the Covers documentary - https://www.lovebetweenthecovers.com/
- RWA implosion in detail - https://claireryanauthor.com/blog/2019/12/27/the-implosion-of-the-rwa/
- The Black Romance Podcast - https://blackromancepodcast.libsyn.com/
- Virgil Abloh on perfectionism
- My YouTube: https://youtube.com/@leslyepenelope
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- "Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it." - Eckhart Tolle via InspiringQuotes.com
- The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
- My interview on the Black Writer Therapy podcast -
- The Write Women Book Festival
- Novelists, Inc. (NINC)
- The Muse Writers Center workshops: Building a World Around Your Characters & Plot and Fantasy Worldbuilding
- Author websites by me: https://theauthor.digital/
- Joy Harris GoFundMe
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Developing story ideas, novel playlists, and mapping
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- GMC: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict by Debra Dixon
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- Story by Robert McKee
- The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne
- Genres of writing
- Susan Dennard "How to Level Up Your Settings, Part 1"
- Queen Charlotte on Netflix
- Leap Year movie
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- SciFiTalk podcast with me and narrator Shayna Small
- "Heal Chaos and Overwhelm: DECLUTTER Every Part of Your Life"
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- Calendar I use for my writing calendar
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- The Story Seed Workbook Mini-course
- Imaginary Worldbuilding: Creating Fictional Worlds for Writers
- Save the Cat
- Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes
- ChatGPT
- Whimsical
- OneStopForWriters.com
- Michael Hauge character development - The Inner Struggle
- Enneagrams
- Prioritize Like a Pro free webinar mentioned last week
- Freewrite Traveler
- Imaginarium Book Festival - May 20 & 21, 2023, Washington, DC
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- Beastly Kingdom is here!
- Apollycon
- Draft 2 Digital
- Scribecount for book sales tracking
- Imaginarium Book Festival - May 20-21, 2023, Washington, DC
- Imaginary Worldbuilding Course
- Autonomous Creative with Jessica Abel
- "Why it’s so hard for writers to ask for money for their work" by Mason Currey
- Backwater Books "Meet the Romance Writers of Maryland" - Ellicott City, MD - May 4, 2023
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- ChatGPT
- Sudowrite
- "What's Your North Star?" post
- "Hi Ren" music video
- A reaction video compilation
- Sarra Cannon's HB90 Method
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- Scrivener
- Shayna Small audiobook narrator
- Street Faërie by Cree Summer (Spotify link)
- Author Author
- bad copies of Monsters photo 1 | photo 2
- My essay “When Fantasy & STEM Collide" on the Fantasy Cafe
- Jane Friedman
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- Center for Black Literature
- Sheree Renee Thomas
- Jewell Parker Rhodes
- My interview on the “New Books in Science Fiction Podcast”
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Chapter Titles | Character Descriptions | Surprising yet inevitable revelations
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- Fated Mates podcast
- Beastly Kingdom preorder
- Preorder campaign
- ARC request
- Fairy Plot Mother Becca Mysoor
- Center for Black Literature - 2023 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium - March 31 - April 1, 2023
- Pro Writing Aid
- One Stop For Writers Weather Thesaurus
- ChatGPT
- Sudowrite
- My interview on The Indy Author podcast with Matty Dalrymple
- My interview on Between the Reads with Audra Russell
- My interview on Carly Stevens' YouTube channel
- Ines Johnson is Having a Breakdown podcast
- "The Perils of Niching Down" article
- Brandon Sanderson interview in Wired
- Sanderson's Reddit response
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Mahogany Books Black Women in Fantasy replay
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My author newsletter
The Cupid Mixup - AI narration via Apple Books
Marie Poulin website
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Imaginary Worldbuilding Course
Mentioned:
- Mahogany Books, DC - Black Women in Fantasy - March 18, 2023
- Huberman Lab podcast - "How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance"
- Story Forge cards
- The Story Engine cards
- My Story Engine Spread: photo 1 | photo 2
- Tara McMullin - Can I Squeeze This In? video
- "Seth Godin: embrace the idea of a smallest viable audience"
- "Benefits of a daily diary and topic journals" by Derek Sivers
- HB90 Bootcamp open until March 19! (affiliate link)
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Sponsor: Imaginary Worldbuilding: Creating Fictional Worlds for Writers Course
Mentioned:
- "Leslye Penelope Imbues Black Broadway With Literal Magic" — Washington City Paper
- Author Cerece Rennie Murphy
- Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
- Character Arc Progression Worksheet - https://onestopforwriters.com/about_cbt
- "How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance" - Huberman Lab Podcast
- The Tapping Solution
- "7 False Beliefs That Will Keep You Trapped in Your Head Forever"
- Poker Face on Peacock
- Castle on Hulu
- Tár movie
- Reel by Kennedy Ryan
- "Want to Quit Social Media? Opportunity Cost Can Help You Decide"
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My course: Imaginary Worldbuilding is open!
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Join my affiliate program
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Audie audiobook awards
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The Monsters We Defy audiobook
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Devotions by Mary Oliver
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Maryland Romance Writers
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Becca Syme & Better Faster Academy
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Tár film
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Picard on Paramount +
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Bel-Air on Peacock
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Black Men Reading Speculative Fiction - March 10, 2023 - Free registration
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Indie Author Forum 2/25/23 - 50% off promo code: FRIEND - https://indieauthorforum.com
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VirtuousCon 2/25-2/26 - https://virtuouscon.com
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Mahogany Books DC: Black Women in Fantasy Event, March 18, 2023 - https://lpen.co/march18
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Philippine-Louisiana Historical Society - https://filipinola.com
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Lexicon Valley podcast - https://lexiconvalley.substack.com/
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Wiktionary - https://www.wiktionary.org/
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Galaxy's edge column - https://www.galaxysedge.com/
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ChatGPT - https://chat.openai.com/chat
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Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Youtube: https://youtu.be/tMVYEUekqvk
Mentioned:
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Booklife Indie Author Forum - February 25, 2023 - 50% off with code FRIEND. I'm the opening keynote speaker.
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Fairy Plot-Mother - https://www.fairyplotmother.me/
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"Lift Every Voice & Sing" - Melba Moore & Friends version
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Lit Service Podcast - "Prewriting 101: Everything You Need to Write Before You Write"
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One Stop for Writers - Valentine's Sale. Use code: ONESTOPVALENTINE for 25% off
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(1881) What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking by Abby Fisher -
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"Why you should add a 'Shultz hour' to your weekly schedule"
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Hampton Roads Writers - https://hamptonroadswriters.org/
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The Little Teleprompter - https://amzn.to/3RVWlmg
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VirtuousCon - Feb 25-26, 2023
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
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The Monsters We Defy 6 month book birthday spoiler chat - Feb 9, 2023, 8pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw3UlayiJV4
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Preorder Beastly Kingdom (The Bliss Wars, Book 2)
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Thinkific course software
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Whimsical software
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Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
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Whimsical Save the Cat template
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FaRoBub February 8, 2023 - Shop free fantasy romance books
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My Author Newsletter - https://lpenelope.com/newsletter/
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"Pathway to Becoming a Published Author" panel - 2/21/23 Bowie Library, Maryland
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My Events Page
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ProWritingAid Fantasy Week - 2/27/23-3/7/23- https://lpen.co/fantasyweek
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Lockwood and Co - Netflix
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The Last of Us - HBO
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The New Gurus - BBC Radio - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g9sq
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
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Nerds, Erbs, and Words podcast (coming soon) https://twitter.com/nerdserbswords
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Adrian Gibson - TBRCon - https://fanfiaddict.com/tbrcon2023/
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SFFAddicts podcast - https://fanfiaddict.com/category/sff-addicts-podcast/
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Bookfly Design - https://www.bookflydesign.com/
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Indie Author Forum, Feb. 25, 2023 - https://indieauthorforum.com/
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"David Sedaris Has 1 Very Smart Lesson About How to Be Super Successful" - https://www.inc.com/ayse-birsel/david-sedaris-on-most-important-work-and-life-lesson-you-need-to-learn.html
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Bedphones - https://dubslabs.com/
(I said in the podcast I wasn't getting paid for the following links, but I figured out how to make referral links, though neither of these companies is a sponsor. :) )
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Athletic Greens - https://fbuy.io/ag/asace7n3
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Incrediwear - (Get $20 off your first order) http://rwrd.io/8ihrl57?c
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
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Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
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https://onestopforwriters.com
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TBRCon at the FanFiAddict YouTube Channel
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The Last of Us - HBO
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Missing movie
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
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Limited discounted beta slots for my worldbuilding course: https://myimaginaryfriends.net/beta/
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Mind mapping software: Whimsical and Miro
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https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/
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The Menu film
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Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
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Erin Roberts on SMART goals for magic system
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Rule of Thirds video
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Sponsor: Bright Bird Press - Use code: Imaginary15 for 15% off! https://brightbirdpress.com/discount/Imaginary15
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Will My Resolutions Really Work? (Quitcast 423) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrfgklFs_Q
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K.M. Weiland Year Review - https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/new-year/
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The Top 10 Publishing Trends for 2023 - https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-top-10-publishing-trends-for-2023/
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How Will BookTok Change Publishing in 2023? https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/booktok-tiktok-creator-publishing-1234649819/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
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Download my Worldbuilding Checklist - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Erin Bowman workshop "Fundamentals of Design" - https://embowman.com/workshops/fundamentals-of-design/
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The Release Ratio: How to Make Use of Everything You Know - https://moretothat.com/release-ratio/
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“How Writing Your Synopsis Can Fix Your Book” by Allison K Williams - https://www.janefriedman.com/how-writing-your-synopsis-can-fix-your-book/
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Unravel Your Year Free Guide - https://susannahconway.mykajabi.com/unravel-your-year-2023
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VirtuousCon Feb. 25-26, 2023 - https://virtuouscon.com/
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TBRCon - Jan. 22-29, 2023 - https://youtube.com/@FanFiAddict
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ChatGPT bot - https://chat.openai.com/chat
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Joanna Penn - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/future/
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Junot Diaz in Limbo - https://www.semafor.com/article/11/27/2022/junot-diaz-in-limbo
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Sponsor: YOU CAN HIDE by Rebecca Zanetti
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"Last Week I Gave Up" - https://nikesh.substack.com/p/last-week-i-gave-up
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Last week's newsletter - https://preview.mailerlite.com/x0r3p5u1f0/2098860738008320578/b4j7/
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Strengths for Writers - https://betterfasteracademy.com/sfw101/
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Wednesday on Netflix
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Book Lovers by Emily Henry - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9780593334836
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Yet another writing retreat, and celebrating the wins!
Sponsor: YOU CAN HIDE by Rebecca Zanetti
Mentioned:
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My signed paperback sale with coupon code: WINTER22 - https://shop.lpenelope.com
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Apollycon 2022 preorder link
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Devon House Jamaica - https://www.devonhouseja.com/
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DeepStash app - https://deepstash.com/
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Measure the gain instead of the gap - https://deepstash.com/idea/14774/measure-the-gain
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Mentioned:
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One Stop for Writers - Conflict Thesaurus - https://onestopforwriters.com/
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Michael Hauge’s 6 Stage Plot Structure (Character Journey) - https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/08/the-six-stages-of-your-heros-character-arc/
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Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell – https://amzn.to/35eBwLu
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The Story Grid Foolscap Method - https://storygrid.com/using-the-foolscap-to-draft-your-next-novel/
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Enneagrams - https://www.crystalknows.com/enneagram/types
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The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr – https://amzn.to/3wywbLf
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HB90 Bootcamp registration open until December 11 - Plan your quarter in 2023 - https://heartbreathings.teachable.com/courses/hb90-bootcamp?affcode=145068_ffrxnd9f
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Mentioned:
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Jane Friedman Electric Speed newsletter - https://janefriedman.ac-page.com/jf-espeed-30
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Opal HD web camera - https://opalcamera.com/
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Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV
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Whimsical - online whiteboard software - https://whimsical.com/
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My Save The Cat Whimsical template - https://lpen.co/stc-whimsical
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Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers - http://www.bsfwriters.com/
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Galaxy's Edge magazine - https://galaxysedge.com
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Becca Syme kickstarter (ended) - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beccasyme/the-author-stuck-list
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Canva AI image generator: https://www.canva.com/features/ai-image-generator/
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Midjourney AI image generation - https://www.midjourney.com/
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My Canva images from text "A green dragon flying over a post-apocalyptic city near the water during sunset."
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Artbreeder - https://www.artbreeder.com/
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Lab grown meat - https://www.freethink.com/science/lab-grown-chicken-upside-foods - our science fictional future is upon us
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Imaginary Worlds podcast - Indigenous Futurism - https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/
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Brain Food newsletter - https://fs.blog/brain-food/november-13-2022/
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Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://amzn.to/3j74GTZ
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https://onestopforwriters.com/ deal on 6 month plan - 40% off! Coupon code: BF2022.
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/e9wAyW2mtw4
Mentioned:
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Black Panther Wakanda Forever
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My course survey - https://lpen.co/coursesurvey
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HoSaS ebook giveaway - https://lpen.co/hosas - until Nov 20
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What I Wish Every Author Knew About Productivity (Quitcast 418) - https://youtu.be/Eh085bQ5p4k
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The Conflict Box - https://bob-mayer.medium.com/writer-wednesday-conflict-the-fuel-of-your-story-and-the-conflict-box-920aa0592763
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Ancient Greek weddings - https://www.athensinsiders.com/blog/ancient-greek-wedding
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DeepStash app - https://deepstash.com/
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ProWritingAid Black Friday sale 50% OFF lifetime and yearly plans! - https://lpen.co/prowritingaid
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Mentioned: - My Course Survey - https://lpen.co/coursesurvey
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SFF Addicts - Heists and Capers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhyKtaEU-9s & https://linktr.ee/SFFAddicts
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Kindlepreneur course software review - https://kindlepreneur.com/thinkific-vs-teachable/
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Author Roni Loren - https://roniloren.com/
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Daily Writing Tips - https://www.dailywritingtips.com/
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Between the Reads podcast - https://www.betweenthereads.com/
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Ray Bradbury’s creative formula - https://austinkleon.com/2022/11/01/ray-bradbury-on-feeding-your-creativity
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Oliver Burkeman - Everyone’s Still Winging It - https://ckarchive.com/b/r8u8hoh2v34p3
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
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Atlanta episode "The Goof Who Sat by the Door"
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Book Exploder with George Saunders - https://bookexploder.com/episodes/george-saunders
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Black Adam
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Vampire Academy on Peacock
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Mentioned:
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Highlights Foundation Retreats - https://thebarnatboydsmills.com/highlights-foundation-workshops-retreats/
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Becca Syme - https://betterfasteracademy.com/
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Erin Bowman: Enjoyability over all else - https://erinbowman.substack.com/p/enjoyability-over-all-else
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Stephanie Perkins: Love lists - http://betweenfactandfiction.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-writers-society-love-lists-by.html
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Calendly appointment scheduling - https://calendly.com/
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Reclaim.ai - https://reclaim.ai/r/s/TpyPY (referral link)
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Time blocking - https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/time-blocking
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October 27, 2022 - Black Voices of the Future: Spirits of the City with Leslye Penelope & Alex Jennings - https://hachette-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bifaPrM-R6KCG4_zwAsFRw#/registration
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes
Support the show - http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Mentioned:
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The Soul of Good Character Design - https://youtu.be/SM3IQFgP-d8
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The "Done" Planner: Combating the Dark Side of the Traditional To Do List - https://roniloren.com/blog/2018/9/17/the-done-planner-combating-the-dark-side-of-the-traditional-to-do-list
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NPR Codeswitch "Black reality in a world of fantasy" - https://www.npr.org/2022/10/11/1128226741/tochi-onyebuchi-leslye-penelope-black-science-fiction-fantasy
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Washingtonian magazine - "'The Monsters We Defy' Is a Historical Ghost Novel Set in DC" - https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/10/12/the-monsters-we-defy-dc-novel/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Capclave - https://www.capclave.org/capclave/capclave22/
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Freewrite Alpha - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/freewrite-alpha-distraction-free-writing-anywhere#/
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My Freewrite reviews on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPWpOldzxmoFtoJMjg6iSUuxU1kDichvn
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Kindle Scribe - https://amzn.to/3CeFBzc
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Remarkable - https://remarkable.com/
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Does pursuing success make authors unhappy? - https://erinbowman.substack.com/p/does-pursuing-success-make-authors
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And Neil Gaiman on why stories matter - https://at.tumblr.com/neil-gaiman/hey-mr-gaiman-i-keep-seeing-this-a-was-just/v6lggtv5s7yt
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Sponsor: A Ghost in Shining Armor by Therese Beharrie https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781420153408/a-ghost-in-shining-armor/
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Inkarnate map software - https://inkarnate.com/
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Whimsical - https://whimsical.com/
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Miro - https://miro.com/
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EdrawMax - https://www.edrawsoft.com/edraw-max/
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Author Naomi Novik - https://www.naominovik.com/
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On Aphantasia "What It's Like to Be 'Mind Blind'" - https://time.com/6155443/aphantasia-mind-blind/
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750words.com - https://750words.com/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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The Woman King film (5 stars from me!)
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Once Upon a Forbidden Desire - https://books2read.com/forbiddenfairytales
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My TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@leslyepenelope
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TikTok Sells Books course - https://tiktoksellsbooks.com/
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TikTok warning - https://twitter.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1559896054514028546
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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B2Weird book club - https://www.instagram.com/b2weird/
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Rings of Power
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House of the Dragon
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She-Hulk
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Once Upon a Forbidden Desire releases Sep. 13 - https://books2read.com/forbiddenfairytales
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"Her Majesty's Wolf" excerpt - https://lpenelope.com/2022/09/her-majestys-wolf-excerpt/
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My newsletter - https://lpenelope.com/newsletter/
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Hidden Black towns beneath America's lakes - https://www.instagram.com/p/CiTAeKvLbSx/
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Beyond Tulsa: The Secret History of Flooding Black Towns to Make Lakes | The Amber Ruffin Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3D4hSQcWbk
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Margaret Pinard's September #AuthPanel on THE BACKLIST - https://youtu.be/5KrwzZqEy7o
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Huberman Lab podcast - Optimize Your Focus - https://hubermanlab.com/focus-toolkit-tools-to-improve-your-focus-and-concentration/
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Publishing Will Never Be Fair - https://unherd.com/2022/07/publishing-will-never-be-fair/
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Mentioned:
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The National Book Festival - https://www.loc.gov/events/2022-national-book-festival/
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B.L. Blanchard - blblanchard.com
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Tochi Onyebuchi - tochionyebuchi.com
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NPR Codeswitch - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch
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The Hot Sheet newsletter - https://hotsheetpub.com/
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"Notes from Across the Pond" Banished newsletter (paywall) https://banished.substack.com/p/notes-from-across-the-pond
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Purple Hearts on Netflix
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Susan Dennard - The Luminaries Street Team - https://luminerds.substack.com/p/hunter-trials-challenge-1
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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10 Things I Learned from Junot Diaz:
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“Unless it’s breaking you, why would anyone else care?”
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Give readers a chance to interact with the work - don’t chew it up and put it in their mouths. Let them come to different conclusions. Give them choices to let them decide what to think.
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Writers cannot be "in cahoots" with the story - safeguard a space for the reader in the story. The story shouldn’t be dictated by the author.
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Memory is contained and not dangerous. Memory work disrupts the immersion of the story because the character is not immersed in remembering
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1st POV should not try to discharge the function of 3rd POV
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Withholding information is not developing character or plot. Non-information creates disinterest.
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With characters, take away the one thing you think is important and see what you have left. Allow them to interact with others to let the reader see who they really are. Scaling with at least 2 others allows you to triangulate.
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We look away to spare ourselves from feeling the pain and hope the reader will do the work for us. By taking the reader into our pain, we can be seen.
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Always Be Building Character
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Tend to your wound. Integrate it and write from there. Balance the person and the artist. Tend to your personhood so that if you never write again, you’ll still love yourself.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream - https://www.instagram.com/p/ChxVmTbpG_V/
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Mysterious Galaxy - https://www.mystgalaxy.com/
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DJ Reads Books IG live - https://www.instagram.com/p/ChlNnAiFEyq/
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Scrivener - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
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Storyist - https://www.storyist.com/
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Patricia C. Wrede Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions - https://pcwrede.com/pcw-wp/fantasy-worldbuilding-questions/
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Holly Black on Magic Systems - https://www.penandstory.com/2011/04/17/holly-black-on-creating-working-magic/
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VONA/Voices writers workshop - https://www.vonavoices.org/
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Junot Diaz - http://www.junotdiaz.com/
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Hurston Wright Foundation - https://www.hurstonwright.org/
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez - https://dolenperkinsvaldez.com/
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Writers mentioned: Kacen Callender, Ines Johnson, Shanae Johnson, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Daniel Jose Older, Lesley Nneka Arimah
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Mama Day by Gloria Naylor - https://amzn.to/3ceURU4
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Author Marie Force - https://marieforce.com/
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The Sandman on Netflix
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Day Shift on Netflix
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Graveyard Shift by Michael F. Haspil - https://amzn.to/3R4I7y9
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Sistah Scifi interview replay - https://www.instagram.com/p/ChGaUAooXat/
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Miro - online whiteboard & stickies - https://miro.com
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Turning points article - https://leeallenhoward.com/2020/06/04/scene-structure-understanding-turning-points/
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The Sandman on Netflix
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - https://amzn.to/3QJZPXg
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Brandon Sanderson's Laws of Magic - https://faq.brandonsanderson.com/knowledge-base/what-are-sandersons-laws-of-magic/
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Confrontation at Nuxvar by Judith Moffitt - https://amzn.to/3Amt798
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Maggie Wells romance - https://maggie-wells.com/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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The Monsters We Defy is out on Tuesday! https://lpen.co/monsters
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Zelda twitter thread for Albinism Awareness Day - https://twitter.com/leslyepenelope/status/1536405352228474880
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New Moon Daughter by Cassandra Wilson - https://open.spotify.com/album/7jV22JIrWgtCKCX34cJrzA?si=yjp1JccuRcW2zLgFZA0pwA
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The Monsters We Defy playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2pHG7NlC3I2dwQuko0He8w?si=a58d8a83f0d04b38
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Leslye's upcoming events: https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
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Manila Village - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Village
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Donald Maas "Tension All the Time" from The Fire in Fiction - https://amzn.to/3p0RYsB
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Galaxy's Edge magazine "Longhand" column - http://www.galaxysedge.com/
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Book exploder podcast - https://bookexploder.com/episodes/susan-orlean
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Apollycon - https://jenniferlarmentrout.com/apollycon/
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Try This: Beat Yourself Up Or Write Yourself Upbeat - Chuck Palahniuk: https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/try-this-beat-yourself-up-or-write
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Ran Walker - https://www.ranwalker.com/
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The Monsters We Defy - https://lpenelope.com/monsters-preorder
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Mentioned:
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever teaser - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlOB3UALvrQ
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How to use a comptometer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf4nYUXJHnk
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America’s Next Great Author - https://writerbeware.blog/2022/07/15/americas-next-great-author-the-author-reality-show-idea-rides-again/
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The Hot Sheet - https://hotsheetpub.com/
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Paul Bogaards Substack - https://paulbogaards.substack.com/p/introducing-kill-your-darlings-oh
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Deadline City podcast - https://deadlinecity.com/
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Africa Brooke interview https://youtu.be/q6KGsI6QzD4?t=5080
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Apollycon - https://jenniferlarmentrout.com/apollycon/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Mentioned:
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Plottr software - https://plottr.com?ref=136 (affiliate link)
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The Story Grid - https://storygrid.com/
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Scene and Sequel chart
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Scene turning points - https://leeallenhoward.com/2020/06/04/scene-structure-understanding-turning-points/
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Writing Excuses Podcast - https://writingexcuses.com/
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Save the Cat - https://savethecat.com/
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One Stop for Writers Character Builder - https://onestopforwriters.com/about_cbt
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Enneagram relationships - https://www.crystalknows.com/enneagram/types
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Leftie Aubé’s Writing podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/leftie-aubes-writing-podcast/id1634709729
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Authortube Writing Conference - check out the replays - https://www.authortubewritingconference.com/schedule2022
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Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher - https://amzn.to/3cqEqDy
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Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher - https://amzn.to/3oeEn0C
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Alice Coldbreath Vawdrey Brothers series - https://amzn.to/3aQbWTt
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An Inconvenient Vow by Alice Coldbreath - https://amzn.to/3zcCbNm
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The Hating Game by Sally Thorne - https://amzn.to/3zbJrsO
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Mentioned:
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Plottr - https://plottr.com?ref=136 (affiliate link)
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Scrivener - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
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Romancing the Beat - https://www.romancingthebeat.com/
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The Story Grid - https://storygrid.com/
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Whimsical - http://whimsical.com/
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Miro - https://miro.com/
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My board - https://lpenelope.com/wp-content/uploads/MiroBoard2.png
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Save the Cat by Blake Snyder - https://amzn.to/3yrCEK1
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The Hero's Journey - https://www.masterclass.com/articles/writing-101-what-is-the-heros-journey
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Jami Gold spreadsheets - https://jamigold.com/for-writers/worksheets-for-writers/
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How Rocky Debunks Save the Cat - https://screencraft.org/blog/how-rocky-debunks-save-the-cat/
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Rocky: Why You Don't Need Writing Formulas -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TGwjiBV2w8
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On Writing - Rocky and Why You Need A Formula - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy59b-qCVjA
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Story by Robert McKee - https://amzn.to/3moY8AW
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Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell – https://amzn.to/35eBwLu
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Thor Love and Thunder
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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Star Trek: Picard
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Star Treck: Lower Decks
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The Woman King film - https://www.thewomanking.movie/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Mentioned:
- The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne – https://amzn.to/2Yw6Elx
Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV
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Sarah Beth Yoga - https://www.youtube.com/c/sarahbethyoga
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Yoga with Kassandra - https://www.youtube.com/c/yogawithkassandra
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Yoga with Bird - https://www.youtube.com/c/YogaWithBird
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A Midsummer Night's Dream @ Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA - https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/22-season/a-midsummer-nights-dream
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Freewrite Traveler - https://getfreewrite.com/products/freewrite-traveler
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Spoke transcription app - https://landing.spoke.app/en
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Otter meeting transcription app - https://otter.ai/
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Dragon dictation software - https://www.nuance.com/index.html
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Galaxy's Edge magazine - https://www.galaxysedge.com/
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One Stop for Writers, character profile builder - https://onestopforwriters.com/
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4 Ways to Write a More Cathartic Story - https://mystorydoctor.com/4-ways-to-write-a-more-cathartic-story/
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The Heir and the Spare by Kate Stradling - https://amzn.to/3xYCZnd
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The Heir and the Spare - Author's note part 1 of 4 - https://katestradling.com/2022/05/31/iona-of-wessett-author-notes-part-1/
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Author Margaret Pinard - http://www.margaretpinard.com & https://www.youtube.com/c/MargaretPinard
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My Events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
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Everything Everywhere All at Once - good review: https://www.indiewire.com/2022/03/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-review-1234707051/
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Authortube Writing Conference - https://www.authortubewritingconference.com/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Savage City starred review in Publishers Weekly - https://www.publishersweekly.com/ASINB09Q282K7K
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2 starred reviews on 1 page video - https://www.instagram.com/p/CegnehSLCS-/
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Booklife - free submission to Publishers Weekly - https://booklife.com/about-us/review-submission-guidelines.html
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https://awario.com/ - web conversation monitoring
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Virtuous Con Summer Workshop Series - https://virtuouscon.com/
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My events page - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
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The Monsters We Defy ARC giveaway & signed books from Loyalty Books - https://lpenelope.com/2022/06/the-monsters-we-defy-arc-giveaway/
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https://clickup.com/ - project management
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Galaxy's Edge magazine - http://www.galaxysedge.com
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Deep Work by Cal Newport - https://amzn.to/3mgpA4p
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Paragraph Workspace for Writers in New York City - https://www.paragraphny.com
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Adjustable portable laptop stand - https://amzn.to/38QHhEH
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Write Your Novel From the Middle by James Scott Bell - https://amzn.to/35eBwLu
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ConTinual interview with Jean Marie Ward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxqnMWauhbA
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Bookfly Design, cover designer - https://www.bookflydesign.com
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Preorder THE MONSTERS WE DEFY - https://lpen.co/monsters
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THE MONSTERS WE DEFY character art - https://www.instagram.com/p/CeWIinFu-Jb/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Order signed, personalized copies of THE MONSTERS WE DEFY from Loyalty Books and get a free swag pack: https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/preordermonsters
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Artwork of Zeli from Earthsinger Chronicles: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSxKOH7nUKe/. Art by Nicole Deal: https://www.instagram.com/nicole.deal.art/
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Pysthache character artist: https://www.instagram.com/mlle_pysthache/
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THE MONSTERS WE DEFY starred Publishers Weekly review - https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316377911
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Severance on Apple TV
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Top Gun Maverick!!
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Kenobi on Disney+
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Imaginarium Book Festival - https://www.imaginariumbookfestival.com/
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Apollycon - https://jenniferlarmentrout.com/apollycon/
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Little Shop of Horrors - Tiny Desk at Home w/ commentary by co-writer Alan Menken https://youtu.be/ymqKPz5kRXE?t=523
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In The Heights
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Hamilton
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Holly Black on Lit Service podcast - https://litservicepodcast.wixsite.com/litnation/podcast-1/episode/24fa79a0/concise-world-building-with-holly-black
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Severance on Apple TV
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV
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The Anatomy of Story by John Truby - https://amzn.to/3wwAzLE
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Dan Wells’ 7 Point Plot Structure - https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/story-structure/seven-point-story-structure/
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Structuring Your Novel by K.M. Weiland - https://amzn.to/3Mc5pjD
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The Creative Penn podcast - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/
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Storyist writing software - https://storyist.com/
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Scrivener - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
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Notion software - https://notion.so
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ClickUp project management software - http://clickup.com
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My author publication DB video & template - https://lpenelope.com/2020/08/manage-your-published-book-details-with-notion/
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Asana project management software - https://asana.com/
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"Second Brain" - a good, very short overview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBOHUBTsvHk
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BB Edit - text editor - https://asana.com/
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Google Keep - https://keep.google.com
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Structuring Your Novel by K.M. Weiland - https://amzn.to/3Mc5pjD
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Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV
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Agents vs. attorneys - https://kriswrites.com/2022/04/27/business-musings-attorneys/
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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Moonknight
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Song of Blood & Stone - https://lpenelope.com/book/song-of-blood-and-stone/
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The Monsters We Defy - https://lpenelope.com/book/the-monsters-we-defy/
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Remarkable 2 tablet - https://remarkable.com/
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The 10 Awful Truths about Book Publishing - https://ideas.bkconnection.com/10-awful-truths-about-publishing
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Wheel of Time casting
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Rebecca Roanhorse Black Sun & Fevered Star - https://amzn.to/3Kbl0hp
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Junot Diaz
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Whimsical.com - kanban boards, mind maps and virtual stickie notes
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Killjoys on SyFy
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Deep Space 9
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Atlanta on FX: Season 3, Episode 4 "The Big Payback"
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6 Figure Author Podcast - Episode 124: Scheduling vs Winging It: Which Is More Sane for Your Author Career? https://6figureauthors.com/podcast/
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"Skip the Boring Parts" - https://austinkleon.com/2021/07/28/skip-the-boring-parts/
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Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor - https://amzn.to/3usuZKH
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Interactive maps- https://www.scribblemaps.com/
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On Dealing with Burnout - https://wellnessmadeeasy.medium.com/i-dont-want-to-work-anymore-how-to-deal-with-burnout-78a2d1b0d38d
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Savage City is out! - https://books2read.com/savagecity
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What is success? https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-know-when-youre-a-successful-author/
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HB90 Bootcamp - https://heartbreathings.teachable.com/p/hb90-bootcamp
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Is it Time for a Break? https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/should-you-take-a-break-from-writing/
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Bridgerton on Netflix
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Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover - https://amzn.to/3uNNBUp
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Savage City book release - https://lpen.co/savagecity
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Canva graphic design - https://canva.com
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I Love That For You on Showtime - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjdhfiGA8BU (Premieres April 29) w/ Paul James! (my brother)
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Beforeigners on HBO Max
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Imaginary Worlds podcast - https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/beforeigners
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The Lost City movie
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Bridgerton on Netflix
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Savage City Preorder Giveaway: https://lpenelope.com/savagecity-preorder/
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The Empires Strikes Back structure: https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/movie-storystructure/star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back/
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Save the Cat Beat sheet: https://lpenelope.com/extras/resources-for-writers/
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7 Point Plot Structure: https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/story-structure/seven-point-story-structure/
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Romance Beat Sheet: https://jamigold.com/2012/11/write-romance-get-your-beat-sheet-here/
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Dramatica Plot Steps worksheet: https://lpenelope.com/extras/resources-for-writers/
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Editor Jessica Snyder: https://www.instagram.com/icaedits/
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StoryOrigin: https://storyoriginapp.com/
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BookFunnel: https://bookfunnel.com
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Prettylinks WordPress plugin: https://prettylinks.com/
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Ruses of Lenore series by Kate Stradling: https://amzn.to/3N8i1cn
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Cinderella Must Die by W.R. Gingell: https://amzn.to/3JwS57V
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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The Batman
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Savage City Pre-order giveaway: https://lpenelope.com/savagecity-preorder/
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Savage City audiobook clip: https://soundcloud.com/orangeskyaudio/savage-city-by-l-penelope
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Savage City on NetGalley eBook: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/250716
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Savage City on Netgalley audiobook: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/251674
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The Monsters We Defy galleys: https://www.instagram.com/p/CavaWFDFfTQ/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
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Jeen-yuhs on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81426972
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https://okayplayer.com
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Savage City Preorder Giveaway - https://lpenelope.com/savagecity-preorder/
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Savage City Goodreads Giveaway - https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/340869-savage-city
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Savage City on Netgalley - https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/250716
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Buffer social media scheduling - https://buffer.com/
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Later social media scheduling - https://later.com/
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Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Relationship Toolbox worksheet - http://www.kathycarmichael.com/SynopsisForms.pdf
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OneStopForWriters.com - Emotional Wound Thesaurus
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Enneagram Tracking (and Cheat Sheet) - http://nadineavola.com/treasure-box/
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Savage City - first 5 chapters - https://dl.bookfunnel.com/pq969fquqz
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Artbreeder - https://www.artbreeder.com
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My meet the characters post - https://www.instagram.com/p/CaPjHXuLv8l/
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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals - https://amzn.to/3JUGYFu
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The War of Art by Steven Pressfield - https://amzn.to/3HmNnry
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Mentioned:
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FaRoFeb microstory - "A Ride with the Vampire Prince" https://farofeb.com/micro-stories/a-ride-with-the-vampire-prince/
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The Nap Ministry - https://www.instagram.com/thenapministry/
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Asana - https://asana.com/
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ClickUp - https://clickup.com/
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Vellum - https://vellum.pub/
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Canva - https://www.canva.com/
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BookFunnel - https://bookfunnel.com/
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AppSumo - https://appsumo.com/
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DepositPhotos - https://depositphotos.com/
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MailPoet - https://www.mailpoet.com/
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Peacemaker on HBO Max. Forbes article - https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/02/19/the-peacemaker-finale-just-set-a-big-record-for-hbo-max/?sh=22218aba3737
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Bel-Air on Peacock
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The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay - https://amzn.to/3p2BC2Z
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Kristen Cashore - http://kristincashore.blogspot.com/
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Marry Me film
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Book of Love film
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Joanna Penn - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/
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ProWritingAid - https://prowritingaid.com/
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Remarkable 2 tablet - https://remarkable.com/
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Draft 2 Digital buys Smashwords https://www.draft2digital.com/blog/draft2digital-has-acquired-smashwords/
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Bookbrush - https://bookbrush.com/
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Canva - https://www.canva.com/
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My February sale! 50% off selected ebooks at https://lpenelope.com/store/ Coupon code: VALENTINE22
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Mentioned:
– Once Upon a Forbidden Desire: Fairy Tales and Other Stories – https://lpenelope.com/book/once-upon-a-forbidden-desire/
– https://lpenelope.com/store – 50% off select ebooks – COUPON CODE: VALENTINE22
– Savage City – https://lpenelope.com/book/savage-city/
– Story vs Plot – https://medium.com/@storycentral/story-vs-plot-bf2cf1baa2c7
– The Daily Stoic – https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/
– The Big Short movie
– Galaxy’s Edge magazine – https://www.galaxysedge.com/
– In From the Cold on Netflix – https://www.netflix.com/title/81123055
– If NFTs Were Honest – https://youtu.be/sG_v4bb2e4k
– Make a Scene by Jordan Rosenfeld – https://amzn.to/3guvKLg
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Mentioned:
– THE MONSTERS WE DEFY cover – https://lpenelope.com/book/the-monsters-we-defy/
– SAVAGE CITY book blitz sign up – https://xpressobooktours.com/2022/01/26/blitz-sign-up-savage-city-by-l-penelope/
– 70 over 70 ““SLOWLY IS THE FASTEST WAY TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE” WITH ANDRÉ DE SHIELDS” – https://pineapple.fm/70-over-70-ep-2
– Dopesick – https://www.hulu.com/series/dopesick-227de06a-d3d4-42e0-9df1-bb5495e1738d
– In From the Cold – https://www.netflix.com/title/81123055
– BCALA 2022 Self-Publishing Literary Award open – https://www.bcala.org/bcala-awards/literary-award-e-book
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Mentioned:
– The Expanse
– Writers Digest – Jan/Feb 2022 issue – https://www.writersdigest.com/be-inspired/writers-digest-january-february-2022-cover-reveal
– Plottr – https://plottr.com?ref=136 (affiliate link)
– Scapple mind mapping tool – https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple/overview
– Notion – https://www.notion.so/
– OneStop for Writers – https://onestopforwriters.com/
– Foolscap Method from The Story Grid – https://storygrid.com/the-foolscap-method/
– Lisa Cron – http://wiredforstory.com/
– 6 Figure Author Podcast Episode 115 – https://6figureauthors.com/podcast/making-more-money-selling-your-books-direct-katie-cross/
- My episode 86: Selling Direct - https://lpenelope.com/2020/09/selling-direct-my-imaginary-friends-episode-86
– Payhip – https://payhip.com/
– Bookfunnel – https://bookfunnel.com/
– Shopify – https://www.shopify.com/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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SAVAGE CITY cover reveal: https://lpenelope.com/book/savage-city/
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Mailerite - Get a $20 credit when you sign up with my referral link: https://www.mailerlite.com/invite/9d4b89533d585
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Real Talk for Writers with Talena Winters: https://www.talenawinters.com/realtalkforwriters
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Michael Pietsch Looks at Publishing’s (Near) Future: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/88114-michael-pietsch-looks-at-publishing-s-near-future.html
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Funding artists like startups: https://ellegriffin.substack.com/p/fund-artists-like-startups
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Joanna Penn on NFTs: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/future/
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Stevie Wonder Happy Birthday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anWx36QPmco
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Author & podcaster Elodie Nowodazkij - https://elodienowodazkij.com/
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"I feel this pressure to be (insert thing here)" - https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxfesmgR-QiSppOvWUU2WIpH55N_jY-gz4
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Kintsugi and the Art of Repair: life is what makes us - https://medium.com/@andreamantovani/kintsugi-and-the-art-of-repair-life-is-what-makes-us-b4af13a39921
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Wide Wizard - https://widewizard.co/
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The Case Against the Trauma Plot - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/the-case-against-the-trauma-plot
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Mentioned:
– Don’t Look Up movie on Netflix – https://www.netflix.com/title/81252357
– “You’ve gotta LOVE it. Don’t let it go until you love it. Then it doesn’t REALLY matter if someone doesn’t like it. Because you LOVE it. When I’ve done this, other opinions truly haven’t mattered. The time I didn’t, other opinions had oversized importance. LOVE it, then let it go.” – Ava DuVernay, https://twitter.com/ava/status/1475601976029171715?s=21
– Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – https://amzn.to/3sPs2Dq
– The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne – https://amzn.to/2Yw6Elx
– SMART Goals – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria
– Atomic Habits by James Clear – https://amzn.to/3j74GTZ
– Jason Stanford’s Grapevine newsletter via Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/jasonsanford/posts
– “How Twitter can ruin a life: Isabel Fall’s sci-fi story ‘I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter’ drew the ire of the internet. This is what happened next” – https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22543858/isabel-fall-attack-helicopter
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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2022 Calendar in columns - https://www.blank-calendar.com/download-printable/2022/printable-yearly-2022-calendar-month-in-column.pdf
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Gantt charts! https://www.teamgantt.com/
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QFD Episode 52 - Matrix 4 - An Epic Trolling - https://qfdpodcast.libsyn.com/qfd-episode-52-matrix-4-an-epic-trolling
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Mentioned: - AITA on Jean & Jorts - https://twitter.com/AITA_online/status/1470862918908624908
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Bonus: the cats have their own Twitter!: https://twitter.com/JortsTheCat
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Savage City - preorder coming soon - https://lpenelope.com/book/savage-city/
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The Monsters We Defy - Aug 2022 - https://lpenelope.com/book/the-monsters-we-defy/
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Author Dolen Perkin Valdez - https://dolenperkinsvaldez.com/
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The Hating Game by Sally Thorne - https://amzn.to/3EctTEj
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The Hating Game movie - https://www.instagram.com/hatinggamemovie/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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FaRoFeb (Fantasy Romance February) - https://farofeb.com/
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Sheltered by Charlotte Stein - https://amzn.to/30hla4E
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Darkness Dawns by Dianne DuVall - https://amzn.to/3v5tHmS
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DisCon 3 - https://discon3.org/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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The somewhat chaotic process of going from premise to story.
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Stardust movie - https://www.netflix.com/title/70054920
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Story Engine Cards - https://storyenginedeck.myshopify.com/
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Id List - Jennifer Lyn Barnes - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/red-sneaker-writers/using-the-id-list-to-enhance-nuydI5K9e2h/#episode (Interview starts at 13:58)
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DisCon 3 - https://discon3.org/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Worldbuilding and revision in miniature, plus finding the truest expression of your heart.
– Nicole Glover in conversation with L. Penelope replay – https://www.crowdcast.io/e/nicole-glover/register
– Galaxy’s Edge magazine – https://www.galaxysedge.com/
– Cover Reveal – THE MONSTERS WE DEFY – https://lpenelope.com/2021/11/the-monsters-we-defy-cover-reveal/
– “I think the main purpose of art …. is to create an empathy window. so just to create feeling whether it’s happiness, sadness, fear, or outrage, because life can be monotonous and it can be mundane and it gives a little break inside that monotony.” — Ren, https://www.instagram.com/tv/B3m4yavgLsw/
– “You’re here to find the truest expression of your heart that you can share with the world” — Marc Scott Zicree, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arWQV6f0lJk
– Wheel of Time series on Amazon Prime – https://amzn.to/3E4XoIZ
– Author P. Djeli Clark on The Wheel of Time – https://disgruntledharadrim.com/2021/11/23/the-wheel-of-time-series-beginnings/
– Nash Bridges TV movie – https://www.usanetwork.com/nash-bridges/video/nash-bridges/8000005274
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week’s best thing.
Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
Help with prompts, character names, and sinking into a new story.
Mentioned:
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The Story Engine - https://storyenginedeck.myshopify.com/
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Story Forge Cards - http://www.storyforgecards.com/
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http://www.thinkbabynames.com/ - search for names by meaning
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Nash Bridges - November 27, 2021 on USA Network - Trailer: https://twitter.com/USA_Network/status/1459249647256494080
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Paul James - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482818/
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Nicole Glover in conversation with L. Penelope - 11/22/21 https://www.booksoup.com/event/nicole-glover-undertakers
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Mentioned:
Thursday, November 11, 2021 @ 9pm ET - L. Penelope in conversation with Kit Rocha - https://www.mystgalaxy.com/penelope11121 - Save the Cat beat sheet - https://lpenelope.com/extras/resources-for-writers/
- Jami Gold worksheet - https://jamigold.com/for-writers/worksheets-for-writers/
- Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell – https://amzn.to/35eBwLu - My Events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/ - Kate Stradling - https://katestradling.com/books/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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The Harder They Fall movie - https://www.netflix.com/title/81077494
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TikTok meet cute - https://twitter.com/120rollfilm/status/1453708186318483462
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The Princess Knight by GA Aiken - https://amzn.to/3btSl8m
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Writing Excuses podcast - https://writingexcuses.com/2021/10/24/16-43-the-narrative-holy-trinity-of-world-character-and-plot-with-fonda-lee/
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Bully Pulpit podcast - "Shopping for a Foxtrap" - https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/shopping-for-a-foxtrap
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Dune film - https://www.dunemovie.com/
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Focusmate.com - virtual co-working & accountability
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Author Samantha Shannon - https://www.instagram.com/say_shannon/
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kt literary - http://ktliterary.com/
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The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, AL - https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/memorial
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National Novel Writing Month - https://nanowrimo.org/
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Becca Syme's Write Better Faster - https://betterfasteracademy.com/
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Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://amzn.to/3j74GTZ
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Only Murders in the Building on Hulu - https://www.hulu.com/series/only-murders-in-the-building-ef31c7e1-cd0f-4e07-848d-1cbfedb50ddf
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FaRoFeb Fantasy Romance February - https://farofeb.com/
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FaRoFeb October Giveaway - https://subscribepage.com/farogiveaway
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A Self Published Author's Diary - https://elodienowodazkij.com/
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K-lytics Amazon Analytics - https://k-lytics.com/
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Shanae Johnson books - https://shanaejohnson.com/
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7 Figure Fiction by T. Taylor - https://amzn.to/3uxaESV
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Frixion erasable pens - https://amzn.to/3avLMBL
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A DANCE WITH A FAE PRINCE & A DEAL WITH THE ELF KING by Elise Kova - https://amzn.to/3oSAsbo
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THE LUCKIEST LADY IN LONDON by Sherry Thomas - https://amzn.to/3DqiJf6
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Learning the Tropes podcast - https://learningthetropes.podbean.com/
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I mentioned a lot of resources this week!
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Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh - https://amzn.to/3A24hI9
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7 Figure Fiction by T. Taylor - https://amzn.to/3uxaESV
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Story Grid - https://storygrid.com/
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Remarkable tablet - https://remarkable.com/
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Vellum ebook software - https://vellum.pub/
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Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland - https://amzn.to/3ml97eR
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Take off Your Pants by Libbie Hawker - https://amzn.to/3iujYSD
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https://OneStopForWriters.com
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CS Lakin classes - https://cslakin.teachable.com/
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Story Genius by Lisa Cron - https://amzn.to/3BFSCAK
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Story by Robert McKee - https://amzn.to/3moY8AW
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Planet rap by Keatsdidit - https://www.instagram.com/tv/CTxwClGg3E-/
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Bookfly Design - https://www.bookflydesign.com/
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"This Academic Year, I Won’t Be Using Trigger Warnings" - https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/this-academic-year-i-wont-be-using
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Clickbait on Netflix - https://netflix.com/title/80991754
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Y The Last Man - https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/y-the-last-man
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Charlie Jane Anders - https://www.charliejaneanders.com/
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Mentioned
– How to Be a Tyrant on Netflix – https://www.netflix.com/title/80989772
– Fall of Civilizations podcast – https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/
– Submit to the Time Traveler’s anthology – https://michaelaventrella.com/2021/09/14/three-time-travelers-walk-into-guidelines-for-submissions/
– Author ND Jones – https://www.ndjonesparanormalpleasure.com/
– If We Must Die by Claude McKay – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die
– ink + volt weekly dashboard – https://inkandvolt.com/products/ink-volt-dashboard-deskpad
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Reaching new heights, mental strength, and looking forward!
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Denver Mountain Guiding - https://denvermountainguiding.com/
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Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror - https://www.netflix.com/title/81315804
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ONYX Pages interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZFOkjUB1D8
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Dear Romance Writer podcast - https://www.dearromancewriter.com/episode16-prying-out-the-covid
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Fiyahcon - https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Wheel of Time trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fus4Xb_TLg
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Les Mis flash mob - https://youtu.be/Cn8PiqIXEjQ
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Dancer in the Dark movie - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168629/
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Three Time Travelers Walk Into... Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into
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Writing Excuses Episode 16.35 What is the MICE quotient? https://writingexcuses.com/2021/08/29/16-35-what-is-the-m-i-c-e-quotient/
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The myth of too busy - https://booklaunch.com/the-myth-of-too-busy/
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Running Down a Dream by Tim Grahl - https://amzn.to/3n5TpX9
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My recent retreat, staying organized, and owning your process!
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A new release and some sad audiobook news.
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Requiem of Silence is now here! https://lpenelope.com/book/requiem-of-silence/
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K. Arsenault Rivera - http://karsenaultrivera.com/
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Plottr software - https://plottr.com?ref=136
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Kickstarter for Three Times Travelers Walk Into... - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into?ref=project_link
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Jeremy O. Harris play from Gossip Girl - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/theater/jeremy-o-harris-play-gossip-girl.html
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REQUIEM OF SILENCE releases August 17!
My virtual book launch will be Tuesday, August 17, 2021 @ 7pm ET. Fantasy author K. Arsenault Rivera will be joining me! More info: https://charmcitybooks.com/?urlsc=events
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Mentioned:
Write Better Faster - https://betterfasteracademy.com/wbf101/
RWA Vivan Award Debacle - https://bookriot.com/rwa-racism/
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Indulging my spreadsheet addiction.
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K.M. Weiland on Character Enneagrams: https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/use-the-enneagram-to-write-better-characters/
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Character Enneagrams Tracking Sheet: http://nadineavola.com/treasure-box/
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The Creative Penn podcast: - Joanna Penn - reverse outlines - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2021/07/26/literary-fiction-roz-morris-2/
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KM Weiland - Should You Edit as You Go? - https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/should-you-edit-as-you-go-2/
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Banished podcast interview w/ Dewey Crumpler - https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/if-its-in-the-world-its-for-me -
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My interview with Arley Sorg - https://atthebar.arleysorg.com/2/with-l-penelope/
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Leaving behind the old (for a while) and focusing on the new!
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EarthsingerReadlong - Cry of Metal & Bone - https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/earthsingerreadalong/
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Sarra Cannon - "Starting The Final Book In My Bestselling Series" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejhVFTcv0c
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The Plot Whisperer by Martha Alderson – https://amzn.to/3pPL4pM
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Story Genius by Lisa Cron - https://amzn.to/3BFSCAK
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"When the Author Dream is No Longer the Dream" - https://nelsonagency.com/2021/07/when-the-author-dream-is-no-longer-the-dream/
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Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert - https://amzn.to/2LaZ0a5
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The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay - https://amzn.to/2J5XULu
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Work & rest for inspiration and facing your fears.
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Dramatica plot steps: https://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/plot-outline.html
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My plot steps worksheet: https://lpenelope.com/wp-content/uploads/Dramatica-Plot-Steps-Worksheet.pdf
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The Great Gatsby - https://amzn.to/2VMgP88
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Gone Girl - https://amzn.to/3zp2j51
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Hampton Roads Writers Conference - https://hamptonroadswriters.org/2021-conference/
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My events calendar - https://lpenelope.com/calendar
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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From idea to book announcement! THE MONSTERS WE DEFY coming from Orbit Books in 2022! - https://www.orbitbooks.net/2021/07/08/acquisition-announcement-the-monsters-we-defy-by-leslye-penelope/
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"If We Must Die" by Claude McKay - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die
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Black Widow movie
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Building the characters so I can build the plot.
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The Nap Ministry - https://www.instagram.com/thenapministry/
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REQUIEM OF SILENCE preorder campaign - https://lpenelope.com/requiem-preorder/
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The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9780615908113
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Susan Dennard - https://susandennard.com/for-writers/
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Margie Lawson - https://www.margielawson.com/lawson-writers-academy/
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Character Arc Progression Worksheet - https://writershelpingwriters.net/writing-tools/
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The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9781419743030
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Awesome Con in Washington, DC - https://awesome-con.com/book-fair/
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Rock climbing board game First Ascent on Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/firstascentgame/first-ascent
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Why do people even like books anyway?
This week's best thing: The Harder They Fall trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKz5kZr8mrg
Honorable mention: Sleater-Kinney One More Hour on Audible - https://www.audible.com/pd/One-More-Hour-Audiobook/B096SSWF7Y
Recommended: Song of the Forever Rains by EJ Mellow - https://amzn.to/3jmROu8
EarthsingerReadalong - https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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On realistic goal and expectation setting. Plus, progress!
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Angelborn is free through June 2021 - https://books2read.com/angelborn
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The Cupid Mixup - permanently free - https://books2read.com/cupidmixup
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Marie Poulin - https://mariepoulin.com/
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https://www.notion.so/ - note taking, database and organization software
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6 Figure Author podcast - https://6figureauthors.com/
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HB90 Method - https://heartbreathings.teachable.com/p/hb90-bootcamp
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QOTW: Do you listen to audiobooks? If so, what do you do while you listen?
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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A breakdown of my very painful process of getting back on track with this manuscript.
Mentioned: - In the Heights
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The Plot Whisperer by Martha Alderson - https://amzn.to/3pPL4pM
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The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne - https://amzn.to/2Yw6Elx
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The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr - https://amzn.to/3wywbLf
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David Corbett "The Compass of Character" - https://davidcorbett.com/teaching.php
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Story Genius by Lisa Cron - https://amzn.to/3wl96LN
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Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland - https://amzn.to/3vls5Ez
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Enneagrams Relationships - https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/the-enneagram-type-combinations
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Sequences - https://medium.com/your-first-novel/what-is-a-sequence-in-a-novel-or-a-movie-ddd9f0f35d78
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Screenwriting Tricks for Authors by Alexandra Sokoloff - https://amzn.to/2P4HUNW
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Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody - https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV
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Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell - https://amzn.to/35eBwLu
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Dramatica Plot Steps - https://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/plot-outline.html
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http://onestopforwriters.com/
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Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes - https://amzn.to/3vob3FQ
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Anne Aguirre's Ars Numina series - https://amzn.to/3ec95nc
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Sponsor: Summer in the City by Lori Wilde, Priscilla Oliveras, Sarah Skilton - https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496732675/summer-in-the-city/
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Venus Williams mic drop - https://twitter.com/espnw/status/1399847611897688068?s=21
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Cree Summer's Street Faerie album
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A Quiet Place Part 2 movie
EarthsingerReadalong - https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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This week's best thing: Howard University's Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts - https://variety.com/2021/film/news/chadwick-boseman-howard-university-college-fine-arts-1234982110/
Mentioned: -The Old Guard movie -The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+ -The Nevers on HBO
EarthsingerReadalong - https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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This week's best thing: "Fye Fye" by Tobe Nwigwe - https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8JJVqnZfl/ (Behind the Scenes - https://www.instagram.com/p/CPLpJbpnT9a/)
Mentioned:
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Soundtrack on Netflix
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My events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar
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Edelweiss Bookfest - (https://abovethetreeline.com/bookfest) promo code for $30 off! Code: LPKEYBF30 - Register at https://edelweissbookfest.regfox.com/edelweiss-bookfest
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Publishers Weekly review of REQUIEM OF SILENCE - https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250148131
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Temptation moment (Alternate to Dark Moment) - https://youtu.be/ceZbrDrecFg
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The Underground Railroad on TV show on Amazon Prime
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The Good Lord Bird on Showtime
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The Conductors by Nicole Glover - https://amzn.to/2SlPyrC
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https://pirateship.com - for shipping & postage from home
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Sponsor: Lone Wolf by Diana Palmer, Kate Pearce and Rebecca Zanetti. Lone Wolf by Diana Palmer, Kate Pearce and Rebecca Zanetti. https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781420151497/lone-wolf/
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Norah, Yarah, Rosa dance video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CD8_-kDlU2t/
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In Our Mother's Gardens on Netflix
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Earthsinger Chronicles Readalong - https://lpenelope.com/2021/05/join-the-earthsinger-chronicles-readalong/
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Author Daniel Jose Older - https://www.instagram.com/danieljose1/
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"No one will read your book (and other truths about publishing)" - https://ellegriffin.substack.com/p/publishing-industry-truth)
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"The one where writing books is not really a good idea" - https://ellegriffin.substack.com/p/creator-economy-for-fiction-authors
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Nobody (film) & Wrath of Man (film)
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Plottr software - https://plottr.com?ref=136 (affiliate)
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Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell - https://amzn.to/2RHatVr
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Wide for the Win FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/wideforthewin
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https://www.edelweiss.plus/
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The Creative Penn podcast - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2021/05/03/translation-and-marketing-in-foreign-languages/
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Vampires Never Get Old anthology podcast - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2021/05/03/translation-and-marketing-in-foreign-languages/
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Imaginary Worlds podcast: episode 171 The Zen of Sci-fi - https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/the-zen-of-sci-fi
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Brett Burnham - Chapterhouse Tattoo, Baltimore, MD - https://www.chapterhousetattoo.com/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Sponsor: An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler by Vanessa Riley
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Shadow & Bone on Netflix
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Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo - https://amzn.to/3vEmutN
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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - https://amzn.to/3uaWIN7
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My interview on Elodie Nowodazkij's podcast
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Imaginarium Book Festival - May 8 & 9, 2021 - https://www.imaginariumbookfestival.com/
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My events: https://lpenelope.com/calendar
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Colleen Hoover in process and failing (and not giving up) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL-6pcxJwDw/?igshid=5wbvwx2wdbuz
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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"Peter Warner, 90, Seafarer Who Discovered Shipwrecked Boys, Dies" - New York Times
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CL Polk tweet - https://twitter.com/clpolk/status/1377231534374129664?s=21
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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My current paranormal romance series: Angelborn - https://books2read.com/angelborn & Angelfall - https://books2read.com/angelfall-eternalflame
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Dianne DuVall's Immortal Guardians series - https://amzn.to/3v5tHmS
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Ann Aguirre's Ars Numina series - https://amzn.to/3ec95nc
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New podcast: A Self-Published Author's Diary with Elodie Nowodazkij - https://elodienowodazkij.com, http://aselfpublishedauthorsdiary.com
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Dear Romance Writer podcast!! https://www.dearromancewriter.com/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Have questions for me? Email me at podcast@lpenelope.com for a future Q&A show!
– Draft2Digital – https://www.draft2digital.com/
– ClickUp project management – https://clickup.com/
– SmartSheet – https://www.smartsheet.com/
– REQUIEM on Netgalley (https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/211122) and Edelweiss (https://www.abovethetreeline.com)
– Sarra Cannon’s HB 90 Method – https://heartbreathings.teachable.com/p/hb90-bootcamp
– Kanban boards – https://www.projectmanager.com/kanban
– Chrome Extension – Author Sanity Saver for Goodreads – shows only 4 or 5 star reviews!!!
– Ines Johnson Bookbub post! – https://insights.bookbub.com/how-make-six-figures-self-published-author/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Sponsor: Breakfast at the Honey Creek Café by Jodie Thomas
Mentioned:
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Write Better Faster with Becca Syme
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SPA Girls Podcast – EP285 – Interview with Janie Crouch : Launching a romance series
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Linear Tactical series by Janie Crouch
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Ars Numina series by Ann Aguirre
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Author Colleen Hoover
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Virtuouscon panel replay: Breaking Borders: Black Representation in Speculative Fiction Panel with Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, L. Penelope, Tonia Ransom, and Mellow Brown
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Virtuouscon
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Benni masks
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Galaxy's Edge magazine
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https://750words.com/
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https://sprinter.getfreewrite.com/
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The Snyder Cut of Justice League
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Double Vision Editorial
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Podcast giveaway - https://lpenelope.com/podcastgiveaway
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The Creative Penn podcast
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Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
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Dan Wells 7-Point Plot Structure - Video: https://youtu.be/KcmiqQ9NpPE - How to use it: https://thewritingkylie.com/blog/the-basics-of-the-seven-point-story-structure-and-how-to-use-it
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Plottr software: https://plottr.com?ref=136
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Plot Formula Cheatsheet by Eva Deverell
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Dramatica - https://dramatica.com/
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Understanding the Arc of a Main Character
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Forget the Cat, Save Yourself
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Act Your Age Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert - https://amzn.to/390K1vU
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Audio in Color grant - http://www.lyricaudiobooks.com/audioincolor/ - you can also donate to the grant fund here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/audio-in-color-brownnipplechallenge-audiobooks
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Plottr software
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Sarra Cannon Notion video
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Podcast Giveaway! Enter to win a copy of SO TO SPEAK by Shirley Kobliner & Harold Kobliner, PhD
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Mentioned:
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Coming 2 America film
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WandaVision TV show
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Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins - https://amzn.to/3bmtXGm
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On binging an author - https://twitter.com/Tuphlos/status/1366495229235195905
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Dianne DuVall's Immortal Guardians series - https://amzn.to/3v5tHmS
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N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy - https://amzn.to/3rrQF5x
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Ann Aguirre's Ars Numina series - https://amzn.to/3ec95nc
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Maggie Stiefvater recaps
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Becky Albertalli author
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Rod Pulido “Who has the right to tell a particular story, and who gets to decide this?“ https://www.rodpulido.com/blog/late-to-the-party
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Kwame Mbalia's Substack newsletter "Black by Popular Demand" on black book releases - https://kwamembalia.substack.com/
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Plottr software: https://plottr.com?ref=136
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Sponsor: LOVE AT FIRST by Kate Clayborn - https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496725196/love-at-first/
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Shadow & Bone trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHJYYd_RnJc
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OneStopforWriters.com - workshops & thesauruses
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Twitter thread on Western storytelling
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Sponsor: Hopeless Romantic by Marina Adair
Featured Podcast: This Lesbian Ship is Intense
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The Heir and the Spare by Kate Stradling
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Judas and the Black Messiah movie
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The Expanse
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Star Trek Discovery
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Save the Cate Beat Sheet worksheet
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Sponsor: THE DUKE HEIST by Erica Ridley - https://ericaridley.com/
MENTIONED:
Cat-faced lawyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDNP-SWgn2w
Lit Service podcast - 5.03 - Author-Agent Relationships with Ben Grange https://litservicepodcast.wixsite.com/litnation
Lessons from a Screenplay - The Soul of Good Character Design - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM3IQFgP-d8
VirtuousCon - https://virtuouscon.com
My Upcoming Events: https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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This episode is sponsored by THE DUKE HEIST by Erica Ridley - https://ericaridley.com/
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Kwame Mbalia - https://twitter.com/KSekouM/status/1357356812266311680
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FaRoFeb (Fantasy Romance February) - https://farofeb.com/
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Fantasy Romance Panel 2/20/21 @ 3pm ET - https://www.libraryinsight.com/eventdetails.asp?jx=gx&lmx=%CF%60c%26%AF%AE%7C&v=3
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Descript app - https://www.descript.com/
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219 RomBkPod "A Little Magic" https://linktr.ee/rombkpod
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Melanin Library - https://www.melaninlibrary.com/
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Kenya Goree Bell - https://kenyagoreebell.com/
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Sponsor: Driven by Rebecca Zanetti
Mentioned:
Laziness Does Not Exist with Dr. Devon Price - Smart Podcast Trashy Books
Plottr software
Zotero research organization software - https://www.zotero.org/
Scrivener Story Bible template - https://lpenelope.com/extras/resources-for-writers/
The Nap Ministry - https://www.instagram.com/thenapministry/
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Earthsinger Chronicles Complete novellas audiobook on Audible
Last week of podcast giveaway - https://lpenelope.com/podcastgiveaway
Spotlight: Choose Your Romance - game featuring THE PRINCESS PROBLEM by Christi Barth - iOS and Android
June's Journey - hidden object game
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Sponsor: The Rancher Meets His Match by Kate Pearce
This week's best thing: "Earth is Ghetto" by Aliah Sheffield - https://www.instagram.com/nikkialiah/
Mentioned: 2021 Publishing Trends
Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik - https://amzn.to/3nS5zQ7
Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater - https://amzn.to/35OD7Z3
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Sponsor: Fairy Godmother, Inc. by Saranna DeWylde
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Susan Dennard's story a month challenge: https://susandennard.com/story-a-month-challenge/
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Roni Loren - Fighting for Focus course: https://roni-loren.teachable.com/p/fighting-for-focus-productivity-for-writersjan2021
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Editor Savannah Gilbo on year planning - https://www.savannahgilbo.com/blog/planning
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Sarra Cannon's Create Your 2021 Writing Schedule - https://youtu.be/qUySuFGnla4
Francis Ford Coppola on NPR's Fresh Air - https://www.npr.org/2020/12/31/952282734/francis-ford-coppola-on-making-the-godfather
Enter the podcast giveaway! https://lpenelope.com/podcastgiveaway
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Enter the giveaway here: https://lpenelope.com/podcastgiveaway/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody https://amzn.to/2VhFD6Y
Plottr - http://getplottr.com
My Scrivener Template - https://lpenelope.com/extras/resources-for-writers/
Campfire - https://www.campfiretechnology.com/
Ergo 2 chair - https://www.autonomous.ai/office-chairs/ergonomic-chair
The New York Times "Just How White Is the Book Industry?" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/11/opinion/culture/diversity-publishing-industry.html
Deadline City - "The Library" - https://deadlinecity.com/2020/12/09/season-3-episode-8-the-library/
Agent DongWon Song on the canon - https://publishingishard.substack.com/p/drinking-from-a-poisoned-well
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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"Once Upon a Winter Ever After" replay: https://bit.ly/WinterEverAfter
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Finished story will be on the SMP Romance newsletter: https://smpromance.com/
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Kate Messner on vision cards: https://katemessner.com/countdown-to-chirp-outlining-drafting-and-outlining-again-and-how-scrivener-helps-with-the-process/
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Alice Smith https://www.alicesmith.com/
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Purchased Husband by Noelle Adams: https://amzn.to/3gHBOPU
Featured podcast: The Mermaid Podcast - http://www.cinderly.com/posts/category/podcast/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Between the World & Me on HBO Max
The Queen's Gambit on Netflix
1919 DC Maps
https://www.scribblemaps.com/
HB90 Bootcamp Course
Harassing Nora Roberts on her own blog about publication schedules. https://fallintothestory.com/the-awakening-discussion-thread/#comment-229135
T-shirt: https://twitter.com/KMLwrites/status/1334628638973698054
Once Upon a Winter Ever After - 12/9/20 - https://bit.ly/WinterEverAfter
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Mentioned:
Agendio.com planners
Remarkable 2 - e-ink tablet
Enneagram Relationships & Wings
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UNDER A WINTER SKY anthology launch! - http://lpen.co/uaws
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Double Vision Editorial - https://doublevisioneditorial.com/
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Author Support Network on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/AuthorSupportNetwork
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The Seven Stages of Writerly Grief - https://thewingedpen.com/2016/07/15/the-seven-stages-of-writerly-grief/
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MAMA DAY by Gloria Naylor - https://amzn.to/3eXAo31
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CLOCKWORK BOYS by T. Kingfisher - https://amzn.to/3l1xFXO
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Leave a comment on your ideas for how I should celebrate my 100th episode.
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PRACTICAL MAGIC by Alice Hoffman - https://amzn.to/3pwMl4k
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MAMA DAY by Gloria Naylor - https://amzn.to/3eXAo31
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BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott - https://amzn.to/3nnpyGr with "Shitty First Drafts" essay
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Romancing the Runoff - http://www.romancingtherunoff.com/
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Lexicon Valley - "White Author, Black English. Problem?" https://twitter.com/JohnHMcWhorter/status/1326240548211073024
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Featured podcast: Boobies & Noobies - https://boobiesandnoobies.com/
Mentioned:
Masterwriter.com
Audible return policy
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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If the Boot Fits by Rebekah Weatherspoon - https://amzn.to/3mIHIC4
This week's best thing: My Freewrite Traveler - My review: https://youtu.be/33u95y8_hYY
NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month - http://nanowrimo.org/
Jeffe Kennedy on writing towards a core image: https://blog.jeffekennedy.com/2020/10/29/first-cup-of-coffee-october-29-2020/
VONA Writers Workshop - http://vonavoices.org/
Hustle (TV show) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustle_(TV_series)
The Killing - Stanley Kubrick - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_(film)
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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OneStopForWriters.com Character Builder
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Enneagrams: https://www.crystalknows.com/enneagram-test
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Writer's Digest Conference: https://writersdigestconference.com/
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My Events: https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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This week's best thing: SONG OF BLOOD & STONE makes TIME Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
Featured Podcast: Tea & Strumpets - https://www.romancepod.com/
Structuring Your Novel by K. M. Weiland - https://amzn.to/3j9IRAG
Screenwriting Tips for Authors by Alexandra Sokoloff - https://amzn.to/37k7us8
Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell - https://amzn.to/2H52gps
Super Structure: The Key to Unleashing the Power of Story by James Scott Bell - https://amzn.to/3jcpEy9
How To Create A Plot Outline In 8 Easy Steps (Dramatica theory) https://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/plot-outline.html
The Good Lord Bird on Showtime
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DongWon Song on giving and receiving advice
My upcoming events: https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
Under a Winter Sky pre-order: https://lpenelope.com/book/echoes-of-ash-and-tears/
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This week's best thing: Leverage (TV show)
- JSTOR - a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
- WorldCat - a global catalog of library collections
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Alexis Daria post on time tracking to create the ideal week https://www.instagram.com/p/CF04IVlg7Ks/?igshid=qpqydc4q0cag
- Sarra Cannon's HB90 Method
- Enola Holmes on Netflix
- PitchWars.org
- Moose stalking in New Hampshire https://www.instagram.com/p/BpDNuS2FL_b/
Featured podcast: Tea & Strumpets - https://www.romancepod.com/
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This week's best thing: Inspiration!
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Austin Kleon on ideas
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The Thomas Crowne Affair (1999)
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The Great American Barbecue Showdown on Netflix
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Featured podcast: First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy
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This week's best thing: I didn't work this weekend! Deadlines 1/2 done!
Under a Winter Sky anthology on pre-order - https://lpen.co/uaws
PayHip.com - for direct ebook sales
The Creative Penn podcast: How To Get Your Book Into Libraries And Bookstores With Mark Leslie Lefebvre (Recommends setting your ebook at 2x or 3x the normal price for libraries.)
Bookfunnel.com - for ebook delivery
Author Elodie Nowodazkij
Galaxy's Edge magazine - http://www.galaxysedge.com/
Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover - https://amzn.to/32NaKcQ
Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover - https://amzn.to/3iQgoQR
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This week's best thing: Requiem of Silence home stretch
Sponsor: The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea by Kerrelyn Sparks (The entire series: https://www.kerrelynsparks.com/books-embraced.html)
Jeffe Kennedy Podcast on story structure
Courtney Milan on Smart Bitches podcast
FantasyNameGenerators.com
The Bank Job movie
Ronin movie
Heist with Michael Caine on Audible
Plot versus Character by Jeff Gerke - https://amzn.to/2RnGm2g
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This week's best thing: Writing the ending of REQUIEM OF SILENCE!
Courtney Milan in EW: https://ew.com/books/courtney-milan-reveals-new-romance-cover/
Author Marie Force: https://marieforce.com/
Author Christina C. Jones: http://beingmrsjones.com/
Love Jacked on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81043813
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Video version: https://youtu.be/IZEGZUKzxpQ
This week’s best thing: Productivity!
This week's theme song: “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” by Smashing Pumpkins
Co-promotion: Not Your Mom’s Romance Book Club – https://www.buzzsprout.com/113419
Mentioned: clickup.com – Project Management
Margie Lawson online class: Visceral Rules: Beyond Hammering Hearts
MRW online class: Writing Kick-Butt Action Adventure
Jamila Woods Legacy! Legacy! album – http://www.jamila-woods.com/
RIP Chadwick Boseman
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This week’s best thing: Woman’s World magazine
– https://onestopforwriters.com – writing resources and worksheets galore!
– Mysterious Galaxy event with K. Arsenault Rivera (replay)
– Lee Allen Howard on “Scene Structure: Understanding Turning Points”
– Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha – https://amzn.to/39Ny3F4
– Slope desktop white board – https://fluidstance.com/products/slope
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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: CRY OF METAL & BONE is out now! - https://lpenelope.com/cry
- Event @ Mysterious Galaxy w/ K. Arsenault Rivera - https://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/l-penelope-virtual-event-cry-metal-bone
- Locus Magazine guest post "The Optimism of Fantasy" - https://locusmag.com/2020/08/l-penelope-the-optimism-of-fantasy/
- Bear With Me by Lucy Eden - https://amzn.to/2E4PtBx
- You Had Me At Hola by Alexis Daria - https://amzn.to/3kNpvDf
- Project Power on Netflix
- Not Your Mom's Romance Book Club - https://www.buzzsprout.com/113419
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Sponsor: The Rebellious Rancher by Kate Pearce
This week's best thing: Cry of Metal & Bone releases on Tuesday, August 11
Mentioned:
My interview on Jeffe Kennedy's First Cup of Coffee
Pitch Wars - https://pitchwars.org/
Launch events:
Date Night with Alyssa Cole replay - https://alyssacole.com/date-night-video-archives/
Launch Event at One More Page Books w/ Angelina M. Lopez - https://www.onemorepagebooks.com/event/l-penelope-launch-cry-metal-and-bone
The Muse Launch Event w/ Moni Boyce - https://the-muse.org/event/l-penelope-book-launch-reading/
Mysterious Galaxy w/ K. Arsenault Rivera - https://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/l-penelope-virtual-event-cry-metal-bone
ClickUp for project management - https://clickup.com/
My Publication Database tutorial - https://lpenelope.com/2020/08/manage-your-published-book-details-with-notion/
"Does Switching to Comic Sans Really Fix Writer’s Block?" https://www.themarysue.com/comic-sans-writing/
Scrivener - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
Plottr app - https://getplottr.com/
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THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Writer Happy Hour!
Mentioned:
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CRY OF METAL & BONE releases August 11, 2020! https://lpenelope.com/book/cry-of-metal-bone/
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Angelina M. Lopez - http://www.angelinamlopez.com/
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Alexis Daria - https://alexisdaria.com/
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Roni Loren's Fearless Romance Writing Academy - https://www.fearlessromancewriting.com/
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Indian Matchmaking on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/80244565
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Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha - https://amzn.to/39Ny3F4
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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: My new pillow is improving my life! https://sleepsutera.com/
Mentioned:
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Diane Peterfreund on plot boards - https://dianapeterfreund.com/son-of-plotting-board/ & https://dianapeterfreund.com/book-signing-and-brand-new-plotting-board/
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Save the Cat Beat Sheet - I use the one available here: http://nadineavola.com/treasure-box/
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My Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/LPenelopeAuthor
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Notion database app - https://notion.so
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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Great book, movie & tv show!
PALADIN'S GRACE by T. Kingfisher - https://lpen.co/paladinsgrace
THE GREAT on Hulu
THE OLD GUARD on Netflix
CRY OF METAL & BONE pre-order campaign
The 40 sentence plot outline: https://sterlingandstone.net/how-to-outline-a-novel/
Writing Excuses podcast - https://writingexcuses.com/
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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YouTube version: https://youtu.be/8KLbwqLrWgg
THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: I cut off all my hair, see my IG post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbqfPuAe8I/
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Galaxy's Edge magazine - http://www.galaxysedge.com/
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CRY OF METAL & BONE Pre-order campaign - https://lpenelope.com/2020/07/cry-of-metal-bone-pre-order-campaign/
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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: It’s HamilDay! Hamilton live on Disney+
This episode sponsored by CRUSHING IT by Lorelei Parker
SSSCat Spray Dog & Cat Deterrent - https://amzn.to/31J7rTM
My Modified Story Grid spreadsheet - https://lpenelope.com/extras/resources-for-writers/
The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne - https://amzn.to/2Yw6Elx
Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast with Savannah Gilbo - https://www.savannahgilbo.com/podcast
Sarra Cannon's Heart Breathings - https://heartbreathings.com/
Strange Love by Ann Aguirre - https://amzn.to/2C56biU
365 Days on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81245964
Deadline City Podcast Episode 2.18 "THE ARENA – FANTASY VS. CONTEMPORARY W/ JASON REYNOLDS" https://deadlinecity.com/2020/06/17/season-2-episode-18-the-arena-fantasy-vs-contemporary-w-jason-reynolds/
Lit Service podcast "Layers of Tension with Katherine Arden" -https://litservicepodcast.wixsite.com/litnation/copy-of-4-4
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Climbing again!
- New Octavia Butler podcast "Octavia's Parables"
-"Does Allegory Prevent Star Wars From Being Anti-Racist?"
- "John Boyega is doing what Star Wars wouldn’t"
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Juneteenth!!
REQUIEM OF SILENCE cover reveal
The Muse Writers Center - https://the-muse.org/
First drag queen was a slave: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/drag-queen-slave-ball/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Primm’s Hood Cinema is back with Belly! https://youtu.be/hwoJPe-oBjY
The Creative Penn podcast: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2020/06/08/creativity-artificial-intelligence-and-time-off-with-max-frenzel/
750words.com - [example of stats]
Sarra Cannon HB90 bootcamp (affiliate link): https://heartbreathings.teachable.com/p/hb90-bootcamp/?affcode=145068_ffrxnd9f
Agendio planner (referral link): https://agendio.com/referrals-welcome/jy789Y_1591980696
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This episode is brought to you by Kensington Books’ newest title from Renee Ann Miller, NEVER CONSPIRE WITH A SINFUL BARON.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: What if 2020 is the year we’ve been waiting for? Leslie Dwight poem: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA_CXcBp7Rg/
"Saying "I can't imagine how you must feel" to your black friends is part of the problem. Take a minute to think about what such an inability means. " -ZigZag Claybourne (https://twitter.com/ZZClaybourne/status/1267817694843162626)
Cultivate Empathy: https://www.futurity.org/cultivate-empathy-2079842-2/
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Virtual Balticon & Reddit Virtual Fantasy Con
Every main character must be volatile: "By that, I don’t mean that they have to blow up yelling at people all the time. I mean that they have to have something unexpected inside them that gets ignited by the plot, and then that ignition turns the plot into a full-blown fire. They have to have some secret or some quality that causes them to react different than anyone else would to this situation. That’s volatility." -http://www.secretsofstory.com/2011/08/big-idea-part-7-every-main-character.html
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Ultimate Story Checklist: http://www.secretsofstory.com/2011/08/ultimate-story-checklist.html
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Writing Tips: How Character Flaws Shape Story With Will Storr on The Creative Penn podcast: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2020/05/25/character-flaws-will-storr/
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Will Storr videos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ndTx9xbt7UYkxKkgLxydA
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The calendar template I use for scheduling: https://www.blank-calendar.com/printable/2020/preview/month-in-column
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Galaxy's Edge magazine - http://www.galaxysedge.com/
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: The Expanse (I finished Season 1!)
- Author Alexis Daria - https://alexisdaria.com/
- RWA Vivian award - https://www.rwa.org/Online/News/2020/RWA_Announces_a_New_Award_for_a_New_Era.aspx
- Jeffe Kennedy - The Fiery Crown: https://amzn.to/2Tstjhq
- First Cup of Coffee podcast - https://blog.jeffekennedy.com/tag/podcast/
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: I started writing words for the new project!
20kin5days - https://www.tashalharrison.com/20kin5days
Dan Harmon plot embryo - (https://channel101.fandom.com/wiki/Story_Structure_104:_The_Juicy_Detail)
Rachael Stephen on the plot embryo - (https://youtu.be/_pZ3ZZd1mms?t=3)
Code 8 movie
Harley Quinn on SyFy
Author Pascale Kavanaugh (https://www.pekavanagh.com/)
Romancing the capital - POC Fantasy and UF authors - (https://youtu.be/f4Nf2qvCyYE?t=18)
https://www.pocparanormalauthors.com/
Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai - https://amzn.to/3fXWHp7
The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morganthaler - https://amzn.to/2X9kdHl
Someone to Wed by Mary Balogh - https://amzn.to/3fRDiGq
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This Week’s Best Thing: Barack Obama Virtual Commencement
Honorable Mention: Primm’s Hood Cinema
K.M. Weiland writing books - https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/store/
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
Kanban Boards - ClickUp: https://clickup.com/, Trello: https://trello.com/
https://onestopforwriters.com/
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Lessons from the Screenplay: Sunset Blvd & Parasite
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THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Megan Thee Stallion - Savage Remix (feat. Beyoncé) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEIqjoO0-Bs
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Trigger Workouts - https://www.precisionnutrition.com/trigger-workouts
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The Red Hand Files - Do you need to be hurt or mentally ill to be a great artist? https://www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-need-to-be-hurt-or-mentally-ill-to-be-a-great-artist/
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On Prayer: https://www.theredhandfiles.com/a-prayer-to-who/
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Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters - https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters/
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20kin5days starts May 15 - https://www.tashalharrison.com/20kin5days
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Learning the Tropes Podcast - https://learningthetropes.podbean.com/ The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Finding good things in a tough week
John Truby – The Anatomy of Story – https://amzn.to/2VheOOD
Sarra Cannon - Heart Breathings Youtube Channel
Dan Wells 7 Point Plot Structure - https://hunterswritings.com/2016/09/16/7-point-story-structure-resources/
Story Forge cards - http://www.storyforgecards.com/
Michael Haspil QFD podcast - http://qfdpodcast.libsyn.com/
Author Natasha Lane - https://www.instagram.com/natashadlanewrites/
IngramSpark has a coupon for free title setup and revisions until May 31, 2010 using code: INGRAMSPARK2020. - https://www.ingramspark.com/
Jennifer Lyn Barnes on Writing Your Id: Workshop $6: - Red Sneaker Writers - Podcast episode (Interview starts at 13:58)
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: My Birthday & Giveaway: Enter to win ARCs of CRY OF METAL & BONE by me & THE FIERY CROWN by Jeffe Kennedy - https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope/
The Cupid Guild - Complete Collection - available for purchase for a limited time on my website https://lpenelope.com/book/the-cupid-guild-the-complete-collection/
John Truby - The Anatomy of Story - https://amzn.to/2VheOOD
Eye doctor mask & glasses advice
Christina C. Jones - I Think I Might Love You (Love Sisters book 1) - https://amzn.to/2VzLcuM
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Some Good News with Hamilton original cast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oilZ1hNZPRM
MENTIONS:
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The Cupid Guild covers
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Canva.com - image editing
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Binding Shadows by Jasmine Silvera - https://amzn.to/2xfcQW1
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Replay of my live reading from Whispers of Shadow & Flame plus Q&A - https://www.howwriterswrite.com/onlinereading/l-penelope-online-reading-replay/
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Giveaway: https://lpenelope.com/giveaway
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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Come to my live reading Thursday, April 9th @ 8pm ET!! https://www.howwriterswrite.com/onlinereading/
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: I wrote the last scenes of REQUIEM OF SILENCE!!!
MENTIONS:
-The Hunger Games series - https://amzn.to/3bMb2lM
-The Lumatere Chronicles series - https://amzn.to/3bLd1qz
-The Tiger King on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/watch/81115994
-Entreat Me by Grace Draven - https://amzn.to/3aEIrP6
-Master of Crows by Grace Draven - https://amzn.to/349In7O
-Tracey Livesay wig showcase: https://www.instagram.com/tracey.livesay/
-“Stop Trying to Be Productive” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/style/productivity-coronavirus.html
-kt literary podcast - Gaming with Mike Haspil: https://kt-literary-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/gaming-with-mike-haspil
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Queen Sono on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81035137
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Lexicon Valley podcast: https://slate.com/podcasts/lexicon-valley
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Self Made on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80202462
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Washington Post mention of Earthsinger Chronicles: http://lpen.co/washpo-mar2020
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Stealing Hollywood by Alexandra Sokoloff: https://amzn.to/3bCKrHE
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It's a Wonderful Life - https://www.amazon.com/Its-Wonderful-Life-James-Stewart/dp/B07JMZ4HVH
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Story Grid Core Emotions - https://storygrid.com/discover-storys-core/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Debbie Allen’s dance class on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/tv/B9-f0CajrL3/
– Written in Melanin interview : https://youtu.be/ud9bMPceIEM
– Written in Melanin – Spoiler Talk! https://youtu.be/K4BEXXTH6gw
– Fiona Apple in The New Yorker – https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/fiona-apples-art-of-radical-sensitivity
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Hush of Storm & Sorrow releases March 16!
Podcast survey still going on! https://lpenelope.com/survey
MENTIONS:
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Jeffe Kennedy article on Writer's Block - https://sffseven.blogspot.com/2020/03/when-writers-block-means-to-dig-deeper.html
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Don't Take the Monkey Pass by Kelly Robson - https://kellyrobson.com/dont-take-the-monkey-bypass/
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Clickup.com- Project Management
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Smartsheet.com- More Project Management
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Notion.so & Marie Poulin - https://mariepoulin.com/training/
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Hand cream (I recommend lavender) - http://www.beefolks.com/products/c2-handcream/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.
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Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Finished Act 2 of Requiem of Silence!
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Comment on this episode: https://lpenelope.com/2020/02/podcast-anniversary-my-imaginary-friends-episode-57 It's the one year anniversary of the podcast! Celebrate with me! **** Podcast Survey - https://lpenelope.com/survey THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: I started marketing HUSH OF STORM & SORROW - https://lpenelope.com/book/hush-of-storm-sorrow/ HUSH OF STORM & SORROW Book Blitz signup: http://xpressobooktours.com/2020/02/27/blitz-sign-up-hush-of-storm-sorrow-by-l-penelope/ The National Academies Press - http://nap.edu - Free ebooks on the sciences, engineering, and medicine for research Charm City Books in Baltimore - https://charmcitybooks.com/ The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: kt literary retreat in Austin, TX - kt literary agency - https://ktliterary.com/ - Pintip Dunn - http://www.pintipdunn.com/ - Burnout by Emily & Amelia Nagoski - https://amzn.to/3a0WHB3 - Angelina M. Lopez - http://www.angelinamlopez.com/ - Notion software - https://www.notion.so/ - The Writer's Well podcast on cultivating boredom - https://shows.acast.com/thewriterswell/episodes/ep163 The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: My first date-iversary! (Kind of like Valentine’s Day, but better!) - Me on the local news circa 2005 - https://youtu.be/wBd9a5ZjgkA - Stealing Hollywood by Alexandra Sokoloff - https://amzn.to/2Hx50IO - Earthsinger Chronicles Playlist - Lush Money by Angelina M. Lopez - https://amzn.to/2wnoAot The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Oscar Nominated Shorts - https://shorts.tv/theoscarshorts/ MENTIONS: Kickstarter for Where the Veil is Thin - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1982216861/where-the-veil-is-thin-anthology Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://amzn.to/3brkrQc Bustle article on the Doctor - https://www.bustle.com/p/14-books-to-read-in-honor-of-doctor-whos-first-black-doctor-21766593
ReadingBlackout: 29 Books to Read This Black History Month - https://bookish.netgalley.com/must-reads/02/2020/readingblackout-black-history-month-books/
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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: My new tattoo & series finale of The Good Place MENTIONED: HUSH OF STORM & SORROW pre-order - use coupon code: FRIENDS to get it for $0.99! - My new tattoo is from Brett Burnham at Chapterhouse Tattoo, Baltimore, MD- onestopforwriters.com - Jeffe Kennedy's First Cup of Coffee podcast - Sanditon on PBS - Lizzie Bennet Diaries web series - http://www.pemberleydigital.com/the-lizzie-bennet-diaries/ - Welcome to Sanditon web series - http://www.pemberleydigital.com/welcome-to-sanditon/story-wts/ - Smart Bitches Podcast - CIMRWA episode https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/podcast/388-rwa-one-month-later-c-chilove-laurel-cremant-diana-neal-the-officers-of-cimrwa/ - Writing Excuses with Patrick Rothfuss - https://writingexcuses.com/2020/01/26/15-04-revision-with-patrick-rothfuss/ - Conversation I discuss starts at 17:35 The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: ARCs for CRY OF METAL & BONE have arrived! MENTIONS: - The Obelisk Gate by NK Jemisin - New Yorker article on NK Jemisin - Kenya Goree-Bell / Karis Bell - Facebook book club - Hamilton "I Wrote My Way Out" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zhR6d6LDzM - Then, Now, Always by Mona Shroff - onestopforwriters.com Worksheets & Thesauruses galor! - Earthsinger Chronicles: https://lpenelope.com/earthsinger-chronicles/HUSH OF STORM & SORROW (book 2.5)REQUIEM OF SILENCE (book 4) - "Here's What Would Happen If Stephen King Were Treated Like a Latina Writer" The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller - https://amzn.to/30J8CQI MENTIONS: - Eating the Fantastic podcast- http://www.scottedelman.com/2020/01/10/l-penelope/ - CRY OF METAL & BONE cover - https://lpenelope.com/book/cry-of-metal-bone/ Other Great Recent Reads: - Grumpy Jake by Melissa Blue - https://amzn.to/36fB7Xq - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black - https://amzn.to/377UXFe - The Meldling by Claire Ryan - https://amzn.to/30BJ2gb - The Beast of Bestwick by Amalie Howard - https://amzn.to/365Vsy5 - My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid - https://amzn.to/2G7KM7K Girls with Glasses newsletter by Alyssa Cole - https://alyssacolelit.substack.com/ The Creative Penn podcast: How to Be Indestractible - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2020/01/13/how-to-focus-and-be-indistractable-with-nir-eyal/ Agendio.com - customizable planners The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
My thread on the magic system in The Witcher - https://twitter.com/leslyepenelope/status/1213942354568200192 Raymond Chandler sci-fi parody: https://twitter.com/richard_kadrey/status/1214684318720647168?s=21 Calling out vs. calling in - https://twitter.com/LeeFlower/status/1214370497124880389 Washington Post on Ricky Gervais The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Top Rope Climbing again! - Ember warming mug - https://amzn.to/2ZQWXyC - On Introverts - https://twitter.com/LindsayTedds/status/1213273890115338240 "Introverts are not shy. I know that, but new thinking and MRIs consider their brain (mine) to be wired such that their brains have difficulty processing different noises at once. This is what causes the dislike of noisy places & retreat to quiet...It is posited that this could cause introverts that suffer concussions to be much more noise sensitive during recovery and forever after, which I was/am." - Possible roads forward for RWA - https://twitter.com/courtneymilan/status/1213616384392876032 - NINC (Novelists, Inc.) https://ninc.com/ To comment on this episode, go to https://lpenelope.com/2020/01/new-year-same-me-my-imaginary-friends-episode-49 The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
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- Soundtrack on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/80241410
- The Mandalorian on Disney+ - https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/the-mandalorian
- The Witcher on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/80189685
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- HB90 Bootcamp & Planner at https://heartbreathings.com/ The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Good overviews of the latest situation with the Romance Writers of America (RWA): https://www.claireryanauthor.com/blog/2019/12/27/the-implosion-of-the-rwa https://allaboutromance.com/has-rwa-lost-its-way-editing/ Comment at: https://lpenelope.com/2019/12/rwa-caught-in-a-bad-romance-my-imaginary-friends-episode-47 The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Soundtrack on Netflix! Starring my brother Paul James. Mentions: On Writing and Health (Both Physical and Emotional) by Rena Barron :: self care! https://twitter.com/renathedreamer/status/1196947767953887232 Andre 3000 on not making music anymore https://twitter.com/gafollowers/status/1207029477043245058?s=21 Power nap meditation - https://youtu.be/h6PNJaWGrwE The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THINGS: Our new kitten: Stokely - https://www.instagram.com/p/B5_8__3ADqL Watchmen: masterful episode “A God Walks into Abar”
Great recap: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-recaps/watchmen-recap-episode-8-god-walks-into-bar-921528/
In the Heights trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0CL-ZSuCrQ Mentions:
1960 Ocean’s 11
Gloria E. Anzaldúa quotes - https://www.instagram.com/p/B56RF3ZFv2W/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Soundtrack on Netflix starts Dec 13 - Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bRqe7eBqmw Paul James IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482818 Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo - https://amzn.to/36eZBjH Screenwriting Tricks for Authors by Alexandra Sokoloff - https://amzn.to/2P4HUNW The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne - https://amzn.to/2Yw6Elx The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron - https://amzn.to/2PpExQS 750words.com - for daily writing My books:Angelborn - https://amzn.to/2Yw6ElxAngelfall - http://amzn.com/B019E3JHSYCry of Metal & Bone - https://amzn.to/33W6qVW The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - https://amzn.to/2P5FnSr Queen & Slim movie - https://www.universalpictures.com/movies/queen-slim My interview on the kt literary podcast - https://kt-literary-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/l-penelope-on-worldbuilding-craft-and-representation-in-sff 5 Commandments of Storytelling from The Story Grid - https://storygrid.com/466/ The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Dolemite is My Name on Netflix! https://www.netflix.com/title/80182014 Much Ado About Nothing on PBS - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/much-ado-about-nothing-full-episode/10194/ The true meaning of 42! https://leslyepenelope.tumblr.com/image/189136452520 ODB “Baby I Got Your Money” music video with Dolemite film clips - https://youtu.be/XXTzm5GtqVo Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora - https://amzn.to/2OFRkyb On Em Dashes - https://twitter.com/britrbennett/status/1196245362622844928?s=21 "How to Overcome Fear as a Writer and Embrace Your Profound Courage" by K.M. Weiland- https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-overcome-fear-as-a-writer-and-embrace-your-profound-courage/ The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: My new tattoo! https://www.instagram.com/p/B45XYmSgUny/ Honorable Mention: this little girl playing the drums & screaming: https://twitter.com/Nandi_Bushell/status/1193970718381395968 MENTIONS: "Here's why it feels so good to watch those Hallmark holiday movies” -https://www.nbcnews.com/better/lifestyle/here-s-why-it-feels-so-good-watch-those-hallmark-ncna1080841 “Sweet Little Angel Eyes” from the musical Polly - https://youtu.be/rWZpzZ1y0R0 Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse - https://amzn.to/33QUHZv NK Jemisin on worldbuilding (2 hour workshop video) https://www.wired.com/story/nk-jemisin-how-to-write-science-fiction-wired25/ 32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter - https://amzn.to/2qYKKKY The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Anniversary trip to Georgia & seeing the musical Wicked (again)! The Creative Penn podcast – Writing for Audio First Jeffe Kennedy’s First Cup of Coffee – daily podcast for Nanowrimo “You’re not making a whole body. You’re making its bones. You don’t need the muscle, the sinew, the skin. You certainly don’t need the makeup or the clothes. You just need bones. Something to work with. Something to build on. Something to make better, make whole.” – Victoria Schwab, Nano Pep Talk The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas Last Christmas: Paul Feig’s perfect response to a negative review is a must-read for romcom fans The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holliday Photo by Jared Rice on Unsplash The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: http://myimaginaryfriendsshow.com/ Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts! Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Sleater-Kinney live show in DC! MRW Auction – I’m offering 2 hours WordPress website maintenance or training! Auction ends 11/15/19. Start bidding at marylandromancewriters.com/auction. My Facebook Group – facebook.com/groups/lpenelope. Cover reveal coming soon! If it’s not a hell yeah, it’s a no. https://sivers.org/hellyeah OneStopForWriters.com – writerly thesauruses and worksheets galore. Weiss and Benioff on how mediocre white men messed up Game of Thrones – https://twitter.com/ForArya/status/1188186578071556102
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THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Watchmen on HBO! MENTIONS: – Frolic Podcast Network – Austin Kleon on why he does what he does – Capclave – https://www.capclave.org – Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames – The Reluctant Queen by Sarah Beth Durst – The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett – Wild Seed by Octavia Butler – Jeffe Kennedy “Magical Pantsing and Finding Your Creative Flow” – KM Weiland “A Writer’s Guide to Understanding People” – VE Schwab tweet on enjoying every moment Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts! Music credit: Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Virginian-Pilot “L. Penelope is Coming to Norfolk” https://www.instagram.com/p/B3sP-ksA7LG/ MENTIONS: The Muse Writers Center, Norfolk, VA - http://the-muse.org Vellum - ebook creation software for Macs - https://vellum.pub/ http://clippings.io - export Kindle notes & highlights Quantum Froth Dispatches podcast episode on JOKER - http://qfdpodcast.libsyn.com/joker-thoughts-and-observations Kristen Lamb’s blog - https://authorkristenlamb.com/2019/09/motive-stories-readers/ The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith - https://amzn.to/2J1Lo0w Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Get the Footnotes newsletter - http://lpen.co/footnotes Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK’S BEST THINGS: My 11th wedding anniversary! MENTIONS
You’re Doing Great podcast - http://www.cinderly.com/posts/introducing-youre-doing-great/
Writing life-changing fiction - https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/write-life-changing-fiction/
The Writer’s Well episode 144: Is it Worth It? - https://shows.pippa.io/thewriterswell/episodes/ep144
Delilah Dawson tweet thread - https://twitter.com/DelilahSDawson/status/1173963217279864833
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THIS WEEK’S BEST THINGS! Figuring out my plot for Earthsinger Chronicles book Whispers of Shadow & Flame book release! New York Comic Con signing Pre-order Cry of Metal & Bone (Earthsinger Chronicles book 3) FUN FACTS: How spiders fly https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/ MENTIONS: The Wolf Queen Book I and Book II by Cerece Rennie Murphy Author Lynne Emory - https://www.lynnemery.com My Man Godfrey - film The Orchid Throne by Jeffe Kennedy Before She Ignites by Jodi Meadows Masterwriter.com OneStopForWriters.com Scrivener writing software Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Brooklyn Book Festival! PLUS Whispers of Shadow & Flame is out this week! Mentions: - N.K. Jemisin - P. Djèlí Clark - #SupportBlackWomenWhoWriteWeirdShit Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
This week’s best thing: Southside on Comedy Central Whispers of Shadow & Flame comes out October 1! Sign up for my newsletter – https://lpenelope.com/newsletter Mentions: The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon – https://amzn.to/30fkr46 Jeffe Kennedy podcast – https://blog.jeffekennedy.com/ The Orchid Throne by Jeffe Kennedy – https://jeffekennedy.com/the-orchid-throne Psychic Distance in writing: https://emmadarwin.typepad.com/thisitchofwriting/psychic-distance-what-it-is-and-how-to-use-it.html Sheltered by Charlotte Stein – https://amzn.to/30hla4E Article: 10 Things to Know about Being Published – https://emmadarwin.typepad.com/thisitchofwriting/2019/08/ten-things-to-know-about-being-published.html
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This week's best thing: The Boys on Amazon Prime Mentions: The Story Grid - https://storygrid.com Margie Lawson - https://www.margielawson.com
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This week's best thing: I'm climbing again (a little) & Carnival Row on Amazon Prime - I loved it! Mentions - Paragraph NYC co-working writing space - https://www.paragraphny.com/ - Deep Work by Cal Newport - https://amzn.to/2LBMr7 - NK Jemisin on fanfic - https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/116926504826459750 - My events calendar - https://lpenelope.com/calendar - Whispers of Shadow & Flame Pre-order giveaway - http://lpen.co/preorder
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This week's best thing: My doctor said I can try rock climbing with my wrist braces! Mentions: * #20kin5days challenge post - https://www.tashalharrison.com/blog/i-might-live-to-regret-this-20kin5days * The Creative Penn episode on podcasting - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2019/08/28/podcasting-goes-mainstream-podcast-movement-2019/ * Tim Grahl's Productivity Guide - https://booklaunch.com/writer-productivity/ * Song of Blood & Stone readalong - https://facebook.com/groups/lpenelope
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This Week’s Best Thing: Jamila Woods "GIOVANNI” - https://soundcloud.com/jamilawoods/giovanni-1
Mentions: * Nikki Giovanni “Ego-Tripping”- https://poets.org/poem/ego-tripping-there-may-be-reason-why * Gemini by Nikki Giovanni – video of her reading from it – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=084lIpz3yvY * Scene planning notecard image - https://lpenelope.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5429-300x225.jpg * RWA podcast on productivity – https://rwa-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/productivity08 * Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri – http://lpen.co/empireofsand * Death’s Dancer by Jasmine Silvera – https://amzn.to/2YIdoLE * A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas – https://amzn.to/2H5cdzV Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
This week’s best thing: Toni Morrison’s legacy Mentions: * Beloved by Toni Morrison - https://amzn.to/31zH13k * Jeffe Kennedy’s podcast on YA vs Adult SFF - https://blog.jeffekennedy.com/2019/08/09/first-cup-of-coffee-august-9-2019/ * MarsCon - http://www.marscon.net/wp/ * Brooklyn Book Festival - https://brooklynbookfestival.org/ * Roni Loren - Done Planner - https://roniloren.com/blog/2018/9/17/the-done-planner-combating-the-dark-side-of-the-traditional-to-do-list * My Event Schedule - http://lpenelope.com/calendar * My newsletter - https://lpenelope.com/newsletter Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
This week’s best thing: Creating Character Arcs by KM Weiland - her website: https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/ Mentions: Double Vision Editorial - developmental editor - http://doublevisioneditorial.com/ Write Better Faster class - https://betterfasteracademy.com Verbalize by Damon Suede Actions: the Actor’s Thesaurus Janet Mullany author - https://www.janetmullany.com/ Death’s Dancer by Jasmine Silvera Teacher’s Pet Wolf by Kati Wilde Wild Seed by Octavia Butler Lindsay Emory - Women with Books podcast - https://lindsayemory.com/womenwithbooks Laura von Holt - The Mermaid Podcast - http://www.cinderly.com/posts/category/podcast/* "Defining Disciplined: When You Realize You’re Doing It Wrong" article Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
A bonus episode, in which I read new material from the special edition of SONG OF BLOOD & STONE (Earthsinger Chronicles Book 1). Recorded July 17, 2019 as part of the Charm City Spec reading series at Bird in Hand bookstore in Baltimore, MD. https://charmcityspec.com https://birdinhandcharlesvillage.com Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
This Week's Best Thing: RWA National Conference! Mentioned: - Marjorie M. Liu - http://marjoriemliu.com/ - Monstress graphic novel - RITA Award winners - https://www.rwa.org/Online/Awards/RITA/2019_RITA_Winners.aspx -#WeNeedDiverseRomance Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Song of Blood & Stone special edition is out now! MENTIONS: - The War of Art by Steven Pressfield - egg timer - https://e.ggtimer.com/ - JR Ward post on reviews and feedback - Megan Rapinoe tweet - Top 10 Fantasy Books of 2018
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This week’s best thing: Readercon! Mentions: Hamilton in Baltimore Fast Color movie Sycorax’s Daughters – Anthology of Black women horror writers “What Screenwriters Get Wrong About Outlines” – video with Alan Watt Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
This week's best thing: I have an outline and started writing Earthsinger Chronicles book 4!! Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
This week’s best thing(s): Honorable Mention: Backstreet Boys subway sing-along Winner: Watching Shaka Zulu for the first time Mentions: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle - https://amzn.to/2FJq7a4
Story Grid Editor Roundtable podcast on Black Panther - https://storygrid.com/editor-roundtable-black-panther/
The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne - https://amzn.to/2xjNXEZ Story by Robert McKee - https://amzn.to/3043Ont Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
This week's best thing: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Mentions: Story Grid article: Discover Your Story's Core Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay Namesake by Kate Stradling Books with a Past – Maryland indie bookstore Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Storytelling with prerequisites, concrete character goals, and the ever elusive ending. This week’s best thing: Rocketman movie! Go see it! https://tickets.rocketman.movie/ (I hope Taron Edgerton gets an Oscar nom!) Mentions: Beyond the Screenplay podcast – https://www.lessonsfromthescreenplay.com/beyond-the-screenplay/2019/5/3/episode-9-gone-girl-8khy4 Lessons from a Screenplay Youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCErSSa3CaP_GJxmFpdjG9Jw Deepening character goals article: https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/writing-better-character-goals/# 4 types of endings – https://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/story-endings.html My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due – http://lpen.co/mysoultokeep Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Fast drafting, writing rituals, and a mini rant on naming your fantasy months. "The first draft is just you telling yourself the story." —Terry Pratchett This week’s best thing: New York Times's Tiny Love Stories - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/style/tiny-modern-love-stories-most-beautiful-hands.html Mentions: Author Darynda Jones on her process: https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/04/right-braining-with-darynda-jones/ Alphasmart Neo on eBay Time Cubes Pacemaker - goal tracking for writers: https://www.pacemaker.press Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Peeling the layers back on character and plot as I prepare to fast draft next week. Also, The Matrix turns 20 this year and I wax philosophical on my Matrix tattoo. This week's best thing: New music from Sleater-Kinney! Video directed by Miranda July! Mentions: Me and You and Everyone We Know - film by Miranda July No One Belongs Here More Than You - short story collection by Miranda July 20th anniversary of The Matrix - There is no spoon. Dramatica story theory - http://dramatica.com/ Plot Outlining with Dramatica: https://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/plot-outline.html Enneagrams: The Psychology of Creating Characters: http://booklaurie.com/workshops_psych.php Guardian article - "Watched plots… Hilary Mantel and the writers under pressure from fans" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/24/watched-plots-hilary-mantel-and-the-writers-under-pressure-from-fans Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Scheduling the time needed to chip away at my long to-do list. This week’s best thing: The Jeffersons live on ABC Mentions:
The Career Author Podcast - https://thecareerauthor.com/
Readercon - http://www.readercon.org/
Tananarive Due - https://www.tananarivedue.com/
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An overview of my first week plotting book 4 in my fantasy series. This week’s best thing: Plotting! Perhaps my favorite part of the writing process. Mentions:
Michael Hauge character development - This article is what started it all for me in terms of understanding this method for creating inner conflict: http://blog.janicehardy.com/2012/08/the-inner-struggle-guides-for-using.html
Plot vs. Character by Jeff Gerke - https://amzn.to/2JMZTX0
Creating Character Arcs by KM Weiland - https://amzn.to/2LVOp6t
The Negative Trait Thesaurus - with Reverse Character Backstory tool - https://amzn.to/2YJmyIj
Dan Wells 7 Point Plot Structure - https://hunterswritings.com/2016/09/16/7-point-story-structure-resources/
Save the Cat Beat Sheet - https://jamigold.com/2012/02/how-to-use-the-save-the-cat-beat-sheet/
The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin - https://amzn.to/2EuRDrx
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Starting a brand new book… no, I’m not scared at all. This week’s best thing: Soot and Slipper by Kate Stradling Links:
Namesake by Kate Stradling
Project Management Software
Smartsheet
Trello
Notion
Calendar templates
Write, Better, Faster course
George RR Martin on endings
Story Genius by Lisa Cron
Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland
positive, negative & flat character arcs!
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
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I have turned in my manuscript (let us all rejoice!) and muse on my ongoing struggle with perfectionism. This week’s best thing: Publishers Weekly starred review of Whispers of Shadow & Flame Links:
Awario.com and Mention.com - for tracking online mentions
AppSumo - deals on techies things
VONA/Voices workshop for writers of color
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Shadow Warrior by Ann Aguirre
Heinlein's rules for writing success
Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
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Thoughts on publishing paths: indie and traditional. Also, inspiring honesty in writing and life. THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Avengers: Endgame(!!!) MENTIONS:- Angelina Lopez blog post- Indie Author Central (IAC) on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/letztalkbooks/ Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit:Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
This week I have a special guest: actor Paul James (aka my brother). Known for Greek, The Last Ship, and The Path, Paul shares his perspective on creating characters by bringing a writer’s words to life. This week’s best thing: my birthday! + Game of Thrones! Links: The Hot Sheet – https://hotsheetpub.com/ Ran Walker, 2019 Indie Author of the Year – https://indieauthorproject.com/2019-indie-author-of-the-year-award/ Kboards – https://www.kboards.com/ The Passive Voice – https://www.thepassivevoice.com/ The Sell More Books Show – http://sellmorebooksshow.com Paul James on IMDB GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict by Deb Dixon Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit:Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate DisclosureI may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." - Haruki Murakami THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: I got to see Audra McDonald perform live! (She could be every week's best thing!) https://audramcdonald.com/ WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT:- Sending my April newsletter- What to write next?- Working on chapter epigraphs for CRY OF METAL & BONE LINKS:- Fonda Lee Twitter quiz: https://twitter.com/FondaJLee/status/1115051419134877696 Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast
"The function, the very serious function of racism, is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." — Toni Morrison Writing updates, quarterly planning, and my thoughts on recent events in the romance writing world. This Week's Best Thing: WHISPERS OF SHADOW & FLAME Advanced Reader Copies are here!! Other Mentions: Robin Covington, romance author Mindlogr - private video diaries Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Music credit:Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
On managing decision fatigue and why high output (writing all the things!) requires high input (aka my excuse for binge reading). This Week's Best Thing: The Ravenels by Lisa Kleypas Also Mentioned: Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks Robin LaFevers IG Post on Decision Fatigue - https://www.instagram.com/p/BvKP68fHj8w/- Check out her books! http://www.robinlafevers.com/ Neil Gaiman on Neil Armstrong and Imposter Syndrome Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Music credit:Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
This week I talk writerly intuition and do some research to come up with character names. This week's best thing: Trailers Galore!- Aladdin trailer- Avengers:Endgame- Bel-Air The Writer's Well podcast: http://thewriterswell.org Article on the Sami Concept of Time: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/sami/dieda/anthro/concept-time.htm Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas Show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit:Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
This week I got stuck in my writing and determined I wasn't leaving enough blood on the page. Show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast Mentioned in the show:- The Umbrella Academy- Madhuri Pavamani, author & poet- Franz Kafka quote and translations Website: http://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope Music credit:Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
When the flu knocks me down, I get back up again (slowly) AKA When self-care kicks you in the face.