My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

Revisiting Structure

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
 
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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Legacies

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
 
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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Broken Scene Repair

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
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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My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
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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
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Stress Relief & A New Release

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
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 - https://paypal.me/heartspell
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
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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
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Tools & Technique

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/
 
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/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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Extreme Scheduling

THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Writer Happy Hour!
 
Mentioned:
- CRY OF METAL & BONE releases August 11, 2020! https://lpenelope.com/book/cry-of-metal-bone/
 
- Angelina M. Lopez - http://www.angelinamlopez.com/
 
- Alexis Daria - https://alexisdaria.com/
 
- Roni Loren's Fearless Romance Writing Academy - https://www.fearlessromancewriting.com/
 
- Indian Matchmaking on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/80244565
 
- Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha - https://amzn.to/39Ny3F4
 
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 - https://paypal.me/heartspell
 
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at 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
 
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Stickies, Notebooks, Folders & Digital Organization

THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: My new pillow is improving my life! https://sleepsutera.com/
 
Mentioned:
 
- Diane Peterfreund on plot boards - https://dianapeterfreund.com/son-of-plotting-board/ & https://dianapeterfreund.com/book-signing-and-brand-new-plotting-board/
 
- Save the Cat Beat Sheet - I use the one available here: http://nadineavola.com/treasure-box/
 
- My Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/LPenelopeAuthor
 
- Notion database app - https://notion.so
 
 
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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Support the show - https://paypal.me/heartspell
 
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at 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
 
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The Revision Puzzle

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/
 
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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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
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Ideas for the Future

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/
- Galaxy's Edge magazine - http://www.galaxysedge.com/
- CRY OF METAL & BONE Pre-order campaign - https://lpenelope.com/2020/07/cry-of-metal-bone-pre-order-campaign/
 
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
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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
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Pantsing for Plotters

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
 
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!
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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.