My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

Inspiration & Worldbuilding for The Monsters We Defy

Mentioned:
- The Monsters We Defy is out on Tuesday! https://lpen.co/monsters
- Zelda twitter thread for Albinism Awareness Day - https://twitter.com/leslyepenelope/status/1536405352228474880
- New Moon Daughter by Cassandra Wilson - https://open.spotify.com/album/7jV22JIrWgtCKCX34cJrzA?si=yjp1JccuRcW2zLgFZA0pwA
- The Monsters We Defy playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2pHG7NlC3I2dwQuko0He8w?si=a58d8a83f0d04b38
- Leslye's upcoming events: https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
- Manila Village - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Village
- Donald Maas "Tension All the Time" from The Fire in Fiction - https://amzn.to/3p0RYsB
- Galaxy's Edge magazine "Longhand" column - http://www.galaxysedge.com/
- 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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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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Events, Ads & Promo

Mentioned:
- Apollycon - https://jenniferlarmentrout.com/apollycon/
- Try This: Beat Yourself Up Or Write Yourself Upbeat - Chuck Palahniuk: https://chuckpalahniuk.substack.com/p/try-this-beat-yourself-up-or-write
- Ran Walker - https://www.ranwalker.com/
- 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.
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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Considering Success & Failure

Mentioned:
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever teaser - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlOB3UALvrQ
- How to use a comptometer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf4nYUXJHnk
- America’s Next Great Author - https://writerbeware.blog/2022/07/15/americas-next-great-author-the-author-reality-show-idea-rides-again/
- The Hot Sheet - https://hotsheetpub.com/
- Paul Bogaards Substack - https://paulbogaards.substack.com/p/introducing-kill-your-darlings-oh
- Deadline City podcast - https://deadlinecity.com/
- Africa Brooke interview https://youtu.be/q6KGsI6QzD4?t=5080
- 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.
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
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.

Scene Planning

Mentioned:
- Plottr software - https://plottr.com?ref=136 (affiliate link)
- The Story Grid - https://storygrid.com/
- Scene and Sequel chart
- Scene turning points - https://leeallenhoward.com/2020/06/04/scene-structure-understanding-turning-points/
- Writing Excuses Podcast - https://writingexcuses.com/
- Save the Cat - https://savethecat.com/
- One Stop for Writers Character Builder - https://onestopforwriters.com/about_cbt
- Enneagram relationships - https://www.crystalknows.com/enneagram/types
- Leftie Aubé’s Writing podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/leftie-aubes-writing-podcast/id1634709729
- Authortube Writing Conference - check out the replays - https://www.authortubewritingconference.com/schedule2022
- Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher - https://amzn.to/3cqEqDy
- Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher - https://amzn.to/3oeEn0C
- Alice Coldbreath Vawdrey Brothers series - https://amzn.to/3aQbWTt
- An Inconvenient Vow by Alice Coldbreath - https://amzn.to/3zcCbNm
- 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.
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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Structure vs. ”Formula”

Mentioned:
- Plottr - https://plottr.com?ref=136 (affiliate link)
- Scrivener -  https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
- Romancing the Beat - https://www.romancingthebeat.com/
- The Story Grid - https://storygrid.com/
- Whimsical - http://whimsical.com/
- Miro - https://miro.com/
- My board - https://lpenelope.com/wp-content/uploads/MiroBoard2.png
- Save the Cat by Blake Snyder - https://amzn.to/3yrCEK1
- The Hero's Journey - https://www.masterclass.com/articles/writing-101-what-is-the-heros-journey
- Jami Gold spreadsheets - https://jamigold.com/for-writers/worksheets-for-writers/
- How Rocky Debunks Save the Cat -  https://screencraft.org/blog/how-rocky-debunks-save-the-cat/
- Rocky: Why You Don't Need Writing Formulas -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TGwjiBV2w8
- On Writing - Rocky and Why You Need A Formula - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy59b-qCVjA
- Story by Robert McKee - https://amzn.to/3moY8AW
- Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell – https://amzn.to/35eBwLu
- Thor Love and Thunder
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Star Trek: Picard
- Star Treck: Lower Decks
- 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.
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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Morning Routines & Powering Through

Mentioned:
- The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne – https://amzn.to/2Yw6Elx
 Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV
- Sarah Beth Yoga - https://www.youtube.com/c/sarahbethyoga
- Yoga with Kassandra - https://www.youtube.com/c/yogawithkassandra
- Yoga with Bird - https://www.youtube.com/c/YogaWithBird
- 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.
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
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.

Life, Dictation and Everything

- Freewrite Traveler - https://getfreewrite.com/products/freewrite-traveler
- Spoke transcription app - https://landing.spoke.app/en
- Otter meeting transcription app - https://otter.ai/
- Dragon dictation software - https://www.nuance.com/index.html
- Galaxy's Edge magazine - https://www.galaxysedge.com/
- One Stop for Writers, character profile builder - https://onestopforwriters.com/
- 4 Ways to Write a More Cathartic Story -  https://mystorydoctor.com/4-ways-to-write-a-more-cathartic-story/
- The Heir and the Spare by Kate Stradling - https://amzn.to/3xYCZnd
- 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/ 
- Author Margaret Pinard - http://www.margaretpinard.com & https://www.youtube.com/c/MargaretPinard
- My Events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
- Everything Everywhere All at Once - good review: https://www.indiewire.com/2022/03/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-review-1234707051/
- 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.
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
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.

Approaching POV & Worldbuild Now or Worldbuild Later?

Mentioned: 
- Savage City starred review in Publishers Weekly - https://www.publishersweekly.com/ASINB09Q282K7K
- 2 starred reviews on 1 page video - https://www.instagram.com/p/CegnehSLCS-/
- Booklife - free submission to Publishers Weekly - https://booklife.com/about-us/review-submission-guidelines.html
- https://awario.com/ - web conversation monitoring
- Virtuous Con Summer Workshop Series - https://virtuouscon.com/
- My events page - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
- The Monsters We Defy ARC giveaway & signed books from Loyalty Books - https://lpenelope.com/2022/06/the-monsters-we-defy-arc-giveaway/
- 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.
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
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.

Successful Writing Retreats

Mentioned:
- Galaxy's Edge magazine - http://www.galaxysedge.com
- Deep Work by Cal Newport - https://amzn.to/3mgpA4p
- Paragraph Workspace for Writers in New York City - https://www.paragraphny.com
- Adjustable portable laptop stand - https://amzn.to/38QHhEH
- Write Your Novel From the Middle by James Scott Bell -  https://amzn.to/35eBwLu
- ConTinual interview with Jean Marie Ward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxqnMWauhbA
- Bookfly Design, cover designer - https://www.bookflydesign.com
- Preorder THE MONSTERS WE DEFY - https://lpen.co/monsters
- 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.
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
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.

Back on Track... Sort of

- Order signed, personalized copies of THE MONSTERS WE DEFY from Loyalty Books and get a free swag pack: https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/preordermonsters
- Artwork of Zeli from Earthsinger Chronicles: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSxKOH7nUKe/. Art by Nicole Deal: https://www.instagram.com/nicole.deal.art/
- Pysthache character artist: https://www.instagram.com/mlle_pysthache/
- THE MONSTERS WE DEFY starred Publishers Weekly review - https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316377911
- Severance on Apple TV
- Top Gun Maverick!!
- 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.
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
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.