My Imaginary Friends With L. Penelope

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   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 -

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   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://soundclou

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. 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/

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. 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 | Fac

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 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 — Attribu

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 - http://frolic.media/podcasts! Stay in touch

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 a

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 - http://frolic.media/podcasts!   Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Faceboo

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.   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

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. 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.

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 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

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 a

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"    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/

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. 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://sou

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   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://

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/   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 Fr

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 - Ultimate Story Checklist: http://www.secretsofstory.com/2011/08/ultimate-story-checklist.html - 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/ - Will Storr videos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ndTx9xbt7UYkxKkgLxydA - The calendar template I use for scheduling: https://www.blank-calendar.com/printable/2020/preview/month-in-

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/   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.tw

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   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

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/ Upload on Amazon Prime Lessons from the Screenplay: Sunset Blvd & Parasite    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.in