Podcast: My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

Award-winning fantasy author L. Penelope shares perspectives on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week’s best thing.

NaNoWriMo update

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Mentioned:
The Faceless Mage by Kenley Davidson
My author newsletter: https://lpenelope.com/newsletter/
 
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional …

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Conquering Dictation for NaNoWriMo

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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 Nanowrim…

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Creating with Purpose & Planning for the Second Draft

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Preptober & NaNoWriMo write-ins, Mondays & Wednesdays, 7pm ET.Get reminder emails: https://myimaginaryfriends.net/nano 
Mentioned:
Tara McMullin “The Work You Were Born to Do” (paywall) – https…

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Re-working the Writing Schedule

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Become an Imaginary Best Friend! https://myimaginaryfriends.net/footnotes
Plan your NaNoWriMo novel in Preptober with me –  https://myimaginaryfriends.net/nano
Writing schedule calculator – https://thriv…

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Prepping for Preptober

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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/im…

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Respecting Romance + Story Surgery

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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/blo…

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Writing Through Difficult Times

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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 -…

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Advice to My Younger Self

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Become an Imaginary Best Friend to support the show!
Mentioned:
InkersCon
Authortube Writing Conference
ApollyCon – https://jenniferlarmentrout.com/apollycon/
Imaginarium Book Festival
 “Advice I would give to baby author me” by Ange…

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What’s In Your Circle of Control?

Developing story ideas, novel playlists, and mapping
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Mentioned:
– Imaginarium Book Festival- The Story Seed Mini-course- Footnotes newsletter- Scribblemaps- “It’s Our World, AI Just “Lives” In It” by Tara McMullin – Circle of Control…

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Scene Values and Turning Points

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Sistah Scifi bookstore 
Afrofuturism exhibit at NMAAHC 
Our group at the exhibit 

Ytasha Womack
Plottr software (affiliate link)
GMC: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict by Debra Dixon
C.S. Lakin courses
Scene Turning Points a…

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