Award-winning fantasy author L. Penelope shares perspectives on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week’s best thing.
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!
Me…
Scheduling the time needed to chip away at my long to-do list.
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This week’s best thing: The Jeffersons live on ABC
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Mentions:
The Career Author Podcast –Â https://thecareerauthor.com/
Readercon –Â http://www.readercon.org/
Tananarive Due –Â https://w…
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An overview of my first week plotting book 4 in my fantasy series.Â
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…
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Starting a brand new book… no, I’m not scared at all.
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This week’s best thing: Soot and Slipper by Kate Stradling
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Links:
Namesake by Kate Stradling
Project Management Software
Smartsheet
Trello
Notion
Calendar templatesÂ
Write, Better, …
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I have turned in my manuscript (let us all rejoice!) and muse on my ongoing struggle with perfectionism.
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This week’s best thing: Publishers Weekly starred review of Whispers of Shadow & Flame
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Links:
Awario.com and Mention.com – for tracking online m…
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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 –Â https://www.instagram.com/letz…
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 Thr…
“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…
How novel revision and software development are basically the same thing. This week I enter the last(ish) stage of my revision, discuss the many uses of index cards, character verbs, and try not to let thoughts of piracy derail me.
This week’s best thing…
“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.Â
This Week’s Best Thing: WHISPERS …