My Imaginary Friends Podcast

• Paragraph NYC co-working writing space – https://www.paragraphny.com/
• Deep Work by Cal Newport – https://amzn.to/2LBMr7J
• NK Jemisin on fanfic – https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/1169265048264597506
• My events calendar – https://lpenelope.com/calendar/
• Whispers of Shadow & Flame Pre-order giveaway – http://lpen.co/preorder

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• #20kin5days challenge post – https://www.tashalharrison.com/blog/i-might-live-to-regret-this-20kin5days
• The Creative Penn episode on podcasting – https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2019/08/28/podcasting-goes-mainstream-podcast-movement-2019/
• Tim Grahl’s Productivity Guide – https://booklaunch.com/writer-productivity/
• Song of Blood & Stone readalong – https://facebook.com/groups/lpenelope

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THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: My writer mastermind group and my homegirls Ines Johnson and Cerece Rennie Murphy.

My Facebook group and readalong – https://www.facebook.com/groups/lpenelope/

MENTIONS:

* Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor – https://amzn.to/2zjcfQk
* Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert – https://amzn.to/2LaZ0a5
* Zen and the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury – https://amzn.to/2HnTKys
* Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield – https://amzn.to/32500mC
* The Writer’s Well podcast – http://thewriterswell.org
* Octavia Butler journal – https://blavity.com/octavia-butler/
* Dear White People on Netflix – https://www.netflix.com/title/80095698
* Darynda Jones outline: http://www.magicalwords.net/specialgueststars/darynda-jones-the-writing-process-of-an-ocd-plotter/
* A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas- https://amzn.to/2HpTCyt

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This Week’s Best Thing: Jamila Woods “GIOVANNI”

Mentions:

* Nikki Giovanni “Ego-Tripping”- https://poets.org/poem/ego-tripping-there-may-be-reason-why

* Gemini by Nikki Giovanni – video of her reading from it – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=084lIpz3yvY

* RWA podcast on productivity – https://rwa-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/productivity08

* Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri – http://lpen.co/empireofsand

* Death’s Dancer by Jasmine Silvera – https://amzn.to/2YIdoLE

* A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas – https://amzn.to/2H5cdzV

Episode thumbnail image from Ego-tripping and Other Poems for Young People by Nikki Giovanni with illustrations by George Ford

This week’s best thing: Toni Morrison’s legacy

Mentions:
* Beloved by Toni Morrison
* Jeffe Kennedy’s podcast on YA vs Adult SFF 
* MarsCon – http://www.marscon.net/wp/
* Brooklyn Book Festival – https://brooklynbookfestival.org/
* My Event Schedule – http://lpenelope.com/calendar
* Roni Loren – Done Planner – https://roniloren.com/blog/2018/9/17/the-done-planner-combating-the-dark-side-of-the-traditional-to-do-list
* My newsletter – https://lpenelope.com/newsletter

This week’s best thing: Creating Character Arcs by KM Weiland – her website: https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/

Mentions:
* Double Vision Editorial – developmental editor – http://doublevisioneditorial.com/
* Write Better Faster class – https://betterfasteracademy.com
* Verbalize by Damon Suede
* Actions: the Actor’s Thesaurus
* Janet Mullany author – https://www.janetmullany.com/
* Death’s Dancer by Jasmine Silvera
* Teacher’s Pet Wolf by Kati Wilde
* Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
* Lindsay Emory – Women with Books podcast – https://lindsayemory.com/womenwithbooks
* Laura von Holt – The Mermaid Podcast – http://www.cinderly.com/posts/category/podcast/
* “Defining Disciplined: When You Realize You’re Doing It Wrong” article

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This Week’s Best Thing: RWA National Conference!

Mentioned:
– Marjorie M. Liu – http://marjoriemliu.com/ – Monstress graphic novel
– RITA Award winners – https://allaboutromance.com/the-2019-rita-award-winners/
– #WeNeedDiverseRomance

THIS WEEK’S BEST THING: Song of Blood & Stone special edition is out now!

MENTIONS:

This week’s best thing: Readercon!

Mentions:

• Hamilton in Baltimore
• Fast Color movie
• Sycorax’s Daughters – Anthology of Black women horror writers
• “What Screenwriters Get Wrong About Outlines” – video with Alan Watt