Preparing for Draft 2

About this episode

L. Penelope discusses her preparation for the second draft of her work and shares insights into her writing process.

Watch on Youtube Mentioned:- Build Your Author Funnel LIVE - Sat. Feb 7, 2026- The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass - releases August 11, 2026- Scene Study: Before & After - "The Eternal Library"- Aeon Timeline software- Locally Crafted in Gaithersburg, MD- HBCU grads, please take my survey: https://tally.so/r/zx7kJg- Read for Pixels Event The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a 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 & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | 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…

Topics covered

• writing
• publishing
• author journey
• creativity
• inspiration

Keywords

• Build Your Author Funnel LIVE
• The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass
• Scene Study
• Aeon Timeline software
• HBCU grads survey

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Aeon Timeline software

Books & works: The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass, Scene Study: Before & After -, The Eternal Library"-, Say Good Night

Places: Gaithersburg

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