My Imaginary Friends With L. Penelope

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dlzR5Ykwv4s Mentioned: - Indie Author Forum 2/25/23 - 50% off promo code: FRIEND - https://indieauthorforum.com - VirtuousCon 2/25-2/26 - https://virtuouscon.com - Mahogany Books DC: Black Women in Fantasy Event, March 18, 2023  - https://lpen.co/march18 - Philippine-Louisiana Historical Society - https://filipinola.com - Lexicon Valley podcast - https://lexiconvalley.substack.com/ - Wiktionary - https://www.wiktionary.org/ - Galaxy's edge column - https://www.galaxysedge.com/ - ChatGPT - https://chat.openai.com/chat - Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania 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 - https://myimaginaryfriends.net Sup

Youtube: https://youtu.be/tMVYEUekqvk Mentioned: - Booklife Indie Author Forum - February 25, 2023 - 50% off with code FRIEND. I'm the opening keynote speaker. - Fairy Plot-Mother - https://www.fairyplotmother.me/   - "Lift Every Voice & Sing" - Melba Moore & Friends version - Lit Service Podcast - "Prewriting 101: Everything You Need to Write Before You Write"  - One Stop for Writers - Valentine's Sale. Use code: ONESTOPVALENTINE for 25% off  - (1881) What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking by Abby Fisher - - "Why you should add a 'Shultz hour' to your weekly schedule"  - Hampton Roads Writers - https://hamptonroadswriters.org/ - The Little Teleprompter - https://amzn.to/3RVWlmg - VirtuousCon - Feb 25-26, 2023  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 wee

Youtube: https://youtu.be/PU3IGUhMVzM Mentioned: - The Monsters We Defy 6 month book birthday spoiler chat - Feb 9, 2023, 8pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw3UlayiJV4 - Preorder Beastly Kingdom (The Bliss Wars, Book 2)  - Thinkific course software - Whimsical software - Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody - Whimsical Save the Cat template  - FaRoBub February 8, 2023 - Shop free fantasy romance books - My Author Newsletter - https://lpenelope.com/newsletter/ - "Pathway to Becoming a Published Author" panel - 2/21/23 Bowie Library, Maryland  - My Events Page - ProWritingAid Fantasy Week - 2/27/23-3/7/23- https://lpen.co/fantasyweek - Lockwood and Co - Netflix  - The Last of Us - HBO - The New Gurus - BBC Radio - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g9sq 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,

Youtube: https://youtu.be/tFjcTkxgctA Mentioned: - Nerds, Erbs, and Words podcast (coming soon) https://twitter.com/nerdserbswords - Adrian Gibson - TBRCon - https://fanfiaddict.com/tbrcon2023/ - SFFAddicts podcast - https://fanfiaddict.com/category/sff-addicts-podcast/ - Bookfly Design - https://www.bookflydesign.com/ - Indie Author Forum, Feb. 25, 2023 - https://indieauthorforum.com/ - "David Sedaris Has 1 Very Smart Lesson About How to Be Super Successful" - https://www.inc.com/ayse-birsel/david-sedaris-on-most-important-work-and-life-lesson-you-need-to-learn.html - Bedphones - https://dubslabs.com/ (I said in the podcast I wasn't getting paid for the following links, but I figured out how to make referral links, though neither of these companies is a sponsor. :) ) - Athletic Greens - https://fbuy.io/ag/asace7n3 - Incrediwear - (Get $20 off your first order) http://rwrd.io/8ihrl57?c   The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a weekly, behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditio

Youtube: https://youtu.be/Cib9iRjYGwk Mentioned: - Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen - https://onestopforwriters.com - TBRCon at the FanFiAddict YouTube Channel - The Last of Us - HBO - Missing movie   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 - https://myimaginaryfriends.net 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/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I

Youtube: https://youtu.be/53Aw84jqh3A Mentioned: - Limited discounted beta slots for my worldbuilding course: https://myimaginaryfriends.net/beta/ - Mind mapping software: Whimsical and Miro - https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/ - The Menu film - Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen - Erin Roberts on SMART goals for magic system - Rule of Thirds video   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 - https://myimaginaryfriends.net 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

Youtube: https://youtu.be/Qn63oWp-OUM Sponsor: Bright Bird Press - Use code: Imaginary15 for 15% off! https://brightbirdpress.com/discount/Imaginary15 Mentioned: - Will My Resolutions Really Work? (Quitcast 423) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrfgklFs_Q - K.M. Weiland Year Review - https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/new-year/ - The Top 10 Publishing Trends for 2023 - https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-top-10-publishing-trends-for-2023/ - How Will BookTok Change Publishing in 2023? https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/booktok-tiktok-creator-publishing-1234649819/ 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 - https://myimaginaryfriends.net

Mentioned:  - Download my Worldbuilding Checklist - https://myimaginaryfriends.net - Erin Bowman workshop "Fundamentals of Design" - https://embowman.com/workshops/fundamentals-of-design/ - The Release Ratio: How to Make Use of Everything You Know - https://moretothat.com/release-ratio/ - “How Writing Your Synopsis Can Fix Your Book” by Allison K Williams - https://www.janefriedman.com/how-writing-your-synopsis-can-fix-your-book/  - Unravel Your Year Free Guide - https://susannahconway.mykajabi.com/unravel-your-year-2023 - VirtuousCon Feb. 25-26, 2023 - https://virtuouscon.com/ - TBRCon - Jan. 22-29, 2023 - https://youtube.com/@FanFiAddict - ChatGPT bot - https://chat.openai.com/chat - Joanna Penn - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/future/ - Junot Diaz in Limbo - https://www.semafor.com/article/11/27/2022/junot-diaz-in-limbo   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 au

Sponsor: YOU CAN HIDE by Rebecca Zanetti - "Last Week I Gave Up" - https://nikesh.substack.com/p/last-week-i-gave-up - Last week's newsletter - https://preview.mailerlite.com/x0r3p5u1f0/2098860738008320578/b4j7/ - Strengths for Writers - https://betterfasteracademy.com/sfw101/ - Wednesday on Netflix - Book Lovers by Emily Henry - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9780593334836   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 - https://myimaginaryfriends.net 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 — Attributi

Yet another writing retreat, and celebrating the wins! Sponsor: YOU CAN HIDE by Rebecca Zanetti Mentioned: -  My signed paperback sale with coupon code: WINTER22 - https://shop.lpenelope.com - Apollycon 2022 preorder link - Devon House Jamaica - https://www.devonhouseja.com/ - DeepStash app - https://deepstash.com/ - Measure the gain instead of the gap - https://deepstash.com/idea/14774/measure-the-gain   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 - https://myimaginaryfriends.net 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/joakim

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Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/e9wAyW2mtw4 Mentioned: - Black Panther Wakanda Forever - My course survey - https://lpen.co/coursesurvey - HoSaS ebook giveaway - https://lpen.co/hosas - until Nov 20 - What I Wish Every Author Knew About Productivity (Quitcast 418) - https://youtu.be/Eh085bQ5p4k - The Conflict Box - https://bob-mayer.medium.com/writer-wednesday-conflict-the-fuel-of-your-story-and-the-conflict-box-920aa0592763  - Ancient Greek weddings - https://www.athensinsiders.com/blog/ancient-greek-wedding - DeepStash app - https://deepstash.com/ - ProWritingAid Black Friday sale 50% OFF lifetime and yearly plans! - https://lpen.co/prowritingaid   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/podcas

Mentioned: - My Course Survey - https://lpen.co/coursesurvey - SFF Addicts - Heists and Capers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhyKtaEU-9s & https://linktr.ee/SFFAddicts - Kindlepreneur course software review - https://kindlepreneur.com/thinkific-vs-teachable/ - Author Roni Loren - https://roniloren.com/ - Daily Writing Tips - https://www.dailywritingtips.com/ - Between the Reads podcast - https://www.betweenthereads.com/ - Ray Bradbury’s creative formula - https://austinkleon.com/2022/11/01/ray-bradbury-on-feeding-your-creativity - Oliver Burkeman - Everyone’s Still Winging It - https://ckarchive.com/b/r8u8hoh2v34p3   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 newslett

Mentioned: - Atlanta episode "The Goof Who Sat by the Door" - Book Exploder with George Saunders - https://bookexploder.com/episodes/george-saunders - Black Adam - Vampire Academy on Peacock   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/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive com

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Mentioned: - The Soul of Good Character Design -  https://youtu.be/SM3IQFgP-d8 - The "Done" Planner: Combating the Dark Side of the Traditional To Do List - https://roniloren.com/blog/2018/9/17/the-done-planner-combating-the-dark-side-of-the-traditional-to-do-list - NPR Codeswitch "Black reality in a world of fantasy" - https://www.npr.org/2022/10/11/1128226741/tochi-onyebuchi-leslye-penelope-black-science-fiction-fantasy - Washingtonian magazine - "'The Monsters We Defy' Is a Historical Ghost Novel Set in DC" - https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/10/12/the-monsters-we-defy-dc-novel/   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 th

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Mentioned: - The Woman King film (5 stars from me!) - Once Upon a Forbidden Desire - https://books2read.com/forbiddenfairytales - My TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@leslyepenelope - TikTok Sells Books course - https://tiktoksellsbooks.com/ - TikTok warning - https://twitter.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1559896054514028546   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://creativecommo