My Imaginary Friends With L. Penelope

Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/islz3nUEQ3E Imaginary Worldbuilding: Creating Fictional Worlds for Writers    Mahogany Books Black Women in Fantasy replay   Beastly Kingdom preorder   My author newsletter   The Cupid Mixup - AI narration via Apple Books    Marie Poulin website   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/ Musi

Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/6APXzkMzbZM Imaginary Worldbuilding Course Mentioned: Mahogany Books, DC -  Black Women in Fantasy - March 18, 2023 Huberman Lab podcast - "How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance"  Story Forge cards The Story Engine cards My Story Engine Spread: photo 1 | photo 2 Tara McMullin - Can I Squeeze This In? video "Seth Godin: embrace the idea of a smallest viable audience"  "Benefits of a daily diary and topic journals" by Derek Sivers  HB90 Bootcamp open until March 19! (affiliate link) 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.m

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yaI7qniSa5w Sponsor: Imaginary Worldbuilding: Creating Fictional Worlds for Writers Course Mentioned: "Leslye Penelope Imbues Black Broadway With Literal Magic" — Washington City Paper  Author Cerece Rennie Murphy Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover Character Arc Progression Worksheet - https://onestopforwriters.com/about_cbt "How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance" - Huberman Lab Podcast The Tapping Solution "7 False Beliefs That Will Keep You Trapped in Your Head Forever" Poker Face on Peacock Castle on Hulu Tár movie Reel by Kennedy Ryan "Want to Quit Social Media? Opportunity Cost Can Help You Decide"   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: http

View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5bp2YTm-Vew Mentioned: - My course: Imaginary Worldbuilding is open! - Join my affiliate program  - Audie audiobook awards  - The Monsters We Defy audiobook  - Devotions by Mary Oliver - Maryland Romance Writers - Becca Syme & Better Faster Academy - Tár film - Picard on Paramount + - Bel-Air on Peacock - Black Men Reading Speculative Fiction - March 10, 2023 - Free registration   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://soundclo

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

Mentioned: - One Stop for Writers - Conflict Thesaurus - https://onestopforwriters.com/ - Michael Hauge’s 6 Stage Plot Structure (Character Journey) - https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/08/the-six-stages-of-your-heros-character-arc/ - Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell – https://amzn.to/35eBwLu - The Story Grid Foolscap Method - https://storygrid.com/using-the-foolscap-to-draft-your-next-novel/ - Enneagrams - https://www.crystalknows.com/enneagram/types - The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr – https://amzn.to/3wywbLf - HB90 Bootcamp registration open until December 11 - Plan your quarter in 2023 - https://heartbreathings.teachable.com/courses/hb90-bootcamp?affcode=145068_ffrxnd9f  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. Subscri

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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

Mentioned: - Highlights Foundation Retreats - https://thebarnatboydsmills.com/highlights-foundation-workshops-retreats/  - Becca Syme - https://betterfasteracademy.com/ - Erin Bowman: Enjoyability over all else - https://erinbowman.substack.com/p/enjoyability-over-all-else - Stephanie Perkins: Love lists - http://betweenfactandfiction.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-writers-society-love-lists-by.html - Calendly appointment scheduling - https://calendly.com/ - Reclaim.ai - https://reclaim.ai/r/s/TpyPY  (referral link) - Time blocking - https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/time-blocking - October 27, 2022 - Black Voices of the Future: Spirits of the City with Leslye Penelope & Alex Jennings  - https://hachette-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bifaPrM-R6KCG4_zwAsFRw#/registration   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