My Imaginary Friends With L. Penelope

Leaving behind the old (for a while) and focusing on the new! Mentioned: - #EarthsingerReadlong - Cry of Metal & Bone - https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/earthsingerreadalong/ - Sarra Cannon - "Starting The Final Book In My Bestselling Series" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejhVFTcv0c - The Plot Whisperer by Martha Alderson – https://amzn.to/3pPL4pM - Story Genius by Lisa Cron - https://amzn.to/3BFSCAK - "When the Author Dream is No Longer the Dream" -  https://nelsonagency.com/2021/07/when-the-author-dream-is-no-longer-the-dream/ - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert - https://amzn.to/2LaZ0a5 - The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay - https://amzn.to/2J5XULu   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://lpen

Work & rest for inspiration and facing your fears.  Mentioned: - Dramatica plot steps: https://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/plot-outline.html - My plot steps worksheet: https://lpenelope.com/wp-content/uploads/Dramatica-Plot-Steps-Worksheet.pdf - The Great Gatsby - https://amzn.to/2VMgP88 - Gone Girl - https://amzn.to/3zp2j51 - Hampton Roads Writers Conference - https://hamptonroadswriters.org/2021-conference/ - My events calendar - https://lpenelope.com/calendar   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

From idea to book announcement! THE MONSTERS WE DEFY coming from Orbit Books in 2022!  - https://www.orbitbooks.net/2021/07/08/acquisition-announcement-the-monsters-we-defy-by-leslye-penelope/ - "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die - Black Widow 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 - 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/l

Building the characters so I can build the plot. - The Nap Ministry - https://www.instagram.com/thenapministry/ - REQUIEM OF SILENCE preorder campaign - https://lpenelope.com/requiem-preorder/ - The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes -  https://bookshop.org/a/582/9780615908113 - Susan Dennard - https://susandennard.com/for-writers/ - Margie Lawson - https://www.margielawson.com/lawson-writers-academy/ - Character Arc Progression Worksheet - https://writershelpingwriters.net/writing-tools/ - The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr - https://bookshop.org/a/582/9781419743030 - Awesome Con in Washington, DC - https://awesome-con.com/book-fair/ - Rock climbing board game First Ascent on Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/firstascentgame/first-ascent   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

Why do people even like books anyway? This week's best thing: The Harder They Fall trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKz5kZr8mrg Honorable mention: Sleater-Kinney One More Hour on Audible - https://www.audible.com/pd/One-More-Hour-Audiobook/B096SSWF7Y Recommended: Song of the Forever Rains by EJ Mellow - https://amzn.to/3jmROu8 #EarthsingerReadalong - https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope/   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 Cre

On realistic goal and expectation setting. Plus, progress! - Angelborn is free through June 2021 - https://books2read.com/angelborn - The Cupid Mixup - permanently free - https://books2read.com/cupidmixup - Marie Poulin - https://mariepoulin.com/ - https://www.notion.so/ - note taking, database and organization software - 6 Figure Author podcast - https://6figureauthors.com/ - HB90 Method - https://heartbreathings.teachable.com/p/hb90-bootcamp - QOTW: Do you listen to audiobooks? If so, what do you do while you listen?   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! Web

A breakdown of my very painful process of getting back on track with this manuscript. Mentioned: - In the Heights - The Plot Whisperer by Martha Alderson - https://amzn.to/3pPL4pM - The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne - https://amzn.to/2Yw6Elx - The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr - https://amzn.to/3wywbLf - David Corbett "The Compass of Character" - https://davidcorbett.com/teaching.php - Story Genius by Lisa Cron - https://amzn.to/3wl96LN - Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland - https://amzn.to/3vls5Ez - Enneagrams Relationships - https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/the-enneagram-type-combinations - Sequences - https://medium.com/your-first-novel/what-is-a-sequence-in-a-novel-or-a-movie-ddd9f0f35d78 - Screenwriting Tricks for Authors by Alexandra Sokoloff - https://amzn.to/2P4HUNW - Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody - https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV - Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell - https://amzn.to/35eBwLu - Dramatica Plot Steps - https://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/plot-outl

Sponsor: Summer in the City by Lori Wilde, Priscilla Oliveras, Sarah Skilton - https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496732675/summer-in-the-city/ Mentioned: - Venus Williams mic drop - https://twitter.com/espnw/status/1399847611897688068?s=21 - Cree Summer's Street Faerie album  - A Quiet Place Part 2 movie #EarthsingerReadalong - https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope/   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-Sh

This week's best thing: Howard University's Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts - https://variety.com/2021/film/news/chadwick-boseman-howard-university-college-fine-arts-1234982110/ Mentioned: -The Old Guard movie -The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+ -The Nevers on HBO #EarthsingerReadalong - https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope/ 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-

This week's best thing: "Fye Fye" by Tobe Nwigwe - https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8JJVqnZfl/ (Behind the Scenes - https://www.instagram.com/p/CPLpJbpnT9a/) Mentioned: - Soundtrack on Netflix - My events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar - Edelweiss Bookfest - (https://abovethetreeline.com/bookfest) promo code for $30 off! Code: LPKEYBF30  - Register at https://edelweissbookfest.regfox.com/edelweiss-bookfest - Publishers Weekly review of REQUIEM OF SILENCE - https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250148131 - Temptation moment (Alternate to Dark Moment) - https://youtu.be/ceZbrDrecFg - The Underground Railroad on TV show on Amazon Prime - The Good Lord Bird on Showtime - The Conductors by Nicole Glover - https://amzn.to/2SlPyrC - https://pirateship.com - for shipping & postage from home   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

Sponsor: Lone Wolf by Diana Palmer, Kate Pearce and Rebecca Zanetti. Lone Wolf by Diana Palmer, Kate Pearce and Rebecca Zanetti. https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781420151497/lone-wolf/ - Norah, Yarah, Rosa dance video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CD8_-kDlU2t/ - In Our Mother's Gardens on Netflix - Earthsinger Chronicles Readalong - https://lpenelope.com/2021/05/join-the-earthsinger-chronicles-readalong/ - Author Daniel Jose Older - https://www.instagram.com/danieljose1/ - "No one will read your book (and other truths about publishing)" - https://ellegriffin.substack.com/p/publishing-industry-truth) - "The one where writing books is not really a good idea" - https://ellegriffin.substack.com/p/creator-economy-for-fiction-authors - Nobody (film) & Wrath of Man (film) 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 lif

- Plottr software - https://plottr.com?ref=136 (affiliate) - Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell - https://amzn.to/2RHatVr - Wide for the Win FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/wideforthewin - https://www.edelweiss.plus/ - The Creative Penn podcast - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2021/05/03/translation-and-marketing-in-foreign-languages/ - Vampires Never Get Old anthology podcast - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2021/05/03/translation-and-marketing-in-foreign-languages/ - Imaginary Worlds podcast: episode 171 The Zen of Sci-fi - https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/the-zen-of-sci-fi - Brett Burnham - Chapterhouse Tattoo, Baltimore, MD - https://www.chapterhousetattoo.com/   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. Su

Sponsor: An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler by Vanessa Riley  - Shadow & Bone on Netflix - Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo - https://amzn.to/3vEmutN - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - https://amzn.to/3uaWIN7 - My interview on Elodie Nowodazkij's podcast - Imaginarium Book Festival - May 8 & 9, 2021 - https://www.imaginariumbookfestival.com/ - My events: https://lpenelope.com/calendar - Colleen Hoover in process and failing (and not giving up) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL-6pcxJwDw/?igshid=5wbvwx2wdbuz   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 | In

- "Peter Warner, 90, Seafarer Who Discovered Shipwrecked Boys, Dies" - New York Times - CL Polk tweet - https://twitter.com/clpolk/status/1377231534374129664?s=21   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 compensation for links to produ

- My current paranormal romance series: Angelborn - https://books2read.com/angelborn & Angelfall - https://books2read.com/angelfall-eternalflame - Dianne DuVall's Immortal Guardians series - https://amzn.to/3v5tHmS - Ann Aguirre's Ars Numina series - https://amzn.to/3ec95nc - New podcast: A Self-Published Author's Diary with Elodie Nowodazkij - https://elodienowodazkij.com, http://aselfpublishedauthorsdiary.com - Dear Romance Writer podcast!! https://www.dearromancewriter.com/   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 M

Have questions for me? Email me at podcast@lpenelope.com for a future Q&A show! – Draft2Digital – https://www.draft2digital.com/ – ClickUp project management – https://clickup.com/ – SmartSheet – https://www.smartsheet.com/ – REQUIEM on Netgalley (https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/211122) and Edelweiss (https://www.abovethetreeline.com) – Sarra Cannon’s HB 90 Method – https://heartbreathings.teachable.com/p/hb90-bootcamp – Kanban boards – https://www.projectmanager.com/kanban – Chrome Extension – Author Sanity Saver for Goodreads – shows only 4 or 5 star reviews!!! – Ines Johnson Bookbub post! – https://insights.bookbub.com/how-make-six-figures-self-published-author/ 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

Sponsor: Breakfast at the Honey Creek Café by Jodie Thomas Mentioned: - Write Better Faster with Becca Syme - SPA Girls Podcast – EP285 – Interview with Janie Crouch : Launching a romance series  - Linear Tactical series by Janie Crouch  - Ars Numina series by Ann Aguirre  - Author Colleen Hoover - Virtuouscon panel replay: Breaking Borders: Black Representation in Speculative Fiction Panel with Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, L. Penelope, Tonia Ransom, and Mellow Brown - Virtuouscon    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 | Faceboo

Mentioned: - Benni masks - Galaxy's Edge magazine - https://750words.com/ - https://sprinter.getfreewrite.com/ - The Snyder Cut of Justice League - Double Vision Editorial   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 compensation for links

Podcast giveaway - https://lpenelope.com/podcastgiveaway Mentioned: - The Creative Penn podcast - Save the Cat by Blake Snyder - Dan Wells 7-Point Plot Structure - Video: https://youtu.be/KcmiqQ9NpPE - How to use it: https://thewritingkylie.com/blog/the-basics-of-the-seven-point-story-structure-and-how-to-use-it - Plottr software: https://plottr.com?ref=136 - Plot Formula Cheatsheet by Eva Deverell - Dramatica - https://dramatica.com/ - Understanding the Arc of a Main Character - Forget the Cat, Save Yourself - Act Your Age Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert - https://amzn.to/390K1vU - Audio in Color grant - http://www.lyricaudiobooks.com/audioincolor/  - you can also donate to the grant fund here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/audio-in-color-brownnipplechallenge-audiobooks   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, c

- Plottr software  - Sarra Cannon Notion video - Podcast Giveaway!  Enter to win a copy of SO TO SPEAK by Shirley Kobliner & Harold Kobliner, PhD   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 compensation for links to products on this s