My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope: Recent Episodes

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Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/jp0EkiGHlQ0 Mentioned: Artist Morning – https://www.artistmorning.com/ Story Seed Workbook – https://lpen.co/storyseed Bookbub’s 17 Authors on YouTube with Writing & Publishing Tips – https://insights.bookbub.com/authors-youtube-writing-publishing-tips/ My events calendar – https://lpenelope.com/calendar/ Oliver Burkeman’s The Imperfectionist: What would it mean to be done for the day? “The Importance of Reaching a Point in Your Day when...

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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here. Today, I speak with someone who is one of my personal influences, speculative fiction author Tananarive Due. Over her two decades...

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Mentioned:Ink & Magic Writing Retreat: https://inkandmagicretreat.com/Daughter of the Merciful Deep is out! https://books2read.com/dotmd  Imaginarium Book Festival - https://www.imaginariumbookfestival.com/ -The Complete Writer's Guide to Her...

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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here.In this episode, I speak with New York Times Bestseller D...

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Watch on YoutubeDaughter of the Merciful Deep out on June 4, 2024 - Release Giveaway!Launch event @ Sankofa BooksMy events Launch event @ Sankofa Books in Washington, DC - https://www.sankofa.com/events/daughter-of-the-merciful-deepMy event...

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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here.In this interview, I speak with #1 New York Times Bestsel...

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Watch the live podcast on YouTube.Mentioned:EF Go Ahead Tours - https://www.goaheadtours.com/toursA few of my photos from Greece - https://www.instagram.com/p/C5orMwfOgpR/ - https://www.instagram.com/p/C5qZl7-OWsO/?img_index=1Read my post: "Beyon...

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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here.In this interview, I speak with multi-award winner P. Djè...

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Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/umqeMohkOC0Mentioned:ARC Giveaway - https://lpenelope.com/2024/03/daughter-of-the-merciful-deep-arc-giveaway/Daughter of the Merciful Deep - preorderPublishers Weekly starred reviewCreating Character Arcs by K...

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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here. In this interview, I speak with legendary romance author...

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Watch on YouTubeMentioned:Imaginary Worldbuilding course Zcal Meeting Scheduler - https://zcal.co/My interview on the Wish I’d Known podcastWashington Post mention! https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/02/11/romantasy-explainer-maas-yarros/...

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“Imagining Success” is an interview series where I talk to authors who have achieved career milestones that others only dream about and ask them how they got there and where they go from here. In this interview, I speak with award-winning SFF author...

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Watch on YouTube Mentioned:How to Revise Your Novel workshopImaginary Worldbuilding course - https://lpen.co/worldsStory Seed workbook - https://lpen.co/storyseedEnneagrams - https://www.crystalknows.com/enneagram/typesPro Writing Aid's romance...

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Watch in YouTube: https://youtu.be/DeIidsoalEY- Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net/footnotes- Savage City is on sale! - https://books2read.com/savagecity- Preordder Daughter of the Merciful Deep - https://lpenelope.com/book/daugh...

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Pre-order Daughter of the Merciful Deep – coming June 4, 2024 Pre-order Brutal Fortress – get it from me March 1 and everywhere March 15! Mentioned:Bridgerton Tea photos - https://www.instagram.com/p/C2GS35brisd/Bookbub - https://www.bookbub.co...

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Watch on Youtube! - Become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net/footnotes - Revision Workshop: Monday, January 24, 2024 at 7pm ET - Imaginary Worldbuilding cohort - https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/courses/imaginary-worl...

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Watch in YouTubeMentioned:My other podcast! Ink and MagicPsy-Changeling series by Nalini SinghPre-order my new book, Daughter of the Merciful Deep My upcoming revision course – https://myimaginaryfriends.net/revisionFinal Imaginary Worldbuildin...

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• Yale Romance Conference - https://romancefictionconference.yale.edu/
• Love Between the Covers documentary - https://www.lovebetweenthecovers.com/
• RWA implosion in detail - https://claireryanauthor.com/blog/2019/12/27/the-implosion-of-the-rwa/
• The Black Romance Podcast - https://blackromancepodcast.libsyn.com/
• Virgil Abloh on perfectionism
• My YouTube:  https://youtube.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.

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• "Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it." - Eckhart Tolle via InspiringQuotes.com
• The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
• My interview on the Black Writer Therapy podcast -
• The Write Women Book Festival
• Novelists, Inc. (NINC)
• The Muse Writers Center workshops: Building a World Around Your Characters & Plot and Fantasy Worldbuilding
• Author websites by me: https://theauthor.digital/
• Joy Harris GoFundMe

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.

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• InkersCon
• Authortube Writing Conference
• ApollyCon - https://jenniferlarmentrout.com/apollycon/
• Imaginarium Book Festival
• "Advice I would give to baby author me" by Angelina M. Lopez
• https://snazzymaps.com/ - custom Google Maps
• https://www.wellspent.so/ - App to stop mindless scrolling on social media

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.

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Developing story ideas, novel playlists, and mapping

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• Imaginarium Book Festival- The Story Seed Mini-course- Footnotes newsletter- Scribblemaps- "It's Our World, AI Just "Lives" In It" by Tara McMullin - Circle of Control graphic- Fast X- InkersCon

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.

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• Sistah Scifi bookstore
• Afrofuturism exhibit at NMAAHC
  • Our group at the exhibit
• Ytasha Womack
• Plottr software (affiliate link)
• GMC: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict by Debra Dixon
• C.S. Lakin courses
• Scene Turning Points article
• Story by Robert McKee
• The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne
  • Genres of writing
• Susan Dennard "How to Level Up Your Settings, Part 1"
• Queen Charlotte on Netflix
• Leap Year movie
• Guardians of the Galaxy 3
• SciFiTalk podcast with me and narrator Shayna Small
• "Heal Chaos and Overwhelm: DECLUTTER Every Part of Your Life"

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.

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• Savage City on sale for $.99 (limited time)
• Calendar I use for my writing calendar
• My Resources Page
• https://todoist.com/
• The Story Seed Workbook Mini-course
• Imaginary Worldbuilding: Creating Fictional Worlds for Writers
• Save the Cat
• Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes
• ChatGPT
• Whimsical
• OneStopForWriters.com
• Michael Hauge character development - The Inner Struggle
• Enneagrams
• Prioritize Like a Pro free webinar mentioned last week
• Freewrite Traveler
• Imaginarium Book Festival - May 20 & 21, 2023, Washington, DC
• My Events 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.

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• Beastly Kingdom is here!
• Apollycon
• Draft 2 Digital
• Scribecount for book sales tracking
• Imaginarium Book Festival - May 20-21, 2023, Washington, DC
• Imaginary Worldbuilding Course
• Autonomous Creative with Jessica Abel
• "Why it’s so hard for writers to ask for money for their work" by Mason Currey
• Backwater Books "Meet the Romance Writers of Maryland" - Ellicott City, MD - May 4, 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 week's best thing.

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• Ram's Promo Stacker
• ChatGPT
• Sudowrite
• "What's Your North Star?" post
• "Hi Ren" music video
  • A reaction video compilation
• Sarra Cannon's HB90 Method

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.

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Mentioned:

• ProWriting Aid software
• Scrivener
• Shayna Small audiobook narrator
• Street Faërie by Cree Summer (Spotify link)
• Author Author
• bad copies of Monsters photo 1 | photo 2
• My essay “When Fantasy & STEM Collide" on the Fantasy Cafe
• Jane Friedman

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.

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• Center for Black Literature
• Sheree Renee Thomas
• Jewell Parker Rhodes
• My interview on the “New Books in Science Fiction Podcast”

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.

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Chapter Titles | Character Descriptions | Surprising yet inevitable revelations

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Imaginary Worldbuilding: Creating Fictional Worlds for Writers https://myimaginaryfriends.net/iw

Mentioned:

• Fated Mates podcast
• Beastly Kingdom preorder
  • Preorder campaign
  • ARC request
• Fairy Plot Mother Becca Mysoor
• Center for Black Literature - 2023 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium - March 31 - April 1, 2023
• Pro Writing Aid
• One Stop For Writers Weather Thesaurus
• ChatGPT
• Sudowrite
• My interview on The Indy Author podcast with Matty Dalrymple
• My interview on Between the Reads with Audra Russell
• My interview on Carly Stevens' YouTube channel
• Ines Johnson is Having a Breakdown podcast
• "The Perils of Niching Down" article
• Brandon Sanderson interview in Wired
• Sanderson's Reddit response

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.

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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.

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• Plottr - https://plottr.com?ref=136 (affiliate link)

• Scrivener - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview

• Romancing the Beat - https://www.romancingthebeat.com/

• The Story Grid - https://storygrid.com/

• Whimsical - http://whimsical.com/

• Miro - https://miro.com/

• My board - https://lpenelope.com/wp-content/uploads/MiroBoard2.png

• Save the Cat by Blake Snyder - https://amzn.to/3yrCEK1

• The Hero's Journey - https://www.masterclass.com/articles/writing-101-what-is-the-heros-journey

• Jami Gold spreadsheets - https://jamigold.com/for-writers/worksheets-for-writers/

• How Rocky Debunks Save the Cat - https://screencraft.org/blog/how-rocky-debunks-save-the-cat/

• Rocky: Why You Don't Need Writing Formulas -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TGwjiBV2w8

• On Writing - Rocky and Why You Need A Formula - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy59b-qCVjA

• Story by Robert McKee - https://amzn.to/3moY8AW

• Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell – https://amzn.to/35eBwLu

• Thor Love and Thunder

• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

• Star Trek: Picard

• Star Treck: Lower Decks

• The Woman King film - https://www.thewomanking.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.

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• The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne – https://amzn.to/2Yw6Elx

Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV

• Sarah Beth Yoga - https://www.youtube.com/c/sarahbethyoga

• Yoga with Kassandra - https://www.youtube.com/c/yogawithkassandra

• Yoga with Bird - https://www.youtube.com/c/YogaWithBird

• A Midsummer Night's Dream @ Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA - https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/22-season/a-midsummer-nights-dream

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.

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• Freewrite Traveler - https://getfreewrite.com/products/freewrite-traveler

• Spoke transcription app - https://landing.spoke.app/en

• Otter meeting transcription app - https://otter.ai/

• Dragon dictation software - https://www.nuance.com/index.html

• Galaxy's Edge magazine - https://www.galaxysedge.com/

• One Stop for Writers, character profile builder - https://onestopforwriters.com/

• 4 Ways to Write a More Cathartic Story - https://mystorydoctor.com/4-ways-to-write-a-more-cathartic-story/

• The Heir and the Spare by Kate Stradling - https://amzn.to/3xYCZnd

• The Heir and the Spare - Author's note part 1 of 4 - https://katestradling.com/2022/05/31/iona-of-wessett-author-notes-part-1/

• Author Margaret Pinard - http://www.margaretpinard.com & https://www.youtube.com/c/MargaretPinard

• My Events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/

• Everything Everywhere All at Once - good review: https://www.indiewire.com/2022/03/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-review-1234707051/

• Authortube Writing Conference - https://www.authortubewritingconference.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

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• Savage City starred review in Publishers Weekly - https://www.publishersweekly.com/ASINB09Q282K7K

• 2 starred reviews on 1 page video - https://www.instagram.com/p/CegnehSLCS-/

• Booklife - free submission to Publishers Weekly - https://booklife.com/about-us/review-submission-guidelines.html

• https://awario.com/ - web conversation monitoring

• Virtuous Con Summer Workshop Series - https://virtuouscon.com/

• My events page - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/

• The Monsters We Defy ARC giveaway & signed books from Loyalty Books - https://lpenelope.com/2022/06/the-monsters-we-defy-arc-giveaway/

• https://clickup.com/ - project management

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.

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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

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• Order signed, personalized copies of THE MONSTERS WE DEFY from Loyalty Books and get a free swag pack: https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/preordermonsters

• Artwork of Zeli from Earthsinger Chronicles: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSxKOH7nUKe/. Art by Nicole Deal: https://www.instagram.com/nicole.deal.art/

• Pysthache character artist: https://www.instagram.com/mlle_pysthache/

• THE MONSTERS WE DEFY starred Publishers Weekly review - https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316377911

• Severance on Apple TV

• Top Gun Maverick!!

• Kenobi on Disney+

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.

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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

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• Imaginarium Book Festival - https://www.imaginariumbookfestival.com/

• Apollycon - https://jenniferlarmentrout.com/apollycon/

• Little Shop of Horrors - Tiny Desk at Home w/ commentary by co-writer Alan Menken  https://youtu.be/ymqKPz5kRXE?t=523 

• In The Heights

• Hamilton

• Holly Black on Lit Service podcast -  https://litservicepodcast.wixsite.com/litnation/podcast-1/episode/24fa79a0/concise-world-building-with-holly-black

• Severance on Apple TV

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.

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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

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• Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV

• The Anatomy of Story by John Truby - https://amzn.to/3wwAzLE

• Dan Wells’ 7 Point Plot Structure - https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/story-structure/seven-point-story-structure/

• Structuring Your Novel by K.M. Weiland - https://amzn.to/3Mc5pjD

• The Creative Penn podcast - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/

• Storyist writing software - https://storyist.com/

• Scrivener - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview

• Notion software - https://notion.so

• ClickUp project management software - http://clickup.com

• My author publication DB video & template - https://lpenelope.com/2020/08/manage-your-published-book-details-with-notion/

• Asana project management software - https://asana.com/

• "Second Brain" - a good, very short overview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBOHUBTsvHk

• BB Edit - text editor - https://asana.com/

• Google Keep - https://keep.google.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.

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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

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• Structuring Your Novel by K.M. Weiland - https://amzn.to/3Mc5pjD

• Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV

• Agents vs. attorneys - https://kriswrites.com/2022/04/27/business-musings-attorneys/

• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

• Moonknight

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.

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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

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• Song of Blood & Stone - https://lpenelope.com/book/song-of-blood-and-stone/

• The Monsters We Defy - https://lpenelope.com/book/the-monsters-we-defy/

• Remarkable 2 tablet - https://remarkable.com/

• The 10 Awful Truths about Book Publishing - https://ideas.bkconnection.com/10-awful-truths-about-publishing

• Wheel of Time casting

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.

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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

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• Rebecca Roanhorse Black Sun & Fevered Star - https://amzn.to/3Kbl0hp

• Junot Diaz

• Whimsical.com - kanban boards, mind maps and virtual stickie notes

• Killjoys on SyFy

• Deep Space 9

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 site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.