My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

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.

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Music credit:

Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

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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

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.

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, 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

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.

- 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

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.

Mentioned:

- Coming 2 America film

- WandaVision TV show

- Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins - https://amzn.to/3bmtXGm

- On binging an author - https://twitter.com/Tuphlos/status/1366495229235195905

- Dianne DuVall's Immortal Guardians series - https://amzn.to/3v5tHmS

- N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy - https://amzn.to/3rrQF5x

- Ann Aguirre's Ars Numina series - https://amzn.to/3ec95nc

- Maggie Stiefvater recaps

- Becky Albertalli author

- Rod Pulido “Who has the right to tell a particular story, and who gets to decide this?“ https://www.rodpulido.com/blog/late-to-the-party

- Kwame Mbalia's Substack newsletter "Black by Popular Demand" on black book releases - https://kwamembalia.substack.com/

- Plottr software: https://plottr.com?ref=136

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

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.

- Sponsor: LOVE AT FIRST by Kate Clayborn - https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496725196/love-at-first/

- Shadow & Bone trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHJYYd_RnJc

- OneStopforWriters.com - workshops & thesauruses

- Twitter thread on Western storytelling

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

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.

Sponsor: Hopeless Romantic by Marina Adair 

Featured Podcast: This Lesbian Ship is Intense

Mentioned:

- The Heir and the Spare by Kate Stradling

- Judas and the Black Messiah movie

- The Expanse

- Star Trek Discovery

- Save the Cate Beat Sheet worksheet

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

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.

Sponsor: THE DUKE HEIST by Erica Ridley - https://ericaridley.com/

MENTIONED:

Cat-faced lawyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDNP-SWgn2w

Lit Service podcast - 5.03 - Author-Agent Relationships with Ben Grange https://litservicepodcast.wixsite.com/litnation

Lessons from a Screenplay - The Soul of Good Character Design - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM3IQFgP-d8

VirtuousCon - https://virtuouscon.com

My Upcoming Events: 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:

Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

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.

This episode is sponsored by THE DUKE HEIST by Erica Ridley - https://ericaridley.com/

Mentioned:

- Kwame Mbalia - https://twitter.com/KSekouM/status/1357356812266311680

- FaRoFeb (Fantasy Romance February) - https://farofeb.com/

- Fantasy Romance Panel 2/20/21 @ 3pm ET - https://www.libraryinsight.com/eventdetails.asp?jx=gx&lmx=%CF%60c%26%AF%AE%7C&v=3

- Descript app - https://www.descript.com/

- #219 RomBkPod "A Little Magic" https://linktr.ee/rombkpod

- Melanin Library - https://www.melaninlibrary.com/

- Kenya Goree Bell - https://kenyagoreebell.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

Music credit:

Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

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.

Sponsor: Driven by Rebecca Zanetti

Mentioned:

Laziness Does Not Exist with Dr. Devon Price - Smart Podcast Trashy Books 

Plottr software

Zotero research organization software - https://www.zotero.org/

Scrivener Story Bible template - https://lpenelope.com/extras/resources-for-writers/

The Nap Ministry - https://www.instagram.com/thenapministry/

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

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.