My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

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My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope episodes

February 26, 2024Revising the Outline
Watch on YouTube
Mentioned:
Imaginary Worldbuilding course
Zcal Meeting Scheduler - https://zcal.co/
My interview on the Wish I’d Known podcast
Washington Post mention! https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/02/11/romantasy-explainer-maas-yarros/ - Gift article link: https://wapo.st/3uJ2YkN
https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/
Grammar refresher workshop - 03/02/2024
Punctuation refresher workshop - 03/03/2024
My Awesome Con schedule - https://lpenelope.com/calendar
March Madness Writing Sprints - Schedule | YouTube Playlist
The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest
Origin by Ava DuVernay

The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a 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 & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM
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26 min
February 19, 2024 Imagining Success with Mary Robinette Kowal
“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 Mary Robinette Kowal about the meaning of success and how it evolves over time.
She discusses the motivations behind her writing, the challenges she faces, and the importance of authenticity in her work. We also touch on impostor syndrome, goal setting, and finding the essence of what drives us as writers.
Find Mary Robinette online at https://maryrobinettekowal.com/
Her latest novel is The Spare Man
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WFL5WPFDwr8

The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a 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 to the podcast: https://lpenelope.com/podcast
Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
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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.
38 min
February 12, 2024Getting Early Feedback on an Outline
Watch on YouTube
Mentioned:
How to Revise Your Novel workshop
Imaginary Worldbuilding course - https://lpen.co/worlds
Story Seed workbook - https://lpen.co/storyseed
Enneagrams - https://www.crystalknows.com/enneagram/types
Pro Writing Aid's romance week - https://lpen.co/romanceweek
All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby - (Amazon), (Bookshop)
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a 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 & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show: Website | Instagram | 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.
24 min
January 29, 2024 Crafting the Villain
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/daughter-of-the-merciful-deep/
Mentioned:
- Bookbub - ebook deals
- Scribecount - track book sales
- FaRoFeb - Fantasy Romance February
- Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell
- Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland
- Structuring Your Novel by K.M. Weiland
- Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
- "Designing Thriller and Mystery Twists That Work" by Samantha Skal
- Ink & Magic podcast
- 13 Steps to Evil: How to Craft Superbad Villains by Sacha Black -
- Imaginary Worldbuilding course

The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a 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 & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show: Website | Instagram | 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.
23 min
January 15, 2024Starting A New Novel From The Beginning. Again.
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.com/
FaRoFeb (Fantasy Romance February) - https://farofeb.com/
Scapple - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple/overview
Story Seed Workbook & Mini-course - https://lpen.co/storyseed
American Fiction film
The Color Purple film
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer - https://amzn.to/48wNCyp
The Book of Clarence film
Saltburn film
Jeymes Samuels Breakfast Club interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zyrdLjoHgI
Filmmaker Hal Hartley - https://www.halhartley.com/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a 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 & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show: Website | Instagram | 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.
26 min
January 01, 2024 Which One Are You Feeding?
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-worldbuilding

- 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

Book Recomendations:
- Paladin’s Faith by T. Kingfisher - https://amzn.to/48Cfdhr
- Passion by Lisa Valdez - https://amzn.to/3S1Q4r0
- The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata - https://amzn.to/47iyqne

- Ink and Magic podcast

- Some Lines a Day Journal - Leuchtturm1917

- Tabitha Brown IG post #1 - https://www.instagram.com/p/C1fU9yXP06k/
- post #2 - https://www.instagram.com/p/C1gLuKFrQ40/

- My year end post

- Insight Timer app

- Author Nillu Nasser - https://nillunasser.com/

The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a 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 & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show: Website | Instagram | 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.
26 min
December 04, 2023The Manuscript Strikes Back!
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Mentioned:
My other podcast! Ink and Magic
Psy-Changeling series by Nalini Singh
Pre-order my new book, Daughter of the Merciful Deep
My upcoming revision course – https://myimaginaryfriends.net/revision
Final Imaginary Worldbuilding course cohort in January – https://lpen.co/worlds
My author newsletter: https://lpenelope.com/newsletter
Footnotes newsletter: https://myimaginaryfriends.net/footnotes
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
Pushing Daisies TV
The Muse Writers Center - https://the-muse.org
Insight Timer - https://insighttimer.com/
Junot Díaz Substack - https://junot.substack.com/
The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a 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 & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show: Website | Instagram | 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.
21 min
November 20, 2023Three Books at Once??
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AMZyTkoOz_s
Mentioned:
Writers Craft 5.0 bundle deal!
Ink and Magic podcast episode 1 is out now! https://inkandmagic.net
Pre-order Daughter of the Merciful Deep - https://lpenelope.com/book/daughter-of-the-merciful-deep/
My upcoming revision course - https://myimaginaryfriends.net/revision
Imaginary Worldbuilding cohort in January - https://lpen.co/worlds
Jane Friedman's business clinic - https://janefriedman.com/business-clinic/

The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a 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 & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show: Website | Instagram | 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.
23 min
November 13, 2023NaNoWriMo update
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Mentioned:
The Faceless Mage by Kenley Davidson
My author newsletter: https://lpenelope.com/newsletter/

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 & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show: Website | Instagram | 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.
12 min
November 06, 2023Conquering Dictation for NaNoWriMo
Watch on YouTube
Mentioned:
Footnotes newsletter
1:1 Writer Mentorship with me
My new podcast! Ink and Magic
Jane Friedman
The Hot Sheet newsletter
My Preptober video playlist & live write-in info
My novel revision course waiting list
My Nanowrimo novel inspiration cover
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
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 & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show: Website | Instagram | 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.
32 min

About My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

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Award-winning fantasy & paranormal romance author Leslye Penelope shares perspectives on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week’s best thing.