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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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• Fated Mates podcast

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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 

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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• Mahogany Books, DC -  Black Women in Fantasy - March 18, 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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• "Leslye Penelope Imbues Black Broadway With Literal Magic" — Washington City Paper 

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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- 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.

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

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- 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

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.

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- 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 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

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.

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- 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, 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

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.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/tFjcTkxgctA

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- 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 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

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.