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My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

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.

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National Book Festival

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09/05/22 • 25 min

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The National Book Festival - https://www.loc.gov/events/2022-national-book-festival/

B.L. Blanchard - blblanchard.com

Tochi Onyebuchi - tochionyebuchi.com

NPR Codeswitch - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch

The Hot Sheet newsletter - https://hotsheetpub.com/

"Notes from Across the Pond" Banished newsletter (paywall) https://banished.substack.com/p/notes-from-across-the-pond

Purple Hearts on Netflix

Susan Dennard - The Luminaries Street Team - https://luminerds.substack.com/p/hunter-trials-challenge-1

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

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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

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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Doubling Down

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09/12/22 • 27 min

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B2Weird book club - https://www.instagram.com/b2weird/

Rings of Power

House of the Dragon

She-Hulk

Once Upon a Forbidden Desire releases Sep. 13 - https://books2read.com/forbiddenfairytales

"Her Majesty's Wolf" excerpt - https://lpenelope.com/2022/09/her-majestys-wolf-excerpt/

My newsletter - https://lpenelope.com/newsletter/

Hidden Black towns beneath America's lakes - https://www.instagram.com/p/CiTAeKvLbSx/

Beyond Tulsa: The Secret History of Flooding Black Towns to Make Lakes | The Amber Ruffin Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3D4hSQcWbk

Margaret Pinard's September #AuthPanel on THE BACKLIST - https://youtu.be/5KrwzZqEy7o

Huberman Lab podcast - Optimize Your Focus - https://hubermanlab.com/focus-toolkit-tools-to-improve-your-focus-and-concentration/

Publishing Will Never Be Fair - https://unherd.com/2022/07/publishing-will-never-be-fair/

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.

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Back on Track... Sort of

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05/30/22 • 22 min

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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.

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.

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The Finish Line

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10/03/22 • 24 min

Sponsor: A Ghost in Shining Armor by Therese Beharrie https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781420153408/a-ghost-in-shining-armor/

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Inkarnate map software - https://inkarnate.com/

Whimsical - https://whimsical.com/

Miro - https://miro.com/

EdrawMax - https://www.edrawsoft.com/edraw-max/

Author Naomi Novik - https://www.naominovik.com/

On Aphantasia "What It's Like to Be 'Mind Blind'" - https://time.com/6155443/aphantasia-mind-blind/

750words.com - https://750words.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
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.

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Worldbuilding on the Go

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08/29/22 • 25 min

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10 Things I Learned from Junot Diaz:

1. “Unless it’s breaking you, why would anyone else care?”

2. Give readers a chance to interact with the work - don’t chew it up and put it in their mouths. Let them come to different conclusions. Give them choices to let them decide what to think.

3. Writers cannot be "in cahoots" with the story - safeguard a space for the reader in the story. The story shouldn’t be dictated by the author.

4. Memory is contained and not dangerous. Memory work disrupts the immersion of the story because the character is not immersed in remembering

5. 1st POV should not try to discharge the function of 3rd POV

6. Withholding information is not developing character or plot. Non-information creates disinterest.

7. With characters, take away the one thing you think is important and see what you have left. Allow them to interact with others to let the reader see who they really are. Scaling with at least 2 others allows you to triangulate.

8. We look away to spare ourselves from feeling the pain and hope the reader will do the work for us. By taking the reader into our pain, we can be seen.

9. Always Be Building Character

10. Tend to your wound. Integrate it and write from there. Balance the person and the artist. Tend to your personhood so that if you never write again, you’ll still love yourself.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream - https://www.instagram.com/p/ChxVmTbpG_V/

Mysterious Galaxy - https://www.mystgalaxy.com/

DJ Reads Books IG live - https://www.instagram.com/p/ChlNnAiFEyq/

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

Storyist - https://www.storyist.com/

Patricia C. Wrede Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions - https://pcwrede.com/pcw-wp/fantasy-worldbuilding-questions/

Holly Black on Magic Systems - https://www.penandstory.com/2011/04/17/holly-black-on-creating-working-magic/

VONA/Voices writers workshop - https://www.vonavoices.org/

Junot Diaz - http://www.junotdiaz.com/

Hurston Wright Foundation - https://www.hurstonwright.org/

Dolen Perkins-Valdez - https://dolenperkinsvaldez.com/

Writers mentioned: Kacen Callender, Ines Johnson, Shanae Johnson, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Daniel Jose Older, Lesley Nneka Arimah

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.

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Fall Retreat!

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10/24/22 • 22 min

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Highlights Foundation Retreats - https://thebarnatboydsmills.com/highlights-foundation-workshops-retreats/

Becca Syme - https://betterfasteracademy.com/

Erin Bowman: Enjoyability over all else - https://erinbowman.substack.com/p/enjoyability-over-all-else

Stephanie Perkins: Love lists - http://betweenfactandfiction.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-writers-society-love-lists-by.html

Calendly appointment scheduling - https://calendly.com/

Reclaim.ai - https://reclaim.ai/r/s/TpyPY (referral link)

Time blocking - https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/time-blocking

October 27, 2022 - Black Voices of the Future: Spirits of the City with Leslye Penelope & Alex Jennings - https://hachette-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bifaPrM-R6KCG4_zwAsFRw#/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.

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.

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Getting Closer

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09/19/22 • 18 min

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The Woman King film (5 stars from me!)

Once Upon a Forbidden Desire - https://books2read.com/forbiddenfairytales

My TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@leslyepenelope

TikTok Sells Books course - https://tiktoksellsbooks.com/

TikTok warning - https://twitter.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1559896054514028546

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.

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Successful Writing Retreats

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06/06/22 • 22 min

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

Deep Work by Cal Newport - https://amzn.to/3mgpA4p

Paragraph Workspace for Writers in New York City - https://www.paragraphny.com

Adjustable portable laptop stand - https://amzn.to/38QHhEH

Write Your Novel From the Middle by James Scott Bell - https://amzn.to/35eBwLu

ConTinual interview with Jean Marie Ward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxqnMWauhbA

Bookfly Design, cover designer - https://www.bookflydesign.com

Preorder THE MONSTERS WE DEFY - https://lpen.co/monsters

THE MONSTERS WE DEFY character art - https://www.instagram.com/p/CeWIinFu-Jb/

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.

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001: On Beginnings

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03/02/19 • 10 min

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002: Research Rabbit Holes

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03/02/19 • 18 min

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How many episodes does My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope have?

My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope currently has 219 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Podcasts, Books and Arts.

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The episode title 'National Book Festival' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope is 24 minutes.

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Episodes of My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope are typically released every 7 days.

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