My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: My new tattoo & series finale of The Good Place
MENTIONED:
HUSH OF STORM & SORROW pre-order - use coupon code: FRIENDS to get it for $0.99!
- My new tattoo is from Brett Burnham at Chapterhouse Tattoo, Baltimore, MD- onestopforwriters.com
- Jeffe Kennedy's First Cup of Coffee podcast
- Sanditon on PBS
- Lizzie Bennet Diaries web series - http://www.pemberleydigital.com/the-lizzie-bennet-diaries/
- Welcome to Sanditon web series - http://www.pemberleydigital.com/welcome-to-sanditon/story-wts/
- Smart Bitches Podcast - CIMRWA episode https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/podcast/388-rwa-one-month-later-c-chilove-laurel-cremant-diana-neal-the-officers-of-cimrwa/
- Writing Excuses with Patrick Rothfuss - https://writingexcuses.com/2020/01/26/15-04-revision-with-patrick-rothfuss/ - Conversation I discuss starts at 17:35
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/joakimkarudCreative 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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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: ARCs for CRY OF METAL & BONE have arrived!
MENTIONS:
- The Obelisk Gate by NK Jemisin
- New Yorker article on NK Jemisin 
- Kenya Goree-Bell / Karis Bell - Facebook book club
- Hamilton "I Wrote My Way Out" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zhR6d6LDzM
- Then, Now, Always by Mona Shroff
- onestopforwriters.com Worksheets & Thesauruses galor!
- Earthsinger Chronicles: https://lpenelope.com/earthsinger-chronicles/HUSH OF STORM & SORROW (book 2.5)REQUIEM OF SILENCE (book 4)
- "Here's What Would Happen If Stephen King Were Treated Like a Latina Writer" 
 
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
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Website: https://www.lpenelope.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope 
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative 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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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller - https://amzn.to/30J8CQI
 MENTIONS:
- Eating the Fantastic podcast- http://www.scottedelman.com/2020/01/10/l-penelope/
- CRY OF METAL & BONE cover - https://lpenelope.com/book/cry-of-metal-bone/
Other Great Recent Reads:
- Grumpy Jake by Melissa Blue - https://amzn.to/36fB7Xq
- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black - https://amzn.to/377UXFe
- The Meldling by Claire Ryan - https://amzn.to/30BJ2gb
- The Beast of Bestwick by Amalie Howard - https://amzn.to/365Vsy5
- My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid - https://amzn.to/2G7KM7K
Girls with Glasses newsletter by Alyssa Cole - https://alyssacolelit.substack.com/
The Creative Penn podcast: How to Be Indestractible - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2020/01/13/how-to-focus-and-be-indistractable-with-nir-eyal/ 
Agendio.com - customizable planners
 
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
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Website: https://www.lpenelope.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope 
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative 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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My thread on the magic system in The Witcher - https://twitter.com/leslyepenelope/status/1213942354568200192
Raymond Chandler sci-fi parody: https://twitter.com/richard_kadrey/status/1214684318720647168?s=21
Calling out vs. calling in - https://twitter.com/LeeFlower/status/1214370497124880389
Washington Post on Ricky Gervais
 
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
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My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Website: https://www.lpenelope.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope 
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative 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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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Top Rope Climbing again!
- Ember warming mug - https://amzn.to/2ZQWXyC
- On Introverts - https://twitter.com/LindsayTedds/status/1213273890115338240 "Introverts are not shy. I know that, but new thinking and MRIs consider their brain (mine) to be wired such that their brains have difficulty processing different noises at once. This is what causes the dislike of noisy places & retreat to quiet...It is posited that this could cause introverts that suffer concussions to be much more noise sensitive during recovery and forever after, which I was/am."
- Possible roads forward for RWA - https://twitter.com/courtneymilan/status/1213616384392876032
- NINC (Novelists, Inc.) https://ninc.com/
To comment on this episode, go to https://lpenelope.com/2020/01/new-year-same-me-my-imaginary-friends-episode-49 
 
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
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Website: https://www.lpenelope.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope 
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative 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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- Charity Water - https://www.charitywater.org/
- Soundtrack on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/80241410
- The Mandalorian on Disney+ - https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/the-mandalorian
- The Witcher on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/80189685
- My Books - https://lpenelope.com/books
- HB90 Bootcamp & Planner at https://heartbreathings.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
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Website: https://www.lpenelope.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelope
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelope
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope 
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative 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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Good overviews of the latest situation with the Romance Writers of America (RWA):
https://www.claireryanauthor.com/blog/2019/12/27/the-implosion-of-the-rwa
https://allaboutromance.com/has-rwa-lost-its-way-editing/
 
Comment at: https://lpenelope.com/2019/12/rwa-caught-in-a-bad-romance-my-imaginary-friends-episode-47
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
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My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Website: https://www.lpenelope.com
 
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative 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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THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Soundtrack on Netflix! Starring my brother Paul James.
Mentions:
On Writing and Health (Both Physical and Emotional) by Rena Barron :: self care! https://twitter.com/renathedreamer/status/1196947767953887232
Andre 3000 on not making music anymore https://twitter.com/gafollowers/status/1207029477043245058?s=21
Power nap meditation - https://youtu.be/h6PNJaWGrwE
 
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
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My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope 
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative 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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THIS WEEK'S BEST THINGS: Our new kitten: Stokely - https://www.instagram.com/p/B5_8__3ADqL
Watchmen: masterful episode “A God Walks into Abar” 
Great recap: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-recaps/watchmen-recap-episode-8-god-walks-into-bar-921528/
In the Heights trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0CL-ZSuCrQ
 
Mentions:
1960 Ocean’s 11
Gloria E. Anzaldúa quotes - https://www.instagram.com/p/B56RF3ZFv2W/
 
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
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope 
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative 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.

THIS WEEK'S BEST THING: Soundtrack on Netflix starts Dec 13 - Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bRqe7eBqmw
Paul James IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482818
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo - https://amzn.to/36eZBjH
Screenwriting Tricks for Authors by Alexandra Sokoloff - https://amzn.to/2P4HUNW
The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne - https://amzn.to/2Yw6Elx
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron - https://amzn.to/2PpExQS
750words.com - for daily writing
My books:Angelborn - https://amzn.to/2Yw6ElxAngelfall - http://amzn.com/B019E3JHSYCry of Metal & Bone - https://amzn.to/33W6qVW
 
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
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Website: https://www.lpenelope.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslyepenelopeTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/leslyepenelopeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorlpenelope 
Music credit:
Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative 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.