My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

Taking Feedback & Managing Stress

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yaI7qniSa5w
Sponsor: Imaginary Worldbuilding: Creating Fictional Worlds for Writers Course
Mentioned:
"Leslye Penelope Imbues Black Broadway With Literal Magic" — Washington City Paper 
Author Cerece Rennie Murphy
Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
Character Arc Progression Worksheet - https://onestopforwriters.com/about_cbt
"How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance" - Huberman Lab Podcast
The Tapping Solution
"7 False Beliefs That Will Keep You Trapped in Your Head Forever"
Poker Face on Peacock
Castle on Hulu
Tár movie
Reel by Kennedy Ryan
"Want to Quit Social Media? Opportunity Cost Can Help You Decide"
 
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 - https://paypal.me/heartspell
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
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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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On Doing Less & Being Better

View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5bp2YTm-Vew
Mentioned:
- 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.
Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
Support the show - https://paypal.me/heartspell
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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.

It’s All in the Name

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dlzR5Ykwv4s
Mentioned:
- 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 - https://paypal.me/heartspell
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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.

How to Know When You’re Ready to Start Writing

Youtube: https://youtu.be/tMVYEUekqvk
Mentioned:
- 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 - https://paypal.me/heartspell
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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.

The Outlining Process for a Second Draft

Youtube: https://youtu.be/PU3IGUhMVzM
Mentioned:
- 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 - https://paypal.me/heartspell
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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.

Every ”Yes” is a Sacrifice

Youtube: https://youtu.be/tFjcTkxgctA
Mentioned:
- 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 - https://paypal.me/heartspell
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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.

How I Find My Story’s Theme

Youtube: https://youtu.be/Cib9iRjYGwk
Mentioned:
- Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
- https://onestopforwriters.com
- TBRCon at the FanFiAddict YouTube Channel
- The Last of Us - HBO
- Missing movie
 
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 - https://paypal.me/heartspell
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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.

How to Start Fixing a Broken Book

Youtube: https://youtu.be/53Aw84jqh3A
Mentioned:
- Limited discounted beta slots for my worldbuilding course: https://myimaginaryfriends.net/beta/
- Mind mapping software: Whimsical and Miro
- https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/
- The Menu film
- Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
- Erin Roberts on SMART goals for magic system
- Rule of Thirds video
 
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 - https://paypal.me/heartspell
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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.

Creating a Novel Revision Schedule

Youtube: https://youtu.be/Qn63oWp-OUM
Sponsor: Bright Bird Press - Use code: Imaginary15 for 15% off! https://brightbirdpress.com/discount/Imaginary15
Mentioned:
- Will My Resolutions Really Work? (Quitcast 423) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrfgklFs_Q
- K.M. Weiland Year Review - https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/new-year/
- The Top 10 Publishing Trends for 2023 - https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-top-10-publishing-trends-for-2023/
- How Will BookTok Change Publishing in 2023? https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/booktok-tiktok-creator-publishing-1234649819/
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 - https://paypal.me/heartspell
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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.

Goodbye 2022!

Mentioned: 
- Download my Worldbuilding Checklist - https://myimaginaryfriends.net
- Erin Bowman workshop "Fundamentals of Design" - https://embowman.com/workshops/fundamentals-of-design/
- The Release Ratio: How to Make Use of Everything You Know - https://moretothat.com/release-ratio/
- “How Writing Your Synopsis Can Fix Your Book” by Allison K Williams - https://www.janefriedman.com/how-writing-your-synopsis-can-fix-your-book/ 
- Unravel Your Year Free Guide - https://susannahconway.mykajabi.com/unravel-your-year-2023
- VirtuousCon Feb. 25-26, 2023 - https://virtuouscon.com/
- TBRCon - Jan. 22-29, 2023 - https://youtube.com/@FanFiAddict
- ChatGPT bot - https://chat.openai.com/chat
- Joanna Penn - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/future/
- Junot Diaz in Limbo - https://www.semafor.com/article/11/27/2022/junot-diaz-in-limbo
 
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 - https://paypal.me/heartspell
My Imaginary Friends is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at http://frolic.media/podcasts!
Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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.