My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

Watch on YouTube Mentioned: Get first 3 chapters of The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass! - http://lpen.co/zaharaexcerpt Join the preorder giveaway - https://lpen.co/preorder My Books - https://lpenelope.com/books/ Interview with Shyheim Williams - https://www.instagram.com/conjuringliteracy/ Vintage & Black Book Club - https://www.instagram.com/vintageandblackbookclub/ Bird by Bird by An...

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/AedkGHaBsVI Book News! Zahara Preorder Campaign is live! - https://lpenelope.com/preorder made list of “Books That Feed an Elder Millennial’s 90s Nostalgia” from SheReads magazine - https://shereads.com/books-that-feed-an-elder-millennials-90s-nostalgia/ Angelborn/Angelfall flip book is available! https://shop.lpenelope.com/ Announcements Mastermind R...

Watch on Youtube Mentioned: lpenelope.com — My new website inkandmagicretreat.com — Apply for the Ink and Magic Mastermind Retreat (Tihs September, outside Baltimore) Angelborn and Angelfall by Leslye Penelope — now with new covers, PREORDER THE FLIP BOOK NOW FROM MY STORE Femforce — brand photo shoots in cities around the country (find them on Instagram) The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik The...

Watch on Youtube Mentioned in the podcast: My new book: The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass: https://lpenelope.com/book/the-inevitable-undoing-of-zahara-douglass/ My author Newsletter : https://lpenelope.com/newsletter/ Landlord’s Lamentation (short interactive fiction): https://lpenelope.com/book/landlords-lamentation/ Notion Social: https://notionsocial.app/ Sunsama (timeboxing app): https...

Watch on YouTube Mentioned: The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass - coming August 11, 2026 - https://lpenelope.com/book/the-inevitable-undoing-of-zahara-douglass/ Instalove University Virtual Conference - running now! - https://lpen.co/ilu26 "Level Up Your Business with Mindset w/ Heather Hildenbrand" - all day workshop 4/11/26 - https://marylandromancewriters.com/mindset-workshop/ Whimsical -...

Watch on YouTube  Ink & Magic Retreat - https://inkandmagicretreat.com/ The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass - coming August 11, 2026 My interview with Beverly Jenkins VirtuousCon   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...

Watch on Youtube Mentioned: - Build Your Author Funnel LIVE - Sat. Feb 7, 2026 - The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass - releases August 11, 2026 - Scene Study: Before & After - "The Eternal Library" - Aeon Timeline software - Locally Crafted in Gaithersburg, MD - HBCU grads, please take my survey: https://tally.so/r/zx7kJg - Read for Pixels Event The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behi...

Watch on YouTube Mentioned: Ink & Magic Writing Retreat Applications open until Jan 16, 2026 - https://inkandmagicretreat.com/ EVENT: Me and Nicole Glover - January 15, 2026 - 7pm ET online + in-store at East City Bookshop in DC - Register Read The Starseekers by Nicole Glover Margie Lawson - https://www.margielawson.com/lawson-writers-academy/ Ray Bradbury Challenge Writer Kaia Alderson - htt...

Watch on YouTube Mentioned: Ink & Magic Writing Retreat - https://inkandmagicretreat.com/ The Better Writer Podcast with Olivia Bedford Preorder my next book: The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass    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. Penelo...

Watch on YouTube Mentioned: My reader newsletter: http://lpenelope.com/newsletter Black Friday 2025 Writer Bundle Deal - https://lpen.co/vault25 MYSTERY: FICTION'S FAVORITE FORCE by Junot Diaz - https://junot.substack.com/p/mystery AI scams for writers at Writer Beware Update on those Flattering AI Book Marketing Scams from Anne R. Allen The Case of the Disappearing Author and Why You Probably Don...

Mentioned: ProWriting Aid Novel November My brother's short film Writer Duet Ines Johnson Ink & Magic podcast How to Write a Movie in 21 Days by Viki King 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, cr...

Watch on Youtube Mentioned: - The Bliss Wars Special Edition Omnibus - The Obsidian Curse - releases June 12!  - Author Website Audit - A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis  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...

Pre-order The Bliss Wars Special Limited Edition Hardcover Omnibus Pre-order The Obsidian Curse https://myimaginaryfriends.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 Leslye Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspir...

Cubital Tunnel Syndrome   Magic in the Melanin anthology ( Hardcover preorder  | Kindle: https://amzn.to/42bbxTZ) PENN/Faulkner - https://www.penfaulkner.org/ My Craft Book club   Johnny B Truant "We're Entering the Age of the Iconoclast Writer"  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...

Watch on YouTube My decision matrix video Mentioned: Novel Revision Workshop   ClickUp - https://clickup.com/ Todoist - https://todoist.com/ Trello - https://trello.com/ 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 htt...

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVAYHjhD8hk Mentioned: Freewrite writing machines My Freewrite reviews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33u95y8_hYY&list=PLPWpOldzxmoFtoJMjg6iSUuxU1kDichvn The device I couldn't remember in the podcast - BYOK (Bring Your Own Keyboard): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/byok/byok-the-ultimate-distraction-free-writing-tool . Now that I've wat...

Mentioned: A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis - https://amzn.to/4dbeN3D Bookfly Design covers  Ink & Magic podcast - https://www.inkandmagic.net/ My Events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/   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...

Today, I speak with New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older. Daniel has been nominated for the Kirkus Prize, The World Fantasy Award, the Locus, and the Mythopoeic Award among others and is a winner of the International Latino Book Award. He writes novels for teens and adults, as well a monthly comic book series, and is a lead story architect for Star Wars: The High Republic. He and hi...

Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/jp0EkiGHlQ0 Mentioned:  Artist Morning - https://www.artistmorning.com/ Story Seed Workbook - https://lpen.co/storyseed Bookbub's 17 Authors on YouTube with Writing & Publishing Tips - https://insights.bookbub.com/authors-youtube-writing-publishing-tips/ My events calendar - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/ Oliver Burkeman's The Imperfectionist: What w...

“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. Today, I speak with someone who is one of my personal influences, speculative fiction author Tananarive Due. Over her two decades in publishing, she has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, as w...

Mentioned: Ink & Magic Writing Retreat: https://inkandmagicretreat.com/ Daughter of the Merciful Deep is out! https://books2read.com/dotmd   Imaginarium Book Festival - https://www.imaginariumbookfestival.com/ - The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes - https://amzn.to/3yTVk91 | https://bookshop.org/a/582/9780615908113 Enneagram relationships: https://www....

“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 episode, I speak with New York Times Bestseller Dhonielle Clayton about writing with purpose, real markers of success, and of course, imposter syndrome.  Find her online at https://www.dhonielleclayt...

Watch on Youtube Daughter of the Merciful Deep out on June 4, 2024 - Release Giveaway! Launch event @ Sankofa Books My events  Launch event @ Sankofa Books in Washington, DC  - https://www.sankofa.com/events/daughter-of-the-merciful-deep My events - https://lpenelope.com/calendar/ NPR mention - https://www.npr.org/2024/05/21/1251024211/best-books-2024-what-to-read My online plotting workshop - Jun...

“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 #1 New York Times Bestseller Kelley Armstrong about maintaining longevity in a career, her refreshing perspective from her time in the publishing trenches, and what keeps her...

Watch the live podcast on YouTube. Mentioned: EF Go Ahead Tours - https://www.goaheadtours.com/tours A few of my photos from Greece - https://www.instagram.com/p/C5orMwfOgpR/ - https://www.instagram.com/p/C5qZl7-OWsO/?img_index=1 Read my post: "Beyond Bestsellers: Yes, People Still Buy Books" 3000 Years of Longing The Fall of Souls by R. A. Moreau -   https://amzn.to/3WfYQ7d The My Imaginary Frien...