My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

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• 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/

• M...

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• lpenelope.com — My new website

• inkandmagicretreat.com — Apply for the Ink and Magic Mastermind Retreat (Tihs September, outside Baltimore)

• Angelborn and Angelfall by Leslye Penel...

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• 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/

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• 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 - https://whimsical.com/
• Jule K...

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•  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 insights on the writ...

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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

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• 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 - https://www.kaiaalderson.com/
• The...

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• 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. Penelope as she shares ins...

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• 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’t Want a Six or Seven F...

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• 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, creativity, inspiration, a...

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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 insights on the writ...

Pre-order The Bliss Wars Special Limited Edition Hardcover Omnibus

Pre-order The Obsidian Curse

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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, inspiration, and this week's best thing.

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• 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 and par...

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My decision matrix video

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• 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

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• 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 watched the video, I've changed my ...

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• 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. Penelope as she sh...

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 his wife Brittany N. Williams also ha...

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• 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 would it mean to be done fo...

“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 well as British and Worl...