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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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Creating with Purpose & Planning for the Second Draft

My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

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Preptober & NaNoWriMo write-ins, Mondays & Wednesdays, 7pm ET.
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Mentioned:

Tara McMullin "The Work You Were Born to Do" (paywall) - https://www.whatworks.fyi/p/the-work-you-were-born-to-do
Nalini Singh interview on Fated Mates podcast - https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2023/10/17/s0606-trailblazer-nalini-singh
Holly Lisle "How to Revise a Novel" - https://hollylisle.com/how-to-revise-a-novel/
My Resources for writers - https://lpenelope.com/resources-for-writers/
Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV
My interview with Author Montrez (The Novel Creature Network) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGQQLwNx40
ZigZag Claybourne Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidiansky/breath-warmth-and-dream-book-one-of-the-khumalo-trilogy
My author newsletter - https://lpenelope.com/newsletter

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